

Deployment Tools Foundation
GetErrorMessage Method (errorNumber, culture)
Deployment Tools Foundation Namespaces ► Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller ► Installer ► GetErrorMessage(Int32, CultureInfo)
Gets a Windows Installer error message in a specified language.

C# | Visual Basic | Visual C++ |
public static string GetErrorMessage( int errorNumber, CultureInfo culture )
Public Shared Function GetErrorMessage ( errorNumber As Integer, culture As CultureInfo ) As String
public: static String^ GetErrorMessage( int errorNumber, CultureInfo^ culture )

- errorNumber (Int32)
- The error number.
- culture (CultureInfo)
- The locale for the message.

String
The message string, or null if the error message or locale is not found.
The message string, or null if the error message or locale is not found.

The returned string may have tokens such as [2] and [3] that are meant to be substituted with context-specific values.
Error numbers greater than 2000 refer to MSI "internal" errors, and are always returned in English.
Assembly: Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller (Module: Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll) Version: 3.0.0.0 (3.9.1006.0)