The MsiEnumComponentCosts function enumerates the disk-space per drive required to install a component. This information is needed to display the disk-space cost required for all drives in the user interface. The returned disk-space costs are expressed in multiples of 512 bytes.

MsiEnumComponentCosts should only be run after the installer has completed file costing and after the CostFinalize action. For more information, see File Costing.

Syntax

C++UINT MsiEnumComponentCosts(
  __in     MSIHANDLE hInstall,
  __in     LPCTSTR szComponent,
  __in     DWORD dwIndex,
  __in     INSTALLSTATE iState,
  __out    LPTSTR lpDriveBuf,
  __inout  DWORD *pcchDriveBuf,
  __out    int *piCost,
  __out    int *pTempCost
);

Parameters

hInstall [in]

Handle to the installation provided to a DLL custom action or obtained through MsiOpenPackage, MsiOpenPackageEx, or MsiOpenProduct.

szComponent [in]

A null-terminated string specifying the component's name as it is listed in the Component column of the Component table. This parameter can be null. If szComponent is null or an empty string, MsiEnumComponentCosts enumerates the total disk-space per drive used during the installation. In this case, iState is ignored. The costs of the installer include those costs for caching the database in the secure folder as well as the cost to create the installation script. Note that the total disk-space used during the installation may be larger than the space used after the component is installed.

dwIndex [in]

0-based index for drives. This parameter should be zero for the first call to the MsiEnumComponentCosts function and then incremented for subsequent calls.

iState [in]

Requested component state to be enumerated. If szComponent is passed as Null or an empty string, the installer ignores the iState parameter.

lpDriveBuf [out]

Buffer that holds the drive name including the null terminator. This is an empty string in case of an error.

pcchDriveBuf [in, out]

Pointer to a variable that specifies the size, in TCHARs, of the buffer pointed to by the lpDriveBuf parameter. This size should include the terminating null character. If the buffer provided is too small, the variable pointed to by pcchDriveBuf contains the count of characters not including the null terminator.

piCost [out]

Cost of the component per drive expressed in multiples of 512 bytes. This value is 0 if an error has occurred. The value returned in piCost is final disk-space used by the component after installation. If szComponent is passed as Null or an empty string, the installer sets the value at piCost to 0.

pTempCost [out]

The component cost per drive for the duration of the installation, or 0 if an error occurred. The value in *piTempCost represents the temporary space requirements for the duration of the installation. This temporary space requirement is space needed only for the duration of the installation. This does not affect the final disk space requirement.

Return Value

Remarks

The recommended method for enumerating the disk-space costs per drive is as follows. Start with the dwIndex set to 0 and increment it by one after each call. Continue the enumeration as long as MsiEnumComponentCosts returns ERROR_SUCCESS.

MsiEnumComponentCosts may be called from custom actions.

The total final disk cost for the installation is the sum of the costs of all components plus the cost of the Windows Installer (szComponent = null).

Requirements

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Build date: 8/13/2009