Patch.Context Property

Windows Installer

Patch.Context Property

The Context property returns the context of this patch. This is a read-only property.

Syntax

Script
Patch.Context

Remarks

This property returns one of the following values.

Context Value Meaning
MSIINSTALLCONTEXT_USERMANAGED 1 Patch under managed context.
MSIINSTALLCONTEXT_USER 2 Patch under unmanaged context.
MSIINSTALLCONTEXT_MACHINE 4 Patch under machine context.

 

Requirements

VersionWindows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer 3.0 or later on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000
DLLMsi.dll
IIDIID_IPatch is defined as 000C10A1-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

See Also

Patch Object

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