The State property returns the installation state of this instance of the patch. This is a read-only property.
Syntax
Script
Patch.State
Remarks
This property returns one of the following values.
| Installation State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| MSIPATCHSTATE_APPLIED | Patch is applied to this product instance. |
| MSIPATCHSTATE_SUPERSEDED | Patch is applied to this product instance but is superseded. |
| MSIPATCHSTATE_OBSOLETED | Patch is applied in this product instance but obsolete. |
This method can return ERROR_UNKNOWN_PATCH, if the Patch object is initialized with an empty string for ProductCode.
Requirements
| Version | Windows 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 |
|---|---|
| DLL | Msi.dll |
| IID | IID_IPatch is defined as 000C10A1-0000-0000-C000-000000000046 |
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