The InstallProperty property is the value of the property for the instance of this product.

This property calls the MsiGetProductInfoEx function, with the ProductCode, UserSid and Context of the Product object and the requested property as a parameter.

Syntax

Script
InstallProperty(
  property
)

Parameters

property

Specifies the property to be retrieved. The properties in the following list can only be retrieved from applications that are already installed. Note that required properties are guaranteed to be available, but other properties are available only if that property has been set. See the indicated links to the installer properties for information about how each property is set.

Installed properties	Meaning
INSTALLPROPERTY_PRODUCTSTATE	State of the product returned in string form as "1" for Advertised and "5" for installed.
INSTALLPROPERTY_HELPLINK	Support link. For more information, see the ARPHELPLINK property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_HELPTELEPHONE	Support telephone. For more information, see the ARPHELPTELEPHONE property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLDATE	Installation date.
INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLEDPRODUCTNAME	Installed product name. For more information, see the ProductName property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION	Installation location. For more information, see the ARPINSTALLLOCATION property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLSOURCE	Installation source. For more information, see the SourceDir property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE	Local cached package.
INSTALLPROPERTY_PUBLISHER	Publisher. For more information, see the Manufacturer property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_URLINFOABOUT	URL information. For more information, see the ARPURLINFOABOUT property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_URLUPDATEINFO	URL update information. For more information, see the ARPURLUPDATEINFO property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_VERSIONMINOR	Minor product version derived from the ProductVersion property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_VERSIONMAJOR	Major product version derived from the ProductVersion property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_VERSIONSTRING	Product version. For more information, see the ProductVersion property.

 

To retrieve the product ID, registered owner, or registered company from applications that are already installed, set property to one of the following text string values.

Value	Description
ProductID	The product identifier. For more information, see the ProductID property.
RegCompany	The company registered to use this product.
RegOwner	The owner registered to use this product.

 

To retrieve the instance type of the product, set property to the following value. This property is available for advertised or installed products.

Value	Description
InstanceType	A missing value or a value of 0 indicates a normal product installation. A value of 1 indicates a product installed using a multiple instance transform and the MSINEWINSTANCE property. Available with the installer running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP with SP1. For more information, see Installing Multiple Instances of Products and Patches.

 

The properties in the following list can also be retrieved from applications that are advertised. These properties cannot be retrieved for product instances that are installed under a per-user-unmanaged context for user accounts other than current user account.

Advertised properties	Description
INSTALLPROPERTY_TRANSFORMS	Transforms.
INSTALLPROPERTY_LANGUAGE	Product language.
INSTALLPROPERTY_PRODUCTNAME	Human readable–product name. For more information, see the ProductName property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_ASSIGNMENTTYPE	Equals zero (0) if the product is advertised or installed per-user. Equals one (1) if the product is advertised or installed per-computer for all users.
INSTALLPROPERTY_PACKAGECODE	Identifier of the package this product was installed from. For details, see Package Codes.
INSTALLPROPERTY_VERSION	Product version derived from the ProductVersion property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_PRODUCTICON	Primary icon for the package. For more information, see the ARPPRODUCTICON property.
INSTALLPROPERTY_PACKAGENAME	Name of the original installation package.
INSTALLPROPERTY_AUTHORIZED_LUA_APP	A value of 1 indicates a product that can be serviced by non-administrators using User Account Control (UAC) Patching. A missing value or a value of 0 indicates least-privilege patching is not enabled. Available with Windows Installer 3.0 and later.

 

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

If the call succeeds, the property contains the value as a string.

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_IProduct is defined as 000C10A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

See Also

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