Retrieving version of an MSI file (built with WiX)

Question

I\'ve created an MSI file with WiX. The source WiX file contains the version information like this:

Answer 1

Found a solution: instead of calling MsiGetFileVersion(), call:

MSIHANDLE hProduct = NULL;
MsiOpenPackage( pszPath, &hProduct );

MsiGetProductProperty( hProduct, _T("ProductVersion"), pszVersion, &dwSizeVersion );

MsiCloseHandle( hProduct );

(error handling omitted)

Answer 2

Just for completeness sake, ::MsiGetFileVersion() is a function that reads the version resource information from a PE file (.exe or .dll) the same way the Windows Installer does. That is important for build tools (such as the WiX toolset) to use so they populate the File/@Version information correctly. It will not get you the version information out of an MSI. As @sascha shows you could query the Property table for the "ProductVersion" or you could use the ::MsiGetProductProperty() which will do the same.

Answer 3

For reference, here's a VBscript example that I'm using in my build process to grab such prior to creating a boostrapper.

Dim installer, database, view, result

Set installer = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
Set database = installer.OpenDatabase ("my.msi", 0)

Dim sumInfo  : Set sumInfo = installer.SummaryInformation("my.msi", 0)
sPackageCode =  sumInfo.Property(9) ' PID_REVNUMBER = 9, contains the package code.

WScript.Echo getproperty("ProductVersion")
WScript.Echo getproperty("ProductVersion")
WScript.Echo sPackageCode
WScript.Echo getproperty("ProductName")


Function getproperty(property)

    Set view = database.OpenView ("SELECT Value FROM Property WHERE Property='" & property & "'")
    view.Execute
    Set result = view.Fetch
    getproperty = result.StringData(1)

End Function