Software Deployment

enable logging for windows installer..

create or find

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer

Reg_SZ: Logging
Value: voicewarmup

it will enable logging for all msi application and will create log file in TEMP directory.

for more info :-

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314852

Is this an .msi? and if you have the ORCA, just right click on it then under properties table look for the Product code.

You can download the ORCA for free if you don't have it. Or do the same using whichever tool you have (Wise/Admin Studio).

Best of luck.

AK

I think you have missed the point. If my reading is correct, the OP wants to know - programmatically, I presume - the ProductCode of the product being installed right now, i.e. while the Windows Installer engine is actually installing it.

@OP, I think I'm right in saying that the engine locks the file while it's processing it so other processes wouldn't be able to open it. I'm happy to be proved wrong. Why not try posting the question on the WI team's blog page? If anyone's going to know, it'll be them!

You got the query right VBScab. I've been to WI team's blog page http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_installer_team/archive/2005/11/09/487559.aspx and wanted to add a comment there itself but looks like the blog has been closed. All posts are atleast 3 years old :(