How can I programmatically read the properties inside an MSI file?

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You can use the COM-based API for working with MSI, and do something like

Function GetVersion(ByVal msiName)

    Const msiOpenDatabaseModeReadOnly = 0
    Dim msi, db, view

    Set msi = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
    Set db = msi.OpenDataBase(msiName, msiOpenDatabaseModeReadOnly)
    Set view = db.OpenView("SELECT `Value` FROM `Property` WHERE `Property` = 'ProductVersion'")
    Call view.Execute()

    GetVersion = view.Fetch().StringData(1)

End Function

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