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Installer Object
 Installer.FeatureState Property
Installer.FeatureState Property

The read-only FeatureState property returns the installed state of a feature.

Syntax

Script
Installer.FeatureState

Remarks

This property returns one of the following values.

ValueDescription
msiInstallStateAbsentThe feature is not installed.
msiInstallStateAdvertisedThe feature is advertised.
msiInstallStateLocalThe feature is installed to run locally.
msiInstallStateSourceThe feature is installed to run from source.
msiInstallStateInvalidArgAn invalid parameter was passed to the function.
msiInstallStateUnknownThe product code or feature ID is unknown.
msiInstallStateBadConfigThe configuration data is corrupt.

 

The FeatureState property does not validate that the feature is accessible.

Requirements

VersionWindows 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 on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000
DLLMsi.dll
IIDIID_IInstaller is defined as 000C1090-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

See Also

MsiQueryFeatureState

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Build date: 11/12/2009

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