Record.DataSize property

The DataSize property of the Record object is a read-only property that returns the size of the data for the designated field. If the data is a stream, the stream length in bytes is returned. If the data is a string, the string length without Null is returned. If the data is an integer, the value 4 is returned (indicating the size of the integer). If the data is Null, 0 is returned.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

propVal = Record.DataSize

Property value

Required field number of the value within the record, 1-based.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
Windows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, 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 or Windows XP
DLL
Msi.dll
IID
IID_IRecord is defined as 000C1093-0000-0000-C000-000000000046