MsiDecomposeDescriptorW(3w)

Usage

UINT MsiDecomposeDescriptorW
(
LPCWSTR szDescriptor,
LPWSTR szProduct,
LPWSTR szFeature,
LPWSTR szComponent,
LPDWORD pUsed
)

Overview

Decomposes an MSI descriptor into product, feature and component parts. An MSI descriptor is a string of the form: [base 85 guid] [feature code] '>' [base 85 guid].

Params

szDescriptor [In] the descriptor to decompose.

szProduct [Out] buffer of MAX_FEATURE_CHARS+1 for the product guid.

szFeature [Out] buffer of MAX_FEATURE_CHARS+1 for the feature code.

szComponent [Out] buffer of MAX_FEATURE_CHARS+1 for the component guid.

pUsed [Out] the length of the descriptor.

Returns

ERROR_SUCCESS if everything worked correctly ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER if the descriptor was invalid

Implementation

Declared in "msipriv.h".

Implemented in "dlls/msi/registry.c".

Debug channel "msi".

Releases

4 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 3 times.