Group policy MSI properties

Amenti · Post by **Amenti** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:56 am

Hi,

I used the Group Policy Wizard to create a MSI out of my setup.

The exe had version information (Properties->Version) which now aren't there anymore since msis don't have that kind of information.

But I wondered if it is possible with the Group Policy Wizard to put some of this information in the file info (Properties->File Info).

Thanks in advance.

Alex_Ronquillo · Post by **Alex_Ronquillo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:42 am

That information is included inside the MSI file itself. As you should know, an MSI file contains an installation database, the database contains a table Property; that table contains a field ProductVersion. The ProductVersion field contains the actual version of the product. Windows doesn't extract that info from the file to include it in its properties.

Amenti · Post by **Amenti** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:20 am

Thanks fo the comment.

Well I know that "Properties->File Info" is editable manually or through programs but what I really would like to know is if there's an automated way in Installware/Group Policy Wizard to set this according to the version information of the MSI without me having to do another step after I created the setup.

Alex_Ronquillo · Post by **Alex_Ronquillo** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:14 am

Well,

In the group policy dialog, there is a display version field. You can spaecify the right version there.