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Windows Installer SDK is part of the Windows platform SDK. You can get the Windows Installer SDK from the Windows Server 2003 R2 SDK. If
you are like us and do not want to install stuffs on your build or Lab
machines, you do no have to install the SDK to get the Windows Installer tools.
A little bit of research on the Windows Server 2003 R2 SDK installation reveals
that the Orca.MSI and the MsiVal2.Msi are in the file table of the
PSDK-amd64.msi and PSDK-ia64.msi. Browse these two MSI using your old version of
Orca (until 2008 I used version 2.0.26000.0 / 1.50.26) and you can simply get the CAB files names from the Media Table and extract
the files from them. Once extracted the files will have names followed by GUIDs,
rename them to their correct names (see the list of files). If you have a doubt
about the filename, the File Table will
indicate the name to use when renaming the file once extracted. It does not take
longer than an hour and it can be very useful if you do not want to jeopardize a
machine by installing the Windows Server 2003 R2 SDK just to get the Windows
Installer SDK.
If you still want to use the Windows Installer SDK using the Windows Server 2003 R2 SDK, you can go through the
Custom Setup of the Windows Server 2003 R2 SDK and deselect all other components but keep only the Windows Installer SDK
selected.
Related topics: MSI Automation, MSI Tables Overview, MSI Command Line, Create MSI Tables, MSI UAC VISTA, MSI Error Table, BootStrapper VISTA, MSP VISTA, Create CAB File, Build MSPs
Once you extracted the Orca.MSI and the MSIVal2.msi from their CAB file you can install them
on your machine by double-clicking on them.
For a test you can edit these MSIs with the newly installed Orca and run a
validation on them.
You may get the following warnings:
ICE66 WARNING Complete functionality of the
Class table is only available with Windows Installer version 1.1. Your schema is
100.
ICE66 WARNING Complete functionality of the Upgrade table is only available with
Windows Installer version 1.1. Your schema is 100.
ICE73 WARNING This package reuses the '{FE01B6C5-85BF-4CA3-9B78-B44DEB8A4946}'
Package Code of the Orca 3.1 Windows Installer SDK package.
ICE73 WARNING This package reuses the '{85F4CBCB-9BBC-4B50-A7D8-E1106771498D}'
ProductCode of the Orca 3.1 Windows Installer SDK package.
ICE73 WARNING This package reuses the '{1AA03E10-2B19-11D2-B2EA-006097C99860}'
UpgradeCode of the Orca Windows Installer SDK package.
ICE82 WARNING This action CommonFilesFolder.07C03DA1_BDB1_4568_B64A_CE8D36A09DDC
has duplicate sequence number 1 in the table InstallExecuteSequence
ICE82 WARNING This action CommonFilesFolder.07C03DA1_BDB1_4568_B64A_CE8D36A09DDC
has duplicate sequence number 1 in the table InstallUISequence
ICE82 WARNING This action CommonFilesFolder.07C03DA1_BDB1_4568_B64A_CE8D36A09DDC
has duplicate sequence number 1 in the table AdminExecuteSequence
ICE82 WARNING This action CommonFilesFolder.07C03DA1_BDB1_4568_B64A_CE8D36A09DDC
has duplicate sequence number 1 in the table AdminUISequence
ICE82 WARNING This action CommonFilesFolder.07C03DA1_BDB1_4568_B64A_CE8D36A09DDC
has duplicate sequence number 1 in the table AdvtExecuteSequence
| Here are the names of the CAB files to copy from the Windows Server 2003 R2 SDK: | |
| PSDK-SDK_MSI_BIN-amd64.0.cab PSDK-SDK_MSI_BIN-common.0.cab PSDK-SDK_MSI_BIN-ia64.0.cab PSDK-SDK_MSI_BIN-x86.0.cab PSDK-SDK_MSI_BLD-common.0.cab |
PSDK-SDK_MSI_BLD_AMD64-common.0.cab PSDK-SDK_MSI_BLD_IA64-common.0.cab PSDK-SDK_MSI_BLD_X86-common.0.cab PSDK-SDK_MSI_DOC-common.0.cab PSDK-SDK_MSI_SMP-common.0.cab |
| Here are some filenames examples to rename: | |
| mspatchc_dll.72D7A6AE_C5CB_420B_AA59_BB5ED3E7470C MsiMsp_Exe.EAEF9382_D30C_4993_8FD2_A031E897C85A Error_Idt.191917C5_7B7D_423E_98D6_5795FF59DBE5 apatch_exe.1C1A5189_C2FF_4F43_AACA_F1228EB1076E MsiCert_exe.629D4BFB_E889_4E6C_897C_093DB6D05EBF MsPatchC_lib.918CCAE6_8D3B_4E0B_84EA_E8F0E3BA6221 PatchWiz_lib.2297E45B_2AF3_4B86_9264_6C41FA560BE6 Orca_Msi.F443CEDC_68B1_4EE7_B9FD_A6C85374EF6E MsiVal2_Msi.A3EF8DFF_7CCD_4FA6_9C59_57E28F7F6EF9 |
mspatchc.dll MsiMsp.Exe Error.Idt apatch.exe MsiCert.exe MsPatchC.lib PatchWiz.lib Orca.Msi MsiVal2.Msi |
| It is easy to figure out what names to rename them, the logic is pretty simple (replace _ by . and remove the .GUID). | |
| The following is the list of the files extracted from the CABs and renamed accordingly. I grouped them by types to make it a bit easier to differentiate. | |
| Here is the lsit of the Exes, and DLLs: | |
| apatch.exe makecab.exe MergeMod.Dll mpatch.exe MsiCert.exe MsiCert2.exe MsiDb.Exe MsiFiler.Exe MsiInfo.Exe MsiMerg.Exe |
MsiMig.Dll MsiMig.Exe MsiMsp.Exe MsiTran.Exe MsiZap.Exe mspatchc.dll MsPatchC.lib PatchWiz.dll PatchWiz.lib WiLogUtl.exe |
| Here is the list of the VB Scripts: | |
| WiCompon.vbs WiDialog.vbs WiDiffDb.vbs WiExport.vbs WiFeatur.vbs WiFilVer.vbs WiGenXfm.vbs WiImport.vbs WiLangId.vbs WiLstPrd.vbs WiLstScr.vbs WiLstXfm.vbs |
WiMakCab.vbs WiMerge.vbs WiPolicy.vbs WiReadMe.txt WiRunSQL.vbs WiStream.vbs WiSubStg.vbs WiSumInf.vbs WiTextIn.vbs WiToAnsi.vbs WiUseXfm.vbs |
| Here is the list of the MSIs and MSMs with appended numeric values in case of multiple same names: | |
| MsiVal2.Msi Orca.Msi Schema.Msm Schema2.Msm Schema3.Msm Schema4.Msi Schema5.Msi |
Schema6.msi schema7.msi Sequence.Msi sequence2msi Sequence3msi Sequence4.Msi UISample.Msi |
| Here is the list of the optional Action Tables in English as well as Localized versions: | |
| ActionTe.ARA ActionTe.CAT ActionTe.CHS ActionTe.CHT ActionTe.CSY ActionTe.DAN ActionTe.DEU ActionTe.ELL ActionTe.ENU ActionTe.ESN actionte.eti ActionTe.EUQ ActionTe.FIN ActionTe.FRA ActionTe.HEB ActionTe.HRV ActionTe.HUNActionTe.Idt ActionTe.ITA |
ActionTe.JPN ActionTe.KOR ActionTe.LTH ActionTe.lvi ActionTe.NLD ActionTe.NOR ActionTe.PLK ActionTe.PTB ActionTe.PTG ActionTe.ROM ActionTe.RUS ActionTe.SKY ActionTe.SLV ActionTe.SVE ActionTe.THA ActionTe.TRK ActionTe.UKR ActionTe.VIT |
| Here is the list of the optional Error Tables in English as well as Localized versions: (Error.Idt is the corresponding English file) | |
| Error.ARA Error.CAT Error.CHS Error.CHT Error.CSY Error.DAN Error.DEU Error.ELL Error.ENU Error.ESN Error.ETI Error.EUQ Error.FIN Error.FRA Error.HEB Error.HRV Error.HUN Error.ITA |
Error.JPN Error.KOR Error.LTH Error.LVI Error.NLD Error.NOR Error.PLK Error.PTB Error.PTG Error.ROM Error.RUS Error.SKY Error.SLV Error.SVE Error.THA Error.TRK Error.UKR Error.VIT |
| And the rest can be grouped in one cluster with appended numeric values in case of multiple same names: | |
| common.h Create.Cpp create.def create.rc DBReadme.Txt EXAMPLE.PCP Makefile Makefile1 makefile2 makefile3 makefile4 makefile5 MergeMod.h Msi.h Msi.hxi Msi.hxs Msi.Lib Msi2.Lib Msi3.Lib Msi4.Lib MsiDefs.h msiloc.cpp msiloc.rc MsiQuery.h MsiTool.Mak PatchApi.h PatchWiz.h |
preadme.htm Process.cpp process.def process.rc readme.htm readme1.txt readme2.txt readme3.txt readme4.txt readme5.txt Remove.cpp remove.def remove.rc resource.h Schema.Log setup.cpp setup.h setup.ico setup.rc setupui.cpp setupui.h TEMPLATE.PCP Tutorial.cpp tutorial.def tutorial.rc upgrdmsi.cpp utils.cpp vertrus.tcpp |
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