MSI_CheckEngineState

Owned by Martin Gudme Søndergaard
Last updated: May 31, 2022 by lsh (Unlicensed)

Description

Checks the MSI Engine state. If the state is 'Transaction' the installation is postponed. If the installation is being postphoned it is being retried a number of times with a given interval. The default values are: Retries: 30 times Interval: 60 seconds. The above values can be changed using the function MSI_SetRetryValues. 

NOTE: The function will automatically be called if Shell_Execute is running msiexec.exe


Syntax

MSI_CheckEngineState() As Boolean


Return value

Result will be stored in gsValue


Example

VBScript
If bStatus Then bStatus = MSI_SetRetryValues(45, 90)
If bStatus Then bStatus = MSI_CheckEngineState()
If bStatus And UCase(gsValue) = "TRANSACTION" Then 
  bStatus = Job_WriteLog("Custom", "MSI Engine is in transaction phase. Installation is being postponed", bStatus, True)
End If

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