MsiRecordGetStringA function (msiquery.h)

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02/22/2024

The MsiRecordGetString function returns the string value of a record field.

Syntax

UINT MsiRecordGetStringA(
  [in]      MSIHANDLE hRecord,
  [in]      UINT      iField,
  [out]     LPSTR     szValueBuf,
  [in, out] LPDWORD   pcchValueBuf
);

Parameters

[in] hRecord

Handle to the record.

[in] iField

Specifies the field requested.

[out] szValueBuf

Pointer to the buffer that receives the null terminated string containing the value of the record field. Do not attempt to determine the size of the buffer by passing in a null (value=0) for szValueBuf. You can get the size of the buffer by passing in an empty string (for example ""). The function then returns ERROR_MORE_DATA and pcchValueBuf contains the required buffer size in TCHARs, not including the terminating null character. On return of ERROR_SUCCESS, pcchValueBuf contains the number of TCHARs written to the buffer, not including the terminating null character.

[in, out] pcchValueBuf

Pointer to the variable that specifies the size, in TCHARs, of the buffer pointed to by the variable szValueBuf. When the function returns ERROR_SUCCESS, this variable contains the size of the data copied to szValueBuf, not including the terminating null character. If szValueBuf is not large enough, the function returns ERROR_MORE_DATA and stores the required size, not including the terminating null character, in the variable pointed to by pcchValueBuf.

Return value

The MsiRecordGetString function returns one of the following values:

Remarks

If ERROR_MORE_DATA is returned, the parameter which is a pointer gives the size of the buffer required to hold the string. If ERROR_SUCCESS is returned, it gives the number of characters written to the string buffer. To get the size of the buffer, pass in the address of a 1 character buffer as szValueBuf and specify the size of the buffer with pcchValueBuf as 0. This ensures that no string value returned by the function fits into the buffer. Do not attempt to determine the size of the buffer by passing in a Null (value=0).

Note

The msiquery.h header defines MsiRecordGetString as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	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.
Target Platform	Windows
Header	msiquery.h
Library	Msi.lib
DLL	Msi.dll