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<h1>35.1. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-msilib" title="msilib: Creation of Microsoft Installer files, and CAB files. (Windows)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">msilib</code></a> — Read and write Microsoft Installer files<a class="headerlink" href="#module-msilib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-msilib" title="msilib: Creation of Microsoft Installer files, and CAB files. (Windows)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">msilib</code></a> supports the creation of Microsoft Installer (<code class="docutils literal notranslate">.msi</code>) files.
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This package aims to provide complete access to all tables in an <code class="docutils literal notranslate">.msi</code> file,
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version of <code class="docutils literal notranslate">msilib</code>).
The package contents can be roughly split into four parts: low-level CAB
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msilib.FCICreate(cabname, files)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.FCICreate" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Create a new CAB file named cabname. files must be a list of tuples, each
containing the name of the file on disk, and the name of the file inside the CAB
file.
The files are added to the CAB file in the order they appear in the list. All
files are added into a single CAB file, using the MSZIP compression algorithm.
Callbacks to Python for the various steps of MSI creation are currently not
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</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.UuidCreate">
msilib.UuidCreate()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.UuidCreate" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return the string representation of a new unique identifier. This wraps the
Windows API functions <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">UuidCreate()</code> and <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">UuidToString()</code>.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.OpenDatabase">
msilib.OpenDatabase(path, persist)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.OpenDatabase" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a new database object by calling MsiOpenDatabase. path is the file
name of the MSI file; persist can be one of the constants
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIDBOPEN_CREATEDIRECT</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIDBOPEN_CREATE</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIDBOPEN_DIRECT</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIDBOPEN_READONLY</code>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIDBOPEN_TRANSACT</code>, and may include the flag
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIDBOPEN_PATCHFILE</code>. See the Microsoft documentation for the meaning of
these flags; depending on the flags, an existing database is opened, or a new
one created.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.CreateRecord">
msilib.CreateRecord(count)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.CreateRecord" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a new record object by calling <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MSICreateRecord()</code>. count is the
number of fields of the record.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.init_database">
msilib.init_database(name, schema, ProductName, ProductCode, ProductVersion, Manufacturer)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.init_database" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Create and return a new database name, initialize it with schema, and set
the properties ProductName, ProductCode, ProductVersion, and
Manufacturer.
schema must be a module object containing <code class="docutils literal notranslate">tables</code> and
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">_Validation_records</code> attributes; typically, <a class="reference internal" href="#msilib.schema" title="msilib.schema"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">msilib.schema</code></a> should be
used.
The database will contain just the schema and the validation records when this
function returns.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.add_data">
msilib.add_data(database, table, records)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.add_data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add all records to the table named table in database.
The table argument must be one of the predefined tables in the MSI schema,
e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'Feature'</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'File'</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'Component'</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'Dialog'</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'Control'</code>,
etc.
records should be a list of tuples, each one containing all fields of a
record according to the schema of the table. For optional fields,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code> can be passed.
Field values can be int or long numbers, strings, or instances of the Binary
class.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Binary">
class msilib.Binary(filename)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Binary" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Represents entries in the Binary table; inserting such an object using
<a class="reference internal" href="#msilib.add_data" title="msilib.add_data"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">add_data()</code></a> reads the file named filename into the table.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.add_tables">
msilib.add_tables(database, module)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.add_tables" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add all table content from module to database. module must contain an
attribute tables listing all tables for which content should be added, and one
attribute per table that has the actual content.
This is typically used to install the sequence tables.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.add_stream">
msilib.add_stream(database, name, path)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.add_stream" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add the file path into the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">_Stream</code> table of database, with the stream
name name.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.gen_uuid">
msilib.gen_uuid()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.gen_uuid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a new UUID, in the format that MSI typically requires (i.e. in curly
braces, and with all hexdigits in upper-case).
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Database.Commit">
Database.Commit()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Database.Commit" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Commit the changes pending in the current transaction, by calling
<code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MSIDatabaseCommit()</code>.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Database.GetSummaryInformation">
Database.GetSummaryInformation(count)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Database.GetSummaryInformation" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a new summary information object, by calling
<code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiGetSummaryInformation()</code>. count is the maximum number of updated
values.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.View.GetColumnInfo">
View.GetColumnInfo(kind)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.View.GetColumnInfo" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a record describing the columns of the view, through calling
<code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiViewGetColumnInfo()</code>. kind can be either <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSICOLINFO_NAMES</code> or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSICOLINFO_TYPES</code>.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.View.Fetch">
View.Fetch()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.View.Fetch" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a result record of the query, through calling <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiViewFetch()</code>.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.View.Modify">
View.Modify(kind, data)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.View.Modify" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Modify the view, by calling <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiViewModify()</code>. kind can be one of
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_SEEK</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_REFRESH</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_INSERT</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_UPDATE</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_ASSIGN</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_REPLACE</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_MERGE</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_DELETE</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_INSERT_TEMPORARY</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_VALIDATE</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_VALIDATE_NEW</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_VALIDATE_FIELD</code>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate">MSIMODIFY_VALIDATE_DELETE</code>.
data must be a record describing the new data.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.View.Close">
View.Close()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.View.Close" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Close the view, through <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiViewClose()</code>.
</dd></dl>

<div class="admonition seealso">
See also
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewexecute.asp">MsiViewExecute</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewgetcolumninfo.asp">MSIViewGetColumnInfo</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewfetch.asp">MsiViewFetch</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewmodify.asp">MsiViewModify</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewclose.asp">MsiViewClose</a>
</div>
</section>
<section id="summary-information-objects">
<h2>35.1.3. Summary Information Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#summary-information-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.SummaryInformation.GetProperty">
SummaryInformation.GetProperty(field)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.SummaryInformation.GetProperty" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a property of the summary, through <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiSummaryInfoGetProperty()</code>.
field is the name of the property, and can be one of the constants
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_CODEPAGE</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_TITLE</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_SUBJECT</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_AUTHOR</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_KEYWORDS</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_COMMENTS</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_TEMPLATE</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_LASTAUTHOR</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_REVNUMBER</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_LASTPRINTED</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_CREATE_DTM</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_LASTSAVE_DTM</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_PAGECOUNT</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_WORDCOUNT</code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_CHARCOUNT</code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_APPNAME</code>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PID_SECURITY</code>.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.SummaryInformation.GetPropertyCount">
SummaryInformation.GetPropertyCount()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.SummaryInformation.GetPropertyCount" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return the number of summary properties, through
<code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiSummaryInfoGetPropertyCount()</code>.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.SummaryInformation.SetProperty">
SummaryInformation.SetProperty(field, value)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.SummaryInformation.SetProperty" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Set a property through <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiSummaryInfoSetProperty()</code>. field can have the
same values as in <a class="reference internal" href="#msilib.SummaryInformation.GetProperty" title="msilib.SummaryInformation.GetProperty"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate">GetProperty()</code></a>, value is the new value of the property.
Possible value types are integer and string.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.SummaryInformation.Persist">
SummaryInformation.Persist()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.SummaryInformation.Persist" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Write the modified properties to the summary information stream, using
<code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiSummaryInfoPersist()</code>.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Record.GetInteger">
Record.GetInteger(field)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Record.GetInteger" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return the value of field as an integer where possible. field must
be an integer.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Record.GetString">
Record.GetString(field)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Record.GetString" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return the value of field as a string where possible. field must
be an integer.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Record.SetString">
Record.SetString(field, value)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Record.SetString" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Set field to value through <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiRecordSetString()</code>. field must be an
integer; value a string.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Record.SetStream">
Record.SetStream(field, value)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Record.SetStream" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Set field to the contents of the file named value, through
<code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiRecordSetStream()</code>. field must be an integer; value a string.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Record.SetInteger">
Record.SetInteger(field, value)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Record.SetInteger" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Set field to value through <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiRecordSetInteger()</code>. Both field and
value must be an integer.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Record.ClearData">
Record.ClearData()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Record.ClearData" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Set all fields of the record to 0, through <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate">MsiRecordClearData()</code>.
</dd></dl>

<div class="admonition seealso">
See also
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordgetfieldcount.asp">MsiRecordGetFieldCount</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetstring.asp">MsiRecordSetString</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetstream.asp">MsiRecordSetStream</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetinteger.asp">MsiRecordSetInteger</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordclear.asp">MsiRecordClear</a>
</div>
</section>
<section id="errors">
<h2>35.1.5. Errors<a class="headerlink" href="#errors" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
All wrappers around MSI functions raise <code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">MSIError</code>; the string inside the
exception will contain more detail.
</section>
<section id="cab-objects">
<h2>35.1.6. CAB Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#cab-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.CAB">
class msilib.CAB(name)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.CAB" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The class <a class="reference internal" href="#msilib.CAB" title="msilib.CAB"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate">CAB</code></a> represents a CAB file. During MSI construction, files
will be added simultaneously to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">Files</code> table, and to a CAB file. Then,
when all files have been added, the CAB file can be written, then added to the
MSI file.
name is the name of the CAB file in the MSI file.
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.CAB.append">
append(full, file, logical)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.CAB.append" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add the file with the pathname full to the CAB file, under the name
logical. If there is already a file named logical, a new file name is
created.
Return the index of the file in the CAB file, and the new name of the file
inside the CAB file.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.CAB.commit">
commit(database)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.CAB.commit" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Generate a CAB file, add it as a stream to the MSI file, put it into the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">Media</code> table, and remove the generated file from the disk.
</dd></dl>

</dd></dl>

</section>
<section id="directory-objects">
<h2>35.1.7. Directory Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#directory-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Directory">
class msilib.Directory(database, cab, basedir, physical, logical, default[, componentflags])<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Directory" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Create a new directory in the Directory table. There is a current component at
each point in time for the directory, which is either explicitly created through
<a class="reference internal" href="#msilib.Directory.start_component" title="msilib.Directory.start_component"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate">start_component()</code></a>, or implicitly when files are added for the first time.
Files are added into the current component, and into the cab file. To create a
directory, a base directory object needs to be specified (can be <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code>), the
path to the physical directory, and a logical directory name. default
specifies the DefaultDir slot in the directory table. componentflags specifies
the default flags that new components get.
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Directory.start_component">
start_component([component[, feature[, flags[, keyfile[, uuid]]]]])<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Directory.start_component" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add an entry to the Component table, and make this component the current
component for this directory. If no component name is given, the directory
name is used. If no feature is given, the current feature is used. If no
flags are given, the directory’s default flags are used. If no keyfile
is given, the KeyPath is left null in the Component table.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Directory.add_file">
add_file(file[, src[, version[, language]]])<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Directory.add_file" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add a file to the current component of the directory, starting a new one
if there is no current component. By default, the file name in the source
and the file table will be identical. If the src file is specified, it
is interpreted relative to the current directory. Optionally, a version
and a language can be specified for the entry in the File table.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Directory.glob">
glob(pattern[, exclude])<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Directory.glob" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add a list of files to the current component as specified in the glob
pattern. Individual files can be excluded in the exclude list.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Directory.remove_pyc">
remove_pyc()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Directory.remove_pyc" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Remove <code class="docutils literal notranslate">.pyc</code>/<code class="docutils literal notranslate">.pyo</code> files on uninstall.
</dd></dl>

</dd></dl>

<div class="admonition seealso">
See also
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/directory_table.asp">Directory Table</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/file_table.asp">File Table</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/component_table.asp">Component Table</a>
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/featurecomponents_table.asp">FeatureComponents Table</a>
</div>
</section>
<section id="features">
<h2>35.1.8. Features<a class="headerlink" href="#features" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Feature">
class msilib.Feature(database, id, title, desc, display[, level=1[, parent[, directory[, attributes=0]]]])<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Feature" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add a new record to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">Feature</code> table, using the values id, parent.id,
title, desc, display, level, directory, and attributes. The
resulting feature object can be passed to the <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate">start_component()</code> method of
<a class="reference internal" href="#msilib.Directory" title="msilib.Directory"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate">Directory</code></a>.
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Feature.set_current">
set_current()<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Feature.set_current" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Make this feature the current feature of <a class="reference internal" href="#module-msilib" title="msilib: Creation of Microsoft Installer files, and CAB files. (Windows)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">msilib</code></a>. New components are
automatically added to the default feature, unless a feature is explicitly
specified.
</dd></dl>

</dd></dl>

<div class="admonition seealso">
See also
<a class="reference external" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/feature_table.asp">Feature Table</a>
</div>
</section>
<section id="gui-classes">
<h2>35.1.9. GUI classes<a class="headerlink" href="#gui-classes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<a class="reference internal" href="#module-msilib" title="msilib: Creation of Microsoft Installer files, and CAB files. (Windows)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">msilib</code></a> provides several classes that wrap the GUI tables in an MSI
database. However, no standard user interface is provided; use
<a class="reference internal" href="../distutils/apiref.html#module-distutils.command.bdist_msi" title="distutils.command.bdist_msi: Build a binary distribution as a Windows MSI file"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">bdist_msi</code></a> to create MSI files with a user-interface
for installing Python packages.
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Control">
class msilib.Control(dlg, name)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Control" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Base class of the dialog controls. dlg is the dialog object the control
belongs to, and name is the control’s name.
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Control.event">
event(event, argument[, condition=1[, ordering]])<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Control.event" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Make an entry into the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">ControlEvent</code> table for this control.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Control.mapping">
mapping(event, attribute)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Control.mapping" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Make an entry into the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">EventMapping</code> table for this control.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Control.condition">
condition(action, condition)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Control.condition" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Make an entry into the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">ControlCondition</code> table for this control.
</dd></dl>

</dd></dl>

<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.RadioButtonGroup">
class msilib.RadioButtonGroup(dlg, name, property)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.RadioButtonGroup" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Create a radio button control named name. property is the installer property
that gets set when a radio button is selected.
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.RadioButtonGroup.add">
add(name, x, y, width, height, text[, value])<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.RadioButtonGroup.add" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add a radio button named name to the group, at the coordinates x, y,
width, height, and with the label text. If value is omitted, it
defaults to name.
</dd></dl>

</dd></dl>

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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Dialog">
class msilib.Dialog(db, name, x, y, w, h, attr, title, first, default, cancel)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Dialog" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#msilib.Dialog" title="msilib.Dialog"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate">Dialog</code></a> object. An entry in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">Dialog</code> table is made,
with the specified coordinates, dialog attributes, title, name of the first,
default, and cancel controls.
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Dialog.control">
control(name, type, x, y, width, height, attributes, property, text, control_next, help)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Dialog.control" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#msilib.Control" title="msilib.Control"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate">Control</code></a> object. An entry in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">Control</code> table is
made with the specified parameters.
This is a generic method; for specific types, specialized methods are
provided.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Dialog.text">
text(name, x, y, width, height, attributes, text)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Dialog.text" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add and return a <code class="docutils literal notranslate">Text</code> control.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Dialog.bitmap">
bitmap(name, x, y, width, height, text)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Dialog.bitmap" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add and return a <code class="docutils literal notranslate">Bitmap</code> control.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Dialog.line">
line(name, x, y, width, height)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Dialog.line" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add and return a <code class="docutils literal notranslate">Line</code> control.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Dialog.pushbutton">
pushbutton(name, x, y, width, height, attributes, text, next_control)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Dialog.pushbutton" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add and return a <code class="docutils literal notranslate">PushButton</code> control.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Dialog.radiogroup">
radiogroup(name, x, y, width, height, attributes, property, text, next_control)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Dialog.radiogroup" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add and return a <code class="docutils literal notranslate">RadioButtonGroup</code> control.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.Dialog.checkbox">
checkbox(name, x, y, width, height, attributes, property, text, next_control)<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.Dialog.checkbox" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Add and return a <code class="docutils literal notranslate">CheckBox</code> control.
</dd></dl>

</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.sequence">
msilib.sequence<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.sequence" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>This module contains table contents for the standard sequence tables:
AdminExecuteSequence, AdminUISequence, AdvtExecuteSequence,
InstallExecuteSequence, and InstallUISequence.
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="msilib.text">
msilib.text<a class="headerlink" href="#msilib.text" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>This module contains definitions for the UIText and ActionText tables, for the
standard installer actions.
</dd></dl>

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