I have a C++/Qt/mingw app and would like to use msi.h (Microsoft Installer interface), but mingw does not seem to provide this header. How can I do this?
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A:
The MinGW(.org) project does not supply this header, but I do know the mingw-w64 project does. I don't know how complete it is, but you can try and seefor yourself:
website: http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net (win 32 or 64 downloads -> personal builds -> sezero has good ones. naming scheme:
mingw-wAA-bin_BBBB-CCCCC_20100914_sezero.zip
AA: 32 or 64: produces 32 or 64-bit binaries
BBBB: this compiler runs on 32-bit (i686) or 64-bit (x86_64) Windows
CCCCC: this compiler is built for mingw=windows, linux=well, linux :) )
Set up your PATH to the mingw64/bin directory in the unpacked archive.
TDM, who brought you a very good mingw.org compiler/toolchain, also supplies mingw-w64 toolchains in the form of TDM64-GCC: http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/download with an installer
If msi.h is incomplete, please ask for help on [email protected]. It's a very friendly community and will try to help you (fast) if they can!
I hope this helps.
rubenvb
2010-09-19 14:46:06
thank you very much.
kaboom
2010-09-19 21:10:08
I have downloaded mingw-w32-bin_i686-mingw_20100914_sezero.zip, ran gendef C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msi.dll and dlltool -D C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msi.dll -V -l libmsi.a, copied msi.h to my project and was able to call MsiQueryProductState
kaboom
2010-09-19 21:12:47
@kaboom: That's great news; if you want your project on the front page of mingw-w64, let them know ;)
rubenvb
2010-09-19 21:19:04
maybe later after I have switched completely to these tools
kaboom
2010-09-20 16:14:38