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Programmatically checking version of msi

My application autoupgrades itself by uploading an msi file from the server
and then executing it, immediately terminating to let the installation
script run.

The problem I have is that sometimes, the download to the server hasn't
completed and the pc then tries to run the msi which is the same version as
that installed already which gives an annoying error message...

Is there any way that I can programmatically check the software version of
the msi file before running it to ensure that it is indeed a new version?

Thanks in advance
Simon
Feb 20 '06 #1
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