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ExifTool => Bug Reports / Feature Requests => Topic started by: msorin on June 08, 2015, 02:32:52 AM

Title: Feature request: Support for the MSI package format
Post by: msorin on June 08, 2015, 02:32:52 AM
Hi,

I would love to have support for the popular MSI package format.
Details are here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer

In Linux I use "file" to get the strings from the executable and then I search for the string version.
Unfortunately, there is no standard what is being produced by "file" and parsing it is error prone.
That's why this request.

Thanks
Sorin
Title: Re: Feature request: Support for the MSI package format
Post by: Phil Harvey on June 08, 2015, 07:36:16 AM
Hi Sorin,

Thanks for the suggestion.  I've taken a quick look and it seems that MSI is a proprietary and undocumented format.  Considering the lack of requests I have had to support this format, it may not be worthwhile since it seems painful to implement.

- Phil