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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Xml;
+using WindowsInstaller;
+
+namespace CreateInstallDescriptor
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            // Make sure we received two parameters
+            if (args.Length != 2)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Must supply two parameters: <input MSI file> <output XML file>");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Extract the parameters
+            string inputFile = args[0];
+            string outputFile = args[1];
+
+            // Get the type of the Windows Installer object
+            Type installerType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("WindowsInstaller.Installer");
+
+            // Create the Windows Installer object
+            Installer installer = (Installer)Activator.CreateInstance(installerType);
+
+            // Open the MSI database in the input file
+            Database database = installer.OpenDatabase(inputFile, MsiOpenDatabaseMode.msiOpenDatabaseModeReadOnly);
+
+            // Open a view on the Property table for the version property
+            View view = database.OpenView("SELECT * FROM Property WHERE Property = 'ProductVersion'");
+
+            // Execute the view query
+            view.Execute(null);
+
+            // Get the record from the view
+            Record record = view.Fetch();
+
+            // Get the version from the data
+            string version = record.get_StringData(2);
+
+            // -----
+
+            // Create the XML writer
+            XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(outputFile, null) { Formatting = Formatting.Indented };
+
+            // Write the root tag
+            xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("versionInformation");
+
+            // Write the version tag
+            xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("version");
+            xmlWriter.WriteValue(version);
+            xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
+
+            // Write the installer name tag
+            xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("installFile");
+            xmlWriter.WriteValue(Path.GetFileName(inputFile));
+            xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
+
+            // Write the installer date tag
+            xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("installCreated");
+            xmlWriter.WriteValue(DateTime.Now);
+            xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
+
+            // End the root tag
+            xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
+
+            // Close out the writer
+            xmlWriter.Flush();
+            xmlWriter.Close();
+        }
+    }
+}