/// <summary>
/// Gets a View object representing the query specified by a SQL string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sqlFormat">SQL query string, which may contain format items</param>
/// <param name="args">Zero or more objects to format</param>
/// <returns>A View object representing the query specified by a SQL string</returns>
/// <exception cref="BadQuerySyntaxException">the SQL syntax is invalid</exception>
/// <exception cref="InvalidHandleException">the Database handle is invalid</exception>
/// <remarks><p>
/// The <paramref name="sqlFormat"/> parameter is formatted using <see cref="String.Format(string,object[])"/>.
/// </p><p>
/// The View object should be <see cref="InstallerHandle.Close"/>d after use.
/// It is best that the handle be closed manually as soon as it is no longer
/// needed, as leaving lots of unused handles open can degrade performance.
/// </p><p>
/// Win32 MSI API:
/// <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/msidatabaseopenview.asp">MsiDatabaseOpenView</a>
/// </p></remarks>
public View OpenView(string sqlFormat, params object[] args)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(sqlFormat))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("sqlFormat");
}
string sql = (args == null || args.Length == 0 ? sqlFormat :
String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, sqlFormat, args));
int viewHandle;
uint ret = RemotableNativeMethods.MsiDatabaseOpenView((int)this.Handle, sql, out viewHandle);
if (ret != 0)
{
throw InstallerException.ExceptionFromReturnCode(ret);
}
return(new View((IntPtr)viewHandle, sql, this));
}