/// <summary>
/// Applies one or more patches to products that are eligible to receive the patch.
/// For each product listed by the patch package as eligible to receive the patch, ApplyPatch invokes
/// an installation and sets the PATCH property to the path of the patch package.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="patchPackages">The set of patch packages to be applied.
/// Each item is the full path to an MSP file.</param>
/// <param name="productCode">Provides the ProductCode of the product being patched. If this parameter
/// is null, the patches are applied to all products that are eligible to receive these patches.</param>
/// <param name="commandLine">optional command line property settings</param>
/// <remarks><p>
/// Win32 MSI API:
/// <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiapplymultiplepatches.asp">MsiApplyMultiplePatches</a>
/// </p></remarks>
public static void ApplyMultiplePatches(
IList <string> patchPackages, string productCode, string commandLine)
{
if (patchPackages == null || patchPackages.Count == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("patchPackages");
}
StringBuilder patchList = new StringBuilder();
foreach (string patch in patchPackages)
{
if (patch != null)
{
if (patchList.Length != 0)
{
patchList.Append(';');
}
patchList.Append(patch);
}
}
if (patchList.Length == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("patchPackages");
}
uint ret = NativeMethods.MsiApplyMultiplePatches(patchList.ToString(), productCode, commandLine);
Installer.CheckInstallResult(ret);
}
