Issue 1984 - Do not use VBScript in installer build tools

installer/emb.py

Index: installer/emb.py
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+import sys
+import msilib
+import argparse
+
+def main(): 
+	# Check arguments
+	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Embed .mst transform into the MSI database.')
+	parser.add_argument('storageName', metavar='storageName', help="The name of the storage (language name)")
+	parser.add_argument('databasePath', metavar='databasePath', help="Path to MSI in which to embed")
+	parser.add_argument('importPath', metavar='importPath', help="Path to transform file (.mst)")
+	 
+	args = parser.parse_args();
+	# Open database and create a view on the _Storages table
+	sqlQuery = "SELECT `Name`,`Data` FROM _Storages"
+	database = msilib.OpenDatabase(args.databasePath, 1)
+	view = database.OpenView(sqlQuery)
+	 
+	# Create and Insert the row with 2 fields. 
+	record = msilib.CreateRecord(2)
+	record.SetString(1, args.storageName)
+	view.Execute(record)
+	 
+	# Insert storage - copy data into stream
+	record.SetStream(2, args.importPath)
+	view.Modify(3, record)
+	database.Commit()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()