control(name, type, x, y, width, height, attributes, property, text, control_next, help) Return a new Control object

Database.OpenView(sql) Return a view object, by calling MSIDatabaseOpenView(). sql is the SQL statement

set_current() Make this feature the current feature of msilib. New components are automatically added to the default

msvcrt.setmode(fd, flags) Set the line-end translation mode for the file descriptor fd. To set it to text mode, flags

msvcrt.locking(fd, mode, nbytes) Lock part of a file based on file descriptor fd from the C runtime. Raises

msvcrt.ungetch(char) Cause the byte string char to be “pushed back” into the console buffer; it will be the next character

View.GetColumnInfo(kind) Return a record describing the columns of the view, through calling MsiViewGetColumnInfo()

winreg.DisableReflectionKey(key) Disables registry reflection for 32-bit processes running on a 64-bit operating system.

msilib.UuidCreate() Return the string representation of a new unique identifier. This wraps the Windows API functions

View.Close() Close the view, through MsiViewClose().