diff -r c22d5b37f6a4 Doc/library/msilib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/msilib.rst	Fri May 06 09:31:02 2011 +0300
+++ b/Doc/library/msilib.rst	Sat May 07 13:41:48 2011 +0900
@@ -150,12 +150,20 @@
    values.
 
 
+The following attribute is also available:
+
+.. attribute:: Database.handle
+
+   The underlying MSI SDK handle.
+
+
 .. seealso::
 
    `MSIDatabaseOpenView <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msidatabaseopenview.asp>`_
    `MSIDatabaseCommit <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msidatabasecommit.asp>`_
    `MSIGetSummaryInformation <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msigetsummaryinformation.asp>`_
 
+
 .. _view-objects:
 
 View Objects
@@ -197,6 +205,10 @@
 
    Close the view, through :c:func:`MsiViewClose`.
 
+.. attribute:: View.handle
+
+   The underlying MSI SDK handle.
+
 
 .. seealso::
 
@@ -241,6 +253,10 @@
    Write the modified properties to the summary information stream, using
    :c:func:`MsiSummaryInfoPersist`.
 
+.. attribute:: SummaryInformation.handle
+
+   The underlying MSI SDK handle.
+
 
 .. seealso::
 
@@ -295,6 +311,13 @@
 
    Set all fields of the record to 0, through :c:func:`MsiRecordClearData`.
 
+.. attribute:: Record.handle
+
+   The underlying MSI SDK handle.
+
+   For example the handle to the record can be passed to
+   :c:func:`MSIRecordReadStream` to read streams in MSI tables.
+
 
 .. seealso::
 
diff -r c22d5b37f6a4 PC/_msi.c
--- a/PC/_msi.c	Fri May 06 09:31:02 2011 +0300
+++ b/PC/_msi.c	Sat May 07 13:41:48 2011 +0900
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <msiquery.h>
 #include <msidefs.h>
 #include <rpc.h>
+#include <structmember.h>
 
 static PyObject *MSIError;
 
@@ -444,6 +445,10 @@
 }
 
 
+static PyMemberDef msiobj_members[] = {
+    {"handle", T_INT, offsetof(msiobj, h), READONLY},
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
 
 static PyMethodDef record_methods[] = {
     { "GetFieldCount", (PyCFunction)record_getfieldcount, METH_NOARGS,
@@ -492,8 +497,8 @@
         0,                      /*tp_weaklistoffset*/
         0,                      /*tp_iter*/
         0,                      /*tp_iternext*/
-        record_methods,           /*tp_methods*/
-        0,                      /*tp_members*/
+        record_methods,         /*tp_methods*/
+        msiobj_members,         /*tp_members*/
         0,                      /*tp_getset*/
         0,                      /*tp_base*/
         0,                      /*tp_dict*/
@@ -663,7 +668,7 @@
         0,                      /*tp_iter*/
         0,                      /*tp_iternext*/
         summary_methods,        /*tp_methods*/
-        0,                      /*tp_members*/
+        msiobj_members,         /*tp_members*/
         0,                      /*tp_getset*/
         0,                      /*tp_base*/
         0,                      /*tp_dict*/
@@ -811,7 +816,7 @@
         0,                      /*tp_iter*/
         0,                      /*tp_iternext*/
         view_methods,           /*tp_methods*/
-        0,                      /*tp_members*/
+        msiobj_members,         /*tp_members*/
         0,                      /*tp_getset*/
         0,                      /*tp_base*/
         0,                      /*tp_dict*/
@@ -928,7 +933,7 @@
         0,                      /*tp_iter*/
         0,                      /*tp_iternext*/
         db_methods,             /*tp_methods*/
-        0,                      /*tp_members*/
+        msiobj_members,         /*tp_members*/
         0,                      /*tp_getset*/
         0,                      /*tp_base*/
         0,                      /*tp_dict*/