Silent Install

[snae]

Hi

I have been provided with a copy of an installer produced by SetupBuilder5. I need to integrate this into another installer (an Installshield one in this case), and I need to be able to run the installer produced by SetupBuilder5 as a silent, unprompted install. Can this be done and what are the steps/switches to do this.

Thanks.

[linder]

Hello,

Please use the following to run it in "silent" mode:

setup.exe /S

Does this help?

[Unregistered]

Ah - upper case 'S' - I had tried lowercase. Thanks. However, a dialog does pop up (just for a second) presumably when files are being extracted. Is this expected behaviour?

[Unregistered]

The installer had been built with 5.0.0.1 it seems.

[linder]

Do you have the script available? Is it possible to send me a screenshot?

Thanks,

[snae]

Screenshot attached when the installer is run with /S. I do not have the script, just the .exe. I have removed the names of the product to protect the innocent :)

[linder]

:)

Yes, this is correct. Silent means in this case "without any user intervention". It only displays the installation progress. The developer of this installation can disable this screen when running in silent mode.

This is the code:

If %_SB_INSTALLERFLAG% Equals "1" on Position "$SB_SILENTMODEFLAG$" Then
Display Setup Progress Dialog
End

I hope this helps!

[linder]

Sorry, should read:

If %_SB_INSTALLERFLAG% Equals "0" on Position "$SB_SILENTMODEFLAG$" Then
Display Setup Progress Dialog
End

[snae]

I do have access to the original author (though an intermediary) so I will put this request to them. Thanks a lot for your prompt replies. After a few years of using (if that is the right word) Installshield it is refreshing to see this kind of installer.

[linder]

Thank you for your kind words!!! :)

[snae]

I have one more question, I do not have access to your docs, just a product produced by your app. Is it possible to, along with specifying /S on the command line, also change the default directory by means of a switch or response file?

TIA

[linder]

Hi,

Please try the following:

setup.exe /S /X c:\myfoldergoeshere

Does this help?

[linder]

Hi,

Please try the following:

setup.exe /S /X c:\myfoldergoeshere

Does this help?

[snae]

Thanks, but I am afraid that this does not work, the /S does install silently, but the installation path remains the same (C:\program files\product name\).

[linder]

What happens if you do not use the /S switch?

setup.exe /X c:\test

Do you see c:\test in the Choose Destination folder?

Thanks,

[snae]

No I am afraid not, the default location is displayed.

[linder]

We tested this here and it works fine.

The /X switch overwrites the original %_SB_INSTALLDIR% variable. Of course, this does not have any affect if the developer of the software "overwrites" this variable again (via the scripting language).

If you are interested, please ask the developer to contact me at friedrich (at) lindersoft (dot) com.