Silent Install with Single File EXE

[CChong]

I have a 3rd party MSI which includes a setup.exe, a CAB file and the windows installer files.

I created a transform using Tuner which creates a few shortcuts and drops a some files pertinent to my company. The files do not interact with the package.

If put all the files into a directory and run a command line msiexec /i "MY MSI.MSI" /qb TRANSFORMS=mymsi.mst

it works great.

I want to be able to bundle all the files into one single EXE with the command line a part of the build.

I basically want a user to download one file like a setup.exe, double click on it and it installs the program and applies the transform.

How do I do this?

[TsungH]

PackageForTheWeb should do that just fine. You can download and use PackageForTheWeb from InstallShield Downloads.

[CChong]

I tried the PFTW. I can get command lines like this to work:

msiexec /i "Symantec AntiVirus.msi" /qb TRANSFORMS=sav9.mst REINSTALLMODE=vomus REINSTALL=ALL

PFTW allows one to run commands against setup.exe. What is the paramenters for this?

I've tried this:

setup.exe /s /V"/qb REINSTALLMODE=vomus REINSTALL=ALL" but I only receive errors.

Any thoughts?

[Christopher_Pai]

BTW since this is symantec, have you tried using their client repackager utility? It's pretty nice and brain dead for systems administrators.

[CChong]

Are you referring to Symantec Packager?

Actually that is what I am currently using. Basically I've created a custom command that copies all the Symantec files and my files into a directory. I also use the custom command to make the installation silent. Then all that happens is Symantec is installed without any changes. A batch file creates a registry entry in runonce to copy my files in the directories they need to go in after a reboot.

I just completed a class on AdminStudio and was trying to see if I could use a transform file to do the same thing.