semi silent install....

[CChong]

Hello...I have an installshield install created by a vendor. I am familiar with running the setup with the -r command to create a response file, then on the end user pc running the install silent:

setup.exe -s -f1

This hides all user interaction. I would like to specify a response file to use, so it answers all the questions for the user, but leave the install up where the user can see that it is occurring...

Help?

Scandler

[nank]

Tuner can be used to create Response Files. When a transform is created with Tuner, you can check the box for "Response Transform" and add any commandline properties. Tuner will take you through the setup dialogs and record your responses.

[CChong]

Thanks in advance for everyone's assistance. I will try to find some info on Tuner. This is a third party app, so I don't know what I'll be able to do... but I'll try anything!

Scandler

[nank]

Sorry for not being clear - Tuner is an InstallShield product. It's part of the AdminStudio suite of products It is used to make transforms (.mst files) and Response Transforms. Transforms let you customize a vendor's Windows Installer setup (.msi) without making direct modifications to the vendor's .msi package.

[CChong]

I am familiar with the Tuner product, but as I said, this is a third party app and was supplied as a P4TW. Now, I know how to pull the files out of it, but I do not believe it has an MSI provided. Can I still use tuner to create a transforms?

Scandler

[nank]

Thanks for clarifying. You have PFTW installation which you can run silently, but want to run in semi-silent mode.

What you can do is repackage your installation, making it a Windows Installer package. Then you install it using the MSIExec commandline. One of the parameters is /q, which sets the user interface level. Specifically, the parameter /qb will display only a basic UI. There are other UI levels available for the /q parameter as well.

Hope this is a little more help,