Hi, I am new to InstallAnywhere. I have created a custom code panel .In the OkToContinue(), I validate the inputs of the panel. My observation is that in case of silent installation, this block of code is not getting called. Is that I have to handle validation for silent installation separately or is there any way I can handle both at a same place? In case of UI installation, I need the validation should happen as soon as user tries to move to the next screen.
Silent installation is installation without user intervention . By installing it through cmd line wih /s option eg: c:\xyz.exe /s, where xyz.exe is the installer setup.
Inorder to achieve silent installtion , installer requires a response file which is a .iss file (it is similar to .ini file).
How to create a response file : Creating response file means recording the steps of the installation. In the command line you need to execute installer setup as : c:\xyx.exe /r , you need to install it in normal fashion, each step that you do will get recorded in a response file(once recording is done you will find response file in c:\windows\setup.iss(default location)) . Now include this setup.iss file in Behavior and Logic >Support Files/Billboards >Advace Files>Disk1 . Build the installer once again .
Run your installer on command line with /s option as: c:\xyz.exe /s You can check the status of silent installation in task manger.
I hope this will give you a optimised way of doing silent installation 🙂
