Creating the response file manually

You can create and edit a response file in any text editor by adding necessary sections in a predefined order.

To create a response file manually:

  1. Create a new text file using any text editor.
  2. Enter response file required sections in the following order, noting that section names are contained in brackets:
    1. Silent Header Section [InstallShield Silent].
    2. Application Header Section [Application].
    3. Dialog Data Sections, for example [Welcome Dialog-0].
  3. Edit the necessary data within each section name. Data entries consist of name=value pairs, such as Dlg0=Welcome-0.
  4. Save and close the response file.

The following sample shows what a response file looks like.

Sample response file
[InstallShield Silent] 
Version=v7.00 
File=Response File 
[File Transfer] 
OverwrittenReadOnly=NoToAll 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-DlgOrder] 
Dlg0={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-AskYesNo-0 
Count=10 
Dlg1={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdAskOptions-0 
Dlg2={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdWelcome-0 
Dlg3={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdAskOptionsList-0 
Dlg4={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SerialControlNumber Dialog-0 
Dlg5={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-TargetDirectory Dialog-0 
Dlg6={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-UserInstallationType Dialog-0 
Dlg7={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdSelectFolder-0 
Dlg8={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdShowInfoList-0 
Dlg10={49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-AskYesNo-1 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-AskYesNo-0] 
Result=0 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdAskOptions-0] 
Component-type=string 
Component-count=1 
Component-0=New Install 
Result=1 
[Application] 
Name=FATHOM 
Version=0 
Company=PSC 
Lang=0009 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdWelcome-0] 
Result=1 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdAskOptionsList-0] 
Component-type=string 
Component-count=1 
Component-0=9.1D 
Result=1 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SerialControlNumber Dialog-0] 
nvCount=2 
svSerialNumber-0=111222333 
svControlNumber_1-0=XXXXX 
svControlNumber_2-0=XXXXX 
svControlNumber_3-0=XXXXX 
svSerialNumber-1=444555666 
svControlNumber_1-1=XXXXX 
svControlNumber_2-1=XXXXX 
svControlNumber_3-1=XXXXX 
_bInstallingDB=0 
_bMessengerInstalled=0 
_bProgressExplorerLocalOption=1 
_nDbProdnumBitmask=0 
_bInstallingColorEditor=0 
_bInstallingFathom=1 
_szUseSourceEditor=NULL 
_nWebServicesProducts=0 
_bInstallingOpenEdgeStudio=0 
_bInstallingWSA=0 
_bInstallingSonicEsbAdapter=0 
_bInstallingSonicMqAdapter=0 
_bInstallingWebspeed=0 
_bSonicEsbProductNumberEntered=0 
Result=1 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-TargetDirectory Dialog-0] 
szDirDest=C:\Progress\Fathom 
szDirWrk=C:\FATHOM\WORK 
Result=1 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-UserInstallationType Dialog-0] 
_bQuickInstallRadioButton=1 
_bCustomInstallRadioButton=0 
_bTypicalInstallRadioButton=0 
Result=1 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdSelectFolder-0] 
szFolder=FATHOM 
Result=1 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-SdShowInfoList-0] 
Result=1 
[{49E1150F-908E-42BB-B26B-15B38B1E5931}-AskYesNo-1] 
Result=0 
  


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