Progress
Installation and Configuration Guide
Version 9
for Windows
Running the InstallShield Silent Utility
Follow these steps to run the InstallShield Silent utility:
- Create a Response file. You can produce this file either automatically (recommended method) by using the InstallShield Response (-r) command-line parameter or manually by editing a
setup.iss
file. For more information on automatically creating a response file, see the "Creating the Response File Automatically" section. For more information on manually creating a response file, see the "Creating the Response File Manually" section.- Play back the Silent Installation using the Silent (-s) command-line parameter. The InstallShield runs on its own without your intervention:
In the above sample, path-to-file indicates the location of the setup file. The default location of the
setup.iss
file is the directory where you placed the Progresssetup.exe
. If you have moved this file to a different directory, you must specify the path to that directory here.The
setup.log
file is by default created in the same directory as thesetup.iss
file. You can use the optional-s -f2
command-line parameter to specify a different location for thesetup.log
file.NOTE: You must launch the InstallShield Silent installation utility by using thesetup.exe -s -f1
command-line parameters.Creating the Response File Automatically
InstallShield creates a response file for you by recording all your installation choices in the
setup.iss
file and places the file in the Windows directory. Use this syntax to initiate an InstallShield response file:
Creating the Response File Manually
You can create and edit a response file (
setup.iss
), which is similar to a.ini
file. Note that this file requires you to add the necessary sections in a predefined order.Follow these steps to create a response file manually:
- Create a new text file named
setup.iss
using any text editor.- Enter InstallShield response file (
setup.iss
) required sections in the following order, noting that Section names are contained in square brackets, for example, [InstallShield Silent]:- Edit the necessary data within each section name. Data entries consist of name=value pairs, such as Dlg0=Welcome-0.
- Save and close the
setup.iss
file and place the file in the Windows directory.
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