Kbase P36594: InstallShield Silent Install fails when run from script
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
7/11/2005 |
|
Status: Verified
SYMPTOM(s):
InstallShield Silent Install fails when run from script
ResultCode=-12 in setup.log
Installation script reboots machine after running setup
CAUSE:
Normally using Silent Install, the setup.exe starts the actual installation as a seperate background process and then terminates.
The installation script will then continue executing.
This leads to further commands (such as rebooting or changing OS permissions) being issued prematurely, which will disrupt the Silent Install process.
FIX:
Record the setup.iss file using the -SMS option. This will skip the 'do you want to reboot now' dialog.
Then using this setup.iss file, Start the setup as follows:
start /WAIT %INST%\setup -s -f1%INPUT%\setup.iss -f2%LOG%\setup.log -SMS
%INST% is the path where the setup executable is located
%INPUT% is the path where the .iss file is located (for example INST%\installdat)
%LOG% is the path where the setup log should be placed
This will ensure that:
- The setup.exe waits until the installing background process has finished before terminating.
- The OS script waits until the setup.exe terminates before continuing processing.
- Using "start /wait" in combination with -SMS causes the setup to return control to the command prompt after the setup completes.