Silent Installation

On Windows platforms, you can perform a silent installation of the extend Interoperability Suite using the msiexec command, which requires that you use the .msi install package that is shipped with your product.

The syntax required is:

msiexec /i <msi-file> INSTALLDIR=<install-directory> [INSTALLDIR64=<64-bit-install-directory>] ADDLOCAL=<product1,product2,...> [WINDOWSVERSION=<Win-version>] /qn [/L*v <log-file>]

where:

<msi-file>: The .msi installation file. This could be a 32-bit or a 64-bit version.
<install-directory>: The directory in which the product will be installed.
Restriction: If you specify a mapped drive, it must map to a local directory; remote mapped drives are not supported.
<64-bit-install-directory>: The directory in which the 64-bit products will be installed. This is mandatory if you are using the 64-bit installer, because it installs both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of some products, using <install-directory> for the 32-bit versions and <64-bit-install-directory> for the 64-bit versions.
Restriction: If you specify a mapped drive, it must map to a local directory; remote mapped drives are not supported.
<product1,product2,...>: A list of products and services to be installed; see Product Variables for Silent Installation for the comprehensive list of options.
<Win-version>: This is required for Windows versions 8 and later, in order to create the Extend Start menu. The only permissible value for <Win-version> is PostWindows7.
<log-file>: The path and file name of a log file in which to log the installation details.

Examples

32-bit installation:

For example, the following command silently installs the ACUCOBOL-GT runtime, Acu4GL for MSSQL, and the AcuSQL runtime to the C:\AcuInstallDir directory, and (on Windows 8 and later) also creates the extend start menu in the Windows program list:

msiexec /i "extend(R) Version 10.2.0 x86.msi" INSTALLDIR=C:\AcuInstallDir ADDLOCAL=Runtime,Acu4GLMSSQL,AcuSQLRuntime WINDOWSVERSION=PostWindows7 /qn

64-bit installation:

For example, the following command silently installs the ACUCOBOL-GT runtime, Acu4GL for MSSQL, and the AcuSQL runtime to the C:\AcuInstallDir directory, and the 64-bit runtime, Acu4GL for MSSQL, and AcuSQL runtime to the C:\AcuInstallDir64 directory:

msiexec /i "extend(R) Version 10.2.0 x64.msi" INSTALLDIR=C:\AcuInstallDir INSTALLDIR64=C:\AcuInstallDir64 ADDLOCAL=Runtime,Runtime64,Acu4GLMSSQL,Acu4GLMSSQL64,AcuSQLRuntime,AcuSQLRuntime64  /qn

Comments

You can also use the msiexec command to run the installation with a user interface: omit the ADDLOCAL parameter and substitute /qn for /qf.

You can also use the msiexec command to install the thin client .msi file that is supplied with your product: omit the ADDLOCAL parameter.