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. This must be run from a command line prompt that has administrative privileges.

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.