How do I Send "soft switches" or Parameters

terryyakki · Post by **terryyakki** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:10 pm

Hi;
I'm trying to run a setup.exe program that accepts soft switches or parameters. I've tried several ways of sending the parameters, but they are either ignored or InstallShield throws up a message box listing the accepted switches. The only time I have had it work is when I did a recorded macro and launched the following using the Start\Run box...
d:\clients\w32intel\sertup.exe /s/v"/gb+"
The /s/v:/gb+" runs setup in a silent mode, but shows a progress bar. When the switches are ignored the setup program runs and waits for user input.

Anyone know how to send these parameters to setup.exe so it will run in silent mode?

Thanks for you help,
Terry Yakki

Lumumba · Post by **Lumumba** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:16 pm

Have you tried to separate each parameter with a space character:

Run Program>CMD /C "d:\clients\w32intel\setup.exe /s /v /gb+"

or create a batch file

WLN>C:\mybatch.bat,RESULT,Start "d:\clients\w32intel\setup.exe /s /v /gb+"
Run Program>C:\mybatch.bat

If Start won't work try Run

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:25 pm

Or have you tried putting the switches in as a variable:

Let>switches=/s/v"/gb+"
Run Program>d:\clients\w32intel\setup.exe %switches%