The Windows Runtime Installation Package has the extension .msi and the Silent Installation can be run using the msiexec.exe utility. When the command line argument “/qn” is passed to the utility, it installs the Windows Runtime Installation Package without Graphical User Interface (GUI) that is, no dialog boxes, no user prompts requesting information (Install directory). The progress of the installation whether the installation has completed successfully or failed is written to a log file. The log file includes the status, warning and error messages.
Implementation of Silent Installation
From the command prompt, executing the following command line arguments “:> msiexec.exe /i “<path of the AB Suite 7.0 Runtime.msi>\AB Suite 7.0 Runtime.msi” /qn <parameters> installs the Windows Runtime Installation package in silent mode.
The purpose of the Silent Installation is to automate the installation without Graphical User Interface (GUI) of Windows Runtime Installation. This means, no dialog boxes, no user prompts requesting information is displayed to the user.
Processing
The command and parameters to execute the AB Suite packages are as follows:
| Commands/Parameters | Values |
|---|---|
| msiexec /i | Example: <default directory>\AB Suite 7.0 Developer\Product Configuration 1\Release 1\DiskImages\Disk1\AB Suite 7.0 Developer.msi |
| /qn INSTALLDIR = | Example: C:\Program Files\Unisys\AB Suite 7.0\ |
AgreeToLicense | Yes |
ADDLOCAL | ALL |
| APP_USER_DOMAIN= | . |
| APP_USER_NAME= | Example: AppUser |
| APP_USER_PASSWORD= | Example: App1User |
| APP_ADMIN_DOMAIN= | . |
| APP_ADMIN_NAME= | Example: AppAdminUser |
| APP_ADMIN_PASSWORD= | Example: App1AdminUser |
| PASSDATA= | Example: C:\AB Suite 7.0\Data\ |
| PASSBUILDERCACHE= | Example: C:\Program Files\Unisys\AB Suite 7.0\Builder Cache\ |
PASSBUILDEROUTPUT= | Example: C:\Program Files\Unisys\AB Suite 7.0\Builder Output\ |
| /l*v | Example: C:\Temp\AB Suite 7.0.Log |
Where,
msiexec is the executable program of the Windows Installer to interpret installation package and install products on the target location.
/i switch is used to install the package from the command line.
INSTALLDIR is a property for specifying the location where the Windows Runtime Installation Package is installed.
/qn switch is used to suppress the dialog boxes displayed for input and output to the user.
/l*v switch is used to create a log file.
For example, to install Runtime through Silent Installation, run the following command from the command prompt:
msiexec /i "Agile Business Suite 7.0 Runtime (64 bit).msi" /qn /norestart INSTALLDIR= "C:\Program Files\Unisys\AB Suite 7.0\" AgreeToLicense=Yes ADDLOCAL=ALL APP_USER_DOMAIN=. APP_USER_NAME=AppUser APP_USER_PASSWORD=App1User APP_ADMIN_DOMAIN=. APP_ADMIN_NAME=AppAdminUser APP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=App1AdminUser PASSDATA="C:\AB Suite 7.0\Data" /l*v c:\temp\Runtime.log