Silent Deployment

Post Author: simonb
CA Forum: Deployment
Hi guys,
We have a windows application based on the DotNet Framework 2 and will potentially be deployed to all OS's that support the framework. One goal of the installer is to keep its a simple as possible for the users. With this goal in mind we dont really want to be displaying EULA dialogs for each component if we can avoid it.
Im aware of two method to install the runtimes from a VS2005 setup project.
1) .msi installer
2) merge modules
Using the msi results in the user having to accept the license agreement whilst installing with the merge modules doesnt. Problem Solved? possibly not, we also have another requirement to keep the footprint of the installer as small as possible. The merge modules option results in a large installer, I've also read that using this option will result in the runtime being installed each and every time the installer is run, this would be undesirable.
I have noticed on the MSDN web site that its possible to create a silent install with msiexec, please see the link below:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227324(VS.80).aspx
So our command line argument would look something like:
msiexec.exe /i "C:\install.msi" /qn PIDKEY=AAAAA-1111111-1111111-BBBB
If this method does work, what product key should we use? the link suggests that we can use any valid key, is that the case? Please keep in mind that we are distributing a thick client to end users.
Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
Cheers
Simon

I would suggest taking a look at
$WL_HOME/samples/server/medrec/setup/build.xml
also you can check out
http://www.niffgurd.com/mark/blog
the one about Roller, the zip has a setup/build.xml, you can see ways to
prompt for input and invoke weblogic.Admin
It might help with partially what you are trying to do.
cheers
mbg
"sundar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:3efc4c6b$[email protected]..
>
My product is a custom authorization provider development.I am involved inthe
installation of the same, and the requirement
i have is to at the time of installation, i need to prompt the user forthe necessary
values and silently install the provider and
override the default adjucator provider to use my custom authorizationprovider.
I just jumped into this , can you please
help me with some pointers or suggesstions. i do not have the luxury ofasking
the user to go through web interface to proceed with deployment &configuration.
>
I have done the hard work of seeing the bea web pages, i understand thatwe need
to start the web logic server to
deploy the custom app and use admin console to configure and deploy andthen reload
the web logic to take effect.
the number of user operations are more,so i thought there could be someclass
where it can be done
programmatically,i will prompt the user for details, and change therelated xml
files to change to get the necessary effect.
the purpose of the authorization is to protect certain web resources.
can you help me please,
thanks in advance,
sundar

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