Silent install with completion prompt?

I would like to create application/package deployments that install silently, but will also prompt the user when the installation is done. I want these available through the Software Center.
My reason is pretty simple. I want to control all aspects of the installation process which is easy using silent installs. However, I would like the user to know when the install is done.
For something as simple as a JAVA runtime install, the user is often installing an update due to an incompatibility with a web site. Letting them know when the install is done allows them to try to web site again.

Hi GlennWelker
There are more than one way of doing this:
Either you can do this when you deploy the application, making sure users have an installation deadline, and then showing them all notifications.
Otherwise you can do it in your installation, this way you need some way of showing it. You can build something to do this yourself, or you can use some of the Things which is out there to do this:
http://psappdeploytoolkit.codeplex.com/releases/view/110492
/Morten

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For the new BI4.0 installation package, it's not clear how to trigger a silent installation which also shows the installation progress. The installation guide describes using -q in the command line to run a silent installation, or leveraging a response.ini file to trigger a silent install, but in neither case does it show how to modify the silent installation command to enable a display of the installation progress.
Does anyone know the syntax, either command line or embedded in a response.ini file, to trigger a silent installation for the BI4.0 products which ALSO shows the progress of the installations?
Thanks,
Josh

Yes, I've tried the same switch that I used for the XI3.1 installations, namely "/qb". In XI3.1 I was able to use this switch either directly in the MSIEXEC command line or in the Response.ini file as "QUIET=/qb". In either case, this switch resulted in a silent install that showed a progress bar window for the installation, completing with a confirmation prompt indicating that the installation had completed.
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Is there a way to embed the registration number into the command line of a silent install for Crystal Reports 2008? That way users won't have to enter it after the install.

You can use the PIDKEY silent command line option.
I am pasting a snippet from page 27 the Crystal Report 2008 Install Guide pdf.
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http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/cr2008/en/xir3_cr_install_en.pdf
=======================================================================
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Hello,
I am trying to create an installer for Adobe Acrobat 11 Pro. I have used the customization wizard to create a transform file for the install and specified it to be silent. However, it appears that windows are still opening in the background when the installer runs, which causes our automated installer service to close out of the install thinking the installer is "broken."
Is there an easy way to make the installer completely, 100% silent?
The command is currently:
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EDIT: The windows opening look like they are deleting some dll files. If anyone knows a workaround, that's be great.

Answered this in your other post. Please only post once per issue. Here is the response I put in that thread:
"If you are installing on a machine that Acrobat 10 previously then this is likely deleting the old Adobe PDF Printer files if anything instead of the Setup files. I don't believe there is a way to change this behavior."

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myinstall.rsp
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RESPONSEFILE_VERSION=1.7.0.0.0
[SESSION]
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ORACLE_HOME = "C:\oracle\ora81"
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[oo4o.group_1.0.0.0]
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DEPENDENCY_LIST={"oracle.networking.netca","8.1.6.0.0"}
[oracle.networking.netca_8.1.6.0.0]
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silentInstall2002-08-14_04-14-41-PM.log
Configuration tool Net8 Configuration Assistant failed
Parsing command line arguments:
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Parameter "inscomp" = client,net8
Parameter "insprtcl" = nmp,tcp
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java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: jniGetOracleHome
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Hi i am facing the same problem. If you got the solution please reply for the same or mail me on [email protected]

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Oops - posted this in the wrong category after I landed there as a result of a search...
I have tried to install the jre-7u10-windows-i586.exe with flags: /s WEB_JAVA=1 WEB_JAVA_SECURITY_LEVEL=H but after it is installed, when opening the control panel, the web security level is set to Medium.
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I would have expected when the installer option has been used (as admin), the setting would be HIGH for all users and the user would not be able to change it.
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OS is Windows XP with all patches.

I understand why you asked the question: It doesn't appear to be working as designed. ;)
I offered up what little I know in hopes of helping you solve the immediate problem of applying that setting. I wasn't trying to dance around the problem. :)
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http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/deployment/deployment-guide/properties.html
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I successfully un-installed Weblogic that had been installed previously on the VM. Then I created silent.xml on the VM and attempted to install WL in Silent Mode but got the following error
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Extracting 0%....................................................................................................100%
The local BEA product registry is corrupted. Please select another Middleware Home or contact Oracle Support
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<bea-installer>
<input-fields>
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Joe in South Carolina.

Well i read another thread and got it solved by putting the value on the same line
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I have successfully installed Photoshop CS3 onto Windows XP SP2. However, I do not want my install to be completely silent: I want to see a progress bar.
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Hi All,
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[ENGINE]
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Response File Version=1.0.0.0.0
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Mike.Yates wrote:
> I contacted Adobe support and the guy asked me to post
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