ZFH5.1 Proxy SILENT Install

Question

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to get a silent install setup for the proxy clients and I
just
can't seem to get it to work. I've read through the admin guide,
following
it to the letter, but it doesn't seem to work silently.
It created the setup.iss file, as well as modified the proxy.ini. I
copied
these to the central install directory for the proxy client. I'm
using
ZFD3.2 to deliver the software....I add the "-s" switch in the
application
parameters. When I click the icon, it appears to do something but it
never
installs. The application log files show distribution success, but no
files
are ever dropped down. If I remove the s switch, it will execute theinstall program just fine, but it's obviously not silent and I need to
go
through every step again.
I also copied the central install directory to the local machine and
executed setup.exe -s locally, and that doesn't work either.
Any ideas I can try??
TIA,
Ryan Van Thiel

Answer 1

Thanks a lot Dave, that was a big help. It took me a little bit
before I figured out that it was writing a log file to the network actually.
But adding the f2 switch easily resolved this. The parameters just
read as
"-s -f2c:\zfhproxy.log"
Thanks again,
Ryan
"David W Kegel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Hi Ryan,
When using the -S switch, InstallShield writes a setup.log file in
the directory you are installing from. The process that has spawned InstallShield needs rights to create a file. As an alternative, you
can use the "-f2[path\log file name]" option to have the log file written
in a different location, one you know the process will have write rights
in. This is a common problem. It comes up when users try doing a silent install off of a CD as well.
I hope this helps.
Dave Kegel
Novell, Inc.
>>> RVT<[email protected]> 8/8/2003 1:36:33 PM >>>
Ok, I think I have it figured out, but I have NO idea why this is
the case.
I'm hoping someone can explain it to me, I don't see anything in the
admin
guide.
I must have messed up the local install the first time, because I =tried
again, and it actually worked. So if I execute setup.exe -s from a
local
install directory, it works. However, it still wasn't working via
NAL or
the centralized network directory. It ended up being file rights to
the
centralized install directory. With read-only rights, it doesn't =work. If
I gave the user full rights to the install directory, the silent install
works just fine. What could it possibly be writing to the install
directory? Is this really the way it's supposed to work? Any light
someone
can shed on this would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan
"RVT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello everyone,
> I'm trying to get a silent install setup for the proxy clients and
I just
> can't seem to get it to work. I've read through the admin guide, following
> it to the letter, but it doesn't seem to work silently.
>
> It created the setup.iss file, as well as modified the proxy.ini.
I
copied
> these to the central install directory for the proxy client. I'm
using
> ZFD3.2 to deliver the software....I add the "-s" switch in the application
> parameters. When I click the icon, it appears to do something but
it
never
> installs. The application log files show distribution success,
but no
files
> are ever dropped down. If I remove the s switch, it will execute
the
> install program just fine, but it's obviously not silent and I
need to go
> through every step again.
>
> I also copied the central install directory to the local machine
and
> executed setup.exe -s locally, and that doesn't work either.
>
> Any ideas I can try??
>
> TIA,
> Ryan Van Thiel
>
>