The following table describes the command-line options for installing INFOConnect or the Options Pack from the command-line or a batch file.
The Microsoft Windows Installer provides a variety of additional command-line options for customizing installations. (For more information, see the Microsoft Windows Installer documentation.)
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/a | product.msi | Administrative installation, copies a product to a network location for later installation by users. | ||||||||
/i | product.msi | Installs or configures a product. | ||||||||
/j | [u|m] product.msi | Advertises a product.
u - Advertises to the current user. m - Advertises to all users of the computer. |
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/l | [i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] logfile | Specifies the path to the log file and indicates which information to log.
i - Status messages. w - Nonfatal warnings. e - All error messages. a - Start up of actions. r - Action-specific records. u - User requests. c - Initial UI parameters. m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information. o - Out-of-disk-space messages. p - Terminal properties. v - Verbose output. x - Extra debugging information. + - Append to existing file. ! - Flush each line to the log. * - log all information except for verbose output. To include verbose output, use /l*v. |
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/p | patch.msi | Applies a patch.
To apply a patch to an installed administrative image, combine /p with /a, as follows: /p patch.msi /a product.msi |
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/q | [n|b|r|f] | Sets user interface level.
n - Suppresses all installation progress dialog boxes. Use to perform an unattended (silent) user installation. b - Displays only a basic installation user interface.
r - Displays a reduced user interface, without a Finish dialog box. f - Displays all of the installation dialog boxes, including the finish dialog box. |
When you install from the command-line, you can append properties that change default values for options in the installation. For more information, see Properties in the INFOConnect MSI File.
The following command starts an installation of the INFOConnect client in a Windows XP environment with installation progress messages suppressed, and the user data location set to the Program Files directory.
msiexec /i path/INFO80.MSI /qn USERDATALOCATIONMIN=Legacy
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Installation |
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Installing INFOConnect From the Command Line |
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Properties in the INFOConnect MSI File |
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Silent Installation |
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