Deploy using the Setup Program
The InfoConnect Setup program (setup.exe
) is the recommended tool for installing and deploying InfoConnect. You can have end users run Setup themselves, or you can use setup.exe
on the command line to manage customized automated installations.
Customize the Setup installation
When users launch the Setup program, by default they see the user interface described in The Setup Program. You can use the Installation Customization Tool to customize what happens when users run Setup.
To customize Setup using the Installation Customization Tool
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From your administrative installation point, open the Installation Customization Tool from a shortcut or by typing the following command line:
path_to_setup
\setup.exe /admin
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In the left-hand navigation pane, select Create a new Setup customization file for the following product.
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Select License and Session metering and click I accept the terms of the Software License Agreement.
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In the navigation pane, select User Interface and click Use this customization with interface installs using setup.exe.
When you save your transform with this option selected, the Installation Customization Tool automatically updates the
setup.ini
file to apply the transform to the installation by adding the following line to the[Setup]
section:CustomTransform=
your_transform.mst
You must enable this option if you want to add programs to your installation using the Add installations and run programs panel. When you save your transform after using that panel, the tool creates a
[RunPrograms]
section insetup.ini
with a command to run each added program.The modifications made to
setup.ini
mean that any installation usingsetup.exe
(using either the interactive user interface or usingsetup.exe
on a command line) will automatically apply your transform and run any added programs. -
Under Select a user interface level, select one of the following:
None - Displays no interface.
Basic - Displays only a progress bar.
Full - Displays the full InfoConnect Setup program interface.
(Optional) Select No cancel to set up the install so that it cannot be canceled after it begins.
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(Optional) In the navigation pane, select Set feature installation states to modify the installed features.
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(Optional) In the navigation pane, select Add installations and run programs to run any companion packages automatically before or after the Setup program.
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Save your transform.
After you have made these changes, running the Setup program from your administrative installation point (using either the user interface or a command line) will automatically install InfoConnect with your customizations.
Deploy using the Setup command line
You can use the InfoConnect Setup program command line to install PROD_SHORT from the distribution image, or from an administrative installation image. You can also include command-line options in a batch file to preset installation parameters, and limit user interaction while InfoConnect is installing. You can suppress installation dialog boxes to provide an unattended installation.
To see a list of available command-line parameters
setup.exe /?
To deploy with default settings
setup.exe /install
To disable user interaction during the installation
To perform an unattended install that displays a progress bar and disables the Cancel button:
setup.exe /install /passive
To perform a silent install with no display:
setup.exe /install /quiet
To deploy InfoConnect and a transform
setup.exe /install TRANSFORMS=
myCustomInstall.mst
Note
An alternate way to apply a transform is to use the Installation Customization Tool as described above in Customize the Setup installation.
To specify a non-default location for program files
Use the INSTALLDIR
property. For example:
setup.exe /install INSTALLDIR=C:\path