advanced installer command line switches

For more information, see Patch Source Resolution. Be sure to specify the data subfolder inside the original setup source folder (the data subfolder exists in all Install Aware setups built in uncompressed mode). In the above example, setup.exe denotes the main setup executable, and original setup sources is the full path to the folder containing the original setup sources.

To make sure the setup program does not prompt for the location of the original setup sources during a patch operation, you may use the patch source command line parameter. Specifying Original Setup Sources for Patching In the above example, setup.exe denotes the main setup executable, and password is the setup password. This option is most useful when used in conjunction with silent installations, since silent installations cannot prompt for a setup password. This will prevent displaying the password prompt box and attempt to use the password indicated on the command line. You may specify the password for encrypted setups on the command line. In the above example, setup.exe denotes the main setup executable, and logfile.ext is the full path to the desired log file. Be aware that logging significantly decreases the runtime speeds of an installation. If the logging command line parameter is set, the installation will keep a verbose log of all the internal installation variables, as well as Windows Installer's own installation log.

In the above example, setup.exe denotes the main setup executable. When input is required on dialog boxes, the default values of dialog controls will be used. With the silent install command line parameter set, the entire installation will execute silently, without a user interface, or any user intervention. See uninstalling from the command line for an example. You may freely combine all of the parameters displayed below. In addition, you may also set/override the values of variables used in your installation from the command line. Every Install Aware setup supports command line parameters for silent and logged installs.

Advanced installer command line switches