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DataPool User Guide

Version 2.13 | Published November 30, 2018 ©

Advanced Silent Installation

The advanced silent installation section describes how to create a custom silent installation, should the default silent installation not fit the user requirements. One manual run of the installer is required to record user actions. After the sequence of user actions is recorded, the installer can run in silent mode, repeating the recorded user actions.

Note: The procedure described here, using an application shortcut, can be executed from a command shell running the installation file with the described flags.

Recording user actions

  1. Create a shortcut for the installer .exe file.

  2. Open the shortcut properties window.

  3. Add the following flags to the Target field in the properties window:

    /r /f1"My_File_Name.iss"

    where My_File_Name.iss is a qualified path and file name with the suffix .iss. The path to the file should be a full path or a relative path and it should be double quoted. There should be a space between the /r flag and the /f1 flag, but there is no space between /f1 flag and the specified file name. For example:

    /r /f1"C:\Temp\VCMC.iss" or "/r /f1".\VCMC.iss"

  4. Click the OK button and run the shortcut by double clicking it.

  5. Install Viz DataPool manually as described in the User Installation section above (First Time Installation section). Make the selections to comply with the required silent installation flow.

  6. Check that the specified .iss file was created.

Running the installer in silent mode

  1. Create a new shortcut for the installer .exe file.

  2. Open the shortcut properties window.

  3. Add the following flags to the Target field in the properties window:

    /s /f1"My_File_Name.iss"

    where My_File_Name.iss is the qualified path and file name to the .iss file that was recorded in the previous section.
    The path to the file should be a full path or a relative path and it should be double quoted. There should be a space between the /r flag and the /f1 flag, but there is no space between /f1 flag and the specified file name. For example:

    /s /f1"C:\Temp\VCMC.iss" or "/s /f1".\VCMC.iss"

  4. Click the OK button and run the shortcut by double clicking it.

  5. The installation runs without any dialogs.

  6. Check that the required files were installed.

  7. Continue to install all clients using the silent mode option.

    Note: When running the installer in silent mode when DataPool is already installed, the installed components on the machine are reinstalled.