Specify Setup Type on Command Line

I've created a setup with three Setup Types: Complete, Upgrade, and Custom. Some customers will install with the GUI, but others will require an unattended installation and will use the /S silent option.

How can the Setup Type be passed on the command line along with the /S option (e.g. to select the Upgrade setup type)? Is it also possible to select a Custom type and select only certain Features from the command line?

Hello,

What you can do is to detect a silent installation and, if detected, set the active setup type to Upgrade.

You can use the following to detect a silent install:

If %_SB_INSTALLERFLAG% Equals "1" on Position "$SB_SILENTMODEFLAG$" Then

You can use "Set Active Setup Type" to set the type.

Does this help?

Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
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Thank you, that got me headed in the right direction, but I need to let the user specify the Setup Type on the command line (it's not always Upgrade just because it's silent, they still get to choose). I think I have it working like this:

Code:

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! If the SetupType was passed on the command line, set it here
! e.g.: Setup.exe /V SetupType Upgrade
Set Variable %SETUPTYPE% to ""
If %SETUPTYPE% Equals (Ignore Case) "Complete" Then
  Set Active Setup Type to "Complete"
ElseIf %SETUPTYPE% Equals (Ignore Case) "Upgrade" Then
  Set Active Setup Type to "Upgrade"
ElseIf %SETUPTYPE% Equals (Ignore Case) "Custom" Then
  Set Active Setup Type to "Custom"
End

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Is this the best way to accomplish it?

Hello,

Yes, good idea. This should work fine!

You can also use the "Get System Information (Command Line)" function to retrieve the command line. Then check if a specific "upgrade switch" is defined.

For example, you tell your customer that setup.exe /u (or whatever switch you prefer) runs the installer in upgrade mode. Just check if /u is passed through the command line and set your setup type to "Upgrade".

Does this make sense?

Friedrich

That's great, thank you very much.

While I was testing to see what formats I could pass in with the /V option, I think I've found a (very minor) bug. If I pass a colon between the variable name and value instead of a space, the setup crashes.

Setup.exe /V SetupType:Upgrade

Application Exception 0xc0000005

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Item in review.

Friedrich