Command Line parameters

[gsimpson]

Greetings,

I have a question regarding command line parameters. Basically, what I want done is to create an installer that will accept them, so if the user enters a value it will use the said parameters in the installer.

1. User goes to the folder where the installer is.
2. User types "SETUP.EXE 123 abc 456 def"
3. In the installer, the values 123, abc, 456, and def are used internally.

Is this possible?

Thanks,
Greg

[Daniel]

Hello Greg,

In order to achieve what you want you should use public properties in your package application that will be set from command line. You can set a public property through the command line like this: PROPERTY="value".

Here is a sample command line for a .msi package (i.e Example.msi):

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msiexec.exe /i "<package_path>\Example.msi" PROPERTY="myValue"

Here is a sample command line for a .exe package (i.e Example.exe):

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"<package_path>\Example.exe" PROPERTY="myValue"

For example you can use your public properties in your package to set a shortcut argument in the Shortcut Properties Dialog. The "Arguments" field will contain your property value and will be set like this: /arg="[PROPERTY]".

If you have any questions let me know.

All the best,
Daniel