Unattended friendly MSI

[elou]

Hello,
I'd like to build an MSI file to install my package without any dialogs, and it should wait until everything has been installed.
I could start

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MSIEXEC.EXE /i mypackage.msi /qn

but in that case, MSIEXEC returns immediately and install the package in background.
Is there a way to configure the setup so that it waits until everything has been installed and let me now if everything has been done with a return code?
This is usefull for installation which are launched from a script.
regards,
Éric.

[Sorin]

Hello,

You could create a Verbose log by appending "/L*V C:\log\example.log" command to your command line.

The log will contain various information regarding the installation. For more details regarding this subject please take a look on this article: How Do I Read a Windows Installer Verbose Log File?

Best regards,
Sorin

[elou]

Hello,
I'm not sure if you understand my question, what I need is that the msiexec command do not return before everything has been installed (in silent mode)
Actually if you launch

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msiexec.exe /i mypackage.msi /L*V install.log

the command will return immediately and the installation runs in background.
Of course, I can use

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start /wait msiexec.exe /i mypackage.msi /L*V install.log

but it would be useful when the installer force this behaviour. So I could be sure that our customer do not start to test our application before it has really been installed.
Regards, Éric

[Daniel]

Hello Éric,

I'm afraid we do not have support for your requirement. This was why my colleague suggested you to try using the log check approach.

Thank you for your understanding.

All the best,
Daniel