Suppress Dialog during the Installation

[DougN]

Hello Forum,

This is my first post here and have some basic questions that I would like to ask.

A client of our requests to have an installer for our application that can be run through the SCCM. My understanding is that this installer needs to be seamless and should have no dialog appear during the installation.

I have downloaded the Advance Installer and have tried to create projects with Simple and Professional template. However, I couldn't remove the dialog completely in both projects.

Is it possible to create the installer with Advanced Installer that has no dialog from begining to end? Also, can the same installer put the application folder on C: drive instead of system Program folder?

Here are the main steps that the our installer needs to carry out.

Place our application folder at C: drive
Place the shortcut of our .exe file on the desktop.
Remove the previous application folder that was placed there during the last installation.
Remove the previous shortcut that was placed there during the last installation.


Any answers or suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Dan]

Hello and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,

Thank you for your interest in Advanced Installer.

Is it possible to create the installer with Advanced Installer that has no dialog from begining to end?

Please note that you can use Msiexec.exe command lines for installing your MSI package and specify the display options for it (e.g. full, basic or no UI during the installation ).
You can take a look on the Command Line article which may be useful to you.
Also, in the Install Parameters page you can enable the Limit to basic user interface (simple progress and error handling) option to display only a dialog with a progress bar showing the evolution of the installation and the message boxes that display error messages.
If your installation package is not .MSI and it is an .EXE, you should go in the Dialogs page, and select the desired UI for the botstrapper UI. Also, you have to specify the UI level for the .MSI which is embedded in the .EXE. So, you can go in the Media page and specify for the Bootstrapper Options the UI level for the .MSI in the MSI Command Line field.

Place our application folder at C: drive

In order to achieve that you can go in the Install Parameters page and in the Application Folder filed you can specify the default path for the installation folder. (e.g. [WindowsVolume][ProductName] )

Place the shortcut of our .exe file on the desktop.

In the Files and Folders page, select the Desktop folder in the “Folders” tree and use the [ New Shortcut ] toolbar button to create a shorcut to your .EXE. The “New Shortcut” dialog will appear, allowing you to customize the new shortcut.

Remove the previous application folder that was placed there during the last installation.

Please note that a major upgrade is essentially the removal of an older product which is replaced by a newer product. In Advanced Installer the upgrades can be configured from the Upgrades View. Also, you can take a look on the Upgrade an older version of the package article which may be useful to you.

If you need any help, please let us know.

Best regards,
Dan