sending command line parameters through installer

[sasi25in@gmail.com]

i want to accept some parameters (goes as command line parameters to my original program) which user enters when he/she is installing . please send me the solution for this.

[Cosmin]

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand what you need to do. Can you please give me more details about this?

Regards,
Cosmin

[sasi25in@gmail.com]

actually when iam preparing installer trough advanced installer, i need to take some inputs from user(install level). So i want to use them in my original program( Ex. Port number). Is there any way to do this. Please suggest me and please give me the solution.

[Cosmin]

Hi,

You can try using a custom dialog to get the information from the user. Please note that the User Guide contains the Create a new dialog tutorial which may help you. This information can be written in the registry through the Registry page. When your application runs, it can read the information from the registry.

Regards,
Cosmin

[Beaniiman]

I have the same question.

I would like to be able to add command line parameters to my install package.

For example:

"myinstaller.msi /installmode=silent"

Do we have the ability to do this?

[Cosmin]

Hi,

You can set permanent command line parameters for the MSI by using the EXE bootstrapper. In the Bootstrapper tab of the "Media" page you can enable the boostrapper and set the MSI command line.

Please note that for a silent installation you can use the "Limit to basic user interface (simple progress and error handling)" option in the Install Parameters page.

Regards,
Cosmin