Software Deployment

Windows Installer (MSIEXEC.exe) command lines are explicit and case sensitive. You can use system and defined variables instead of hard coded paths.

%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\msiexec.exe /i "%SOURCE%\%SOURCESUBDIR2%\%MSINAME2%" TRANSFORMS="%SOURCE%\%SOURCESUBDIR2%\%MSTNAME2%" /liwear "%LOGFILEDIR%\%PACKAGELOG2%.LOG" REBOOT="ReallySuppress" /qn

Translates to:

c:\windows\System32\msiexec.exe /i "\\servername\folder\msiname.msi" TRANSFORMS="\\servername\folder\mstname.mst /liwear "c:\folder\packagename.LOG" REBOOT="ReallySuppress" /qn

Watch for extra spaces between the commands.

As always, perform your testing without /qn so that you can see the visable errors.

Jmaclaurin, thanks for a quick response. Here's what my command line looks like, just so you have a better idea.

szProgram = WINSYSDIR ^ "\\msiexec.exe";
szCmdLine = TARGETDIR ^ "\\"+ MSINAME;
szCmdLine1 = TARGETDIR ^ "\\" + MSTNAME;
//nOptions = LAAW_OPTION_WAIT;
//MessageBox("szCmdLine = " + szCmdLine,INFORMATION);
if (LaunchAppAndWait (szProgram, "/i "+szCmdLine + " TRANSFORMS=" + szCmdLine1 + " /qb!", WAIT) < 0) then
MessageBox ("Unable to launch "+ szProgram +".",SEVERE);

What could be causing it to break. In addition to that I am still seeing the option of "Cancel" button for user to be able to cancel this installation. How can I possibly remove that, if "/QB!" is not doing it. Once again same command line works fine manually.

Thanks,

AK

Try trimming out the variables in your commands and use explicit instead. Once that is working, then set/add each variable one at a time.

Also, /qb is for a basic interface. Try using /qn for a silent install.

NB its a good idea to use /qb while testing/troubleshooting so you can see any error dialogues... [:)]

/qb-! can be used for disabling the cancel button