an EXE that needs to install silently

[Briandr]

Hi,

I have an EXE which I cannot decompile. Despite what the vendor says the /S /v/qn switches do not work for a silent install. I would like to use AutoIT to hide the window so the user doesn't click cancel or finish. I tried recording the install and adding the start command to run the EXE, but I am still seeing progress bars as the installs moves along as well as having to click finish. Or at least that is what I recall the first time I have tested this. I have since re-tested several times over and getting a mixed bag of results. Can someone help?

#region --- Au3Recorder generated code Start (v3.3.9.5 KeyboardLayout=00000409)  ---

#region --- Internal functions Au3Recorder Start ---
Func _Au3RecordSetup()
Opt('WinWaitDelay',100)
Opt('WinDetectHiddenText',1)
Opt('MouseCoordMode',0)
Local $aResult = DllCall('User32.dll', 'int', 'GetKeyboardLayoutNameW', 'wstr', '')
If $aResult[1] <> '00000409' Then
  MsgBox(64, 'Warning', 'Recording has been done under a different Keyboard layout' & @CRLF & '(00000409->' & $aResult[1] & ')')
EndIf

EndFunc

Func _WinWaitActivate($title,$text,$timeout=0)
    WinWait($title,$text,$timeout)
    If Not WinActive($title,$text) Then WinActivate($title,$text)
    WinWaitActive($title,$text,$timeout)
EndFunc

_AU3RecordSetup()
#endregion --- Internal functions Au3Recorder End ---


Run("Report_Viewer_11.3_Cache_2008.exe", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
_WinWaitActivate("(Untitled) - SciTE-Lite","")
Send("{TAB}{TAB}")
_WinWaitActivate("Program Manager","")
MouseClick("left",474,202,1)
Send("{TAB}")
_WinWaitActivate("Start","")
Send("{TAB}")
_WinWaitActivate("classname=Shell_TrayWnd","")
Send("{TAB}{TAB}")
_WinWaitActivate("Report Viewer - InstallShield Wizard","")
MouseClick("left",348,352,1)
#endregion --- Au3Recorder generated code End ---
 

Thanks.

[JohnOne]

Despite what the vendor says

 

 

Who is...?

[Briandr]

vendor name is Netsmart Technologies and both the EXE and MSI (if one is available) can be obtained by request.

[Bert]

First - look at this:

http://dottech.org/3138/how-to-track-what-changes-are-made-on-your-computer-during-a-program-installation/

Second - you simply use AutoIt to make a package to handle your install. Have the files put into a zip file and have them unzip on the PC along with AutoIt handling any registry changes and any other chore that needs to be done during the install. You can do all of this without any GUI and it would look completely transparent to the user.

[JLogan3o13]

What is the name of the product you are trying to install? If it is in an MSI as you state, I find it difficult to see how you could not do a silent install.

[Briandr]

Thanks to all who offered suggested. I gave the developer name. The name of the product is ReportViewer 20.5. The MSI(s) are inside the EXE. When it runs I can see the files it extracted in %temp%, but no ISS file.

[TXTechie]

The .iss files are used with legacy InstallShield .exe installations. Once you have the .msi file, there are a ton of command-line options that you can utilize.