RunWait limit?

[saldous]

Is there a limit on the amount of characters / variables that can be in a RunWait command? (and yes I looked in the help file first and couldn't find anything)

I'm trying the following:

runwait("msiexec /qn /i Setup.msi OPTION=0 EMAILADDRESS=" & $sEMAIL & " PASSWORD=" & $sPW1 & " TARGETDIR=" & $InstallFolder)

It should produce this (confirmed by using the MSGBOX to display the same line:

msiexec /qn /i Setup.msi OPTION=0 EMAILADDRESS=user@company.com PASSWORD=abc123 TARGETDIR=C:\Program Files\CustomApplication\My Application v1

But I get the standard Windows Installer/MSI pop-up complaining that the command line was wrong. But if I type the same string into a Command prompt it works fine.

However, if I shorten it to this:

runwait("msiexec /qn /i Setup.msi OPTION=0 EMAILADDRESS=" & $sEMAIL & " PASSWORD=" & $sPW1)

which produces this:

msiexec /qn /i Setup.msi OPTION=0 EMAILADDRESS=user@company.com PASSWORD=abc123

then it runs fine. So it there a limit and how can I raise the limit?

Thanks.

[SmOke_N]

Have you tried to wrap the install directory in double quotes?

$sPW1 & ' TARGETDIR="' & $InstallFolder & '"'oÝ÷ ØGb´êæk&ÞºÇWzÔ¡¢»Mjg¢¸­jëh×6$InstallFolder = FileGetShortName($InstallFolder)
RunWait(ect...)

Edited February 28, 2007 by SmOke_N

[saldous]

Hi, whilst this solves the error message, it doesn't install my application in the correct directory using the long name. I guess I could use the script to make the directory first, then get the short name, and then reference this in the installer command line. But this seems like a long way around something that should work with the RunWait command.

[/dev/null]

msiexec /qn /i Setup.msi OPTION=0 EMAILADDRESS=user@company.com PASSWORD=abc123 TARGETDIR=C:\Program Files\CustomApplication\My Application v1

your problem is the spaces in the TARGETDIR option. See HERE and HERE

Try ShellExecuteWait() instead of RunWait(). Maybe you'll still have to "single quote" the path.