Doing a silent install of NICI 2.4.1 on a Windows machine

(Last modified: 07Oct2003)

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goal

How to do an unattended install of NICI 2.4.1 on a Windows machine

fact

Steps to create an unattended install of NICI 2.4.1:

1. The NICI 2.4.1 install file (WCNICIU0.EXE) is an InstallShield Package for the Web application. This can be verified by looking at the Version tab on the Properties of the executable
2. To create an InstallShield answer file, execute this command: wcniciu0.exe /a /r /f1c:\temp\nici.iss /f2c:\temp\nici.log
     /a = Append or attach the following options to the setup.exe executable inside the Package for the Web WCNICIU0.EXE file
     /r = Record the input to the installation programs
     /f1 = Output file (or answer file) of the options that were picked during the install process
     /f2 = Error logfile
3. To do a silent install using the answer file, execute this command: wcniciu0.exe /s /a /s /sms /f1c:\temp\nici.iss /f2c:\temp\nici2.log
     /s (First one) = Tells the Package for the Web Engine to run in silent mode
     /a = Append or attach the following options to the setup.exe executable inside the Package for the Web WCNICIU0.EXE file
     /s = Install the packaged setup.exe file to install silently using an answer file
     /sms = Tells the InstallShield program to keep the originating .EXE file running until the application is finished. This can be used by a program like ZENworks for Desktops as a "Monitor module name" value, and used in conjunction with "Wait on force run" and/or Application Dependencies in ZfD 4.0x or higher.
     /f1 = Output file (or answer file) of the options that were picked during the install process
     /f2 = Error logfile

note

The .ISS answer file is not platform or directory specific. It should work on any Windows operating system that this version of NICI supports.

Common Errors found in the installation log file (if specified by the /f2 attribute):

ResultCode=0 Successful installation
ResultCode=-1 General error
ResultCode=-2 Invalid mode
ResultCode=-3 Required data not found in the Setup.iss file
ResultCode=-4 Not enough memory available
ResultCode=-5 File does not exist
ResultCode=-6 Cannot write to the response file
ResultCode=-7 Unable to write to the log file
ResultCode=-8 Invalid path to the InstallShield Silent response file
ResultCode=-9 Not a valid list type (string or number)
ResultCode=-10 Data type is invalid
ResultCode=-11 Unknown error during setup
ResultCode=-12 Dialogs are out of order
ResultCode=-51 Cannot create the specified folder
ResultCode=-52 Cannot access the specified file or folder
ResultCode=-53 Invalid option selected

document

Document Title:	Doing a silent install of NICI 2.4.1 on a Windows machine
Document ID:	10087495
Solution ID:	NOVL92959
Creation Date:	02Oct2003
Modified Date:	07Oct2003
Novell Product Class:	Connectivity Products

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