MUI + InstType and silent install

dwatrous · 12th July 2011, 15:49

I have created an installer that uses MUI and has several InstTypes. It works great.

I now have the need to automate the deployment across several hundred hosts and would like to use the silent install option, but I'm having trouble.

I was hoping that I could just run it from the command line like this:

code:
myinstaller.exe /S /InstType="Some Platform"

That doesn't work. The correct sections are not selected.

Can someone tell me how to pass the InstType in on the command line?

MSG · 13th July 2011, 05:40

It's all in the manual: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/AppendixE.html#E.1.11

You can use the macros in sections.nsh to toggle (enable/disable) sections, depending on the paramaters supplied to the installer. You can do this in the .onInit function.

12th July 2011, 15:49	#1
dwatrous Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1	MUI + InstType and silent install I have created an installer that uses MUI and has several InstTypes. It works great. I now have the need to automate the deployment across several hundred hosts and would like to use the silent install option, but I'm having trouble. I was hoping that I could just run it from the command line like this: code: myinstaller.exe /S /InstType="Some Platform" That doesn't work. The correct sections are not selected. Can someone tell me how to pass the InstType in on the command line?

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13th July 2011, 05:40	#2
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,841	It's all in the manual: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/AppendixE.html#E.1.11 You can use the macros in sections.nsh to toggle (enable/disable) sections, depending on the paramaters supplied to the installer. You can do this in the .onInit function.