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[prozacrefugee]

I'm sure this has been asked here before, so my apologies:

I need to bundle a 3rd party product (sun's JRE), but the only available install is a InstallShield self extracting exe.  Is there a way to call this silently, or a way to get to the extracted files so I can access Setup.exe?

[Taco Bell]

You need to pass additional paramaters to call it silently.  Here's a copy of the PackageForTheWeb help for the specifics:

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You may also pass command line options to the executable file within a package in silent mode. This suppresses any run-time dialogs built into the package. To use this method, specify the -s option first, followed by -a, and then specify any additional command line options. Separate each option with a space. For example: Mypackage.exe -s -a -x

You can also get to extracted files by clearing out your temporay directory (i.e. C:\Document and Settings\<LoginName>\Temp), starting up the setup, and then copying the resulting temporary setup files.  They'll probably be under an oddly named subdirectory of the previously mentioned temporary location.

[prozacrefugee]

Thanks!  
<exe> -a -s did the trick perfectly!