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[DeanNapper]

Using the /v command line option of Setup.exe, it's possible to pass parameters to the MSI file it launches.

Now, I can do this:

msiexec /i "Test.msi" USERNAME="John Smith" SERIALNO="1123"

If I try to do this using Setup.exe it doesn't work e.g.

Setup /v"USERNAME=John Smith SERIALNO=1123"

I have tried the following, but again this does not work:

Setup /vUSERNAME="John Smith" SERIALNO="1123"

And even:

Setup /v"USERNAME="John Smith" SERIALNO="1123""

Please let me know how I can pass multiple properties which contain spaces to setup.exe.

Edited by DeanNapper, 28 July 2005 - 17:13.

[finding_this_difficult]

From "Running Installations in Silent Mode"

If your release settings include Setup.exe, you can run the command Setup.exe /s /v"/qn".

So, I think if you weren't including the .exe and within the " " is where you would set your variables to their values. "/qn MYVAR=myVAlue"

Hope that helps.

[Zweitze]

I don't think this is possible.

I suspect that Setup.exe checks the installed MSI version, and then executes the command
MsiExec /i <project.msi> <all params passed at -v>

The command-line interpreter of Windows works like this: The arguments are split, space is the separator character. But, when double quote is encountered, all characters up to the next double quote are considered to be one argument, including the spaces, but the double quotes are removed.
Unfortunately there is no escape character for double quotes.

As a result, when Setup.exe starts the MsiExec.exe, it passes a command-line without double quotes, because it did not know about them.

An alternative is putting these parameters in Setup.ini.
Or create a CA that checks USERNAME, replacing every ~ with a space. Users could then do
Setup /v"USERNAME=John~Smith SERIALNO=1123"

[finding_this_difficult]

You can if you use the escape character \ when you need the quote.

so for example:

setup.exe /s /v" /qn USERNAME=\"John Smith\" SERIALNO=\"1123\""

- A

Edited by finding_this_difficult, 28 July 2005 - 21:43.

[DeanNapper]

[suresh.m]

Hi,
I am trying to do the same thing, pass in multiple parameters to msi from setup.exe. In setup.ini file, I call the setup.exe like
run=%EXTRACT_DIR%\setup.exe /s /v"/qn /L installing.log". Its not working, the installer just downloads the install.cab and dies.
Could anyone help me on this?
thanks
Suresh M

[pmunsey]

Multiple /v options can work too. For example:

setup.exe /v"/L* inst.log" /vUSERNAME=ME