yona.eilat1.5524896183612717E12 asked a question.
calculate disk space + Ignore popup message in silent mode
Hi All,
I have two questions:
1)How to calculate Disk space before installation: I have an installation file that in addition to my application installation is also installs third-party systems.
Suppose our installation size and size off the 3 third-party systems 100MB for installation.
How can I make disk size check before starting the installation?
2)How to Ignore pop up message in silent mode - If I run the setup in silent mode which property is set? I've function in the install script which should behave different from verbose mode (i.e messegebox etc.) and I want to define this behavior with this property – or should I do it otherwise?
Thanks.
2. Setup.exe can be run in silent mode using
Setup.exe /s /v"/qn"
More info is available here .
In case you need to determine if the Installer is running in silent mode and suppress the MessageBox I would use this code .
2) Silent Mode - I know how to run the setup in silent mode.
my question has been refer to the install script behavior during to the silent mode execution - For example how the following code is behave?
nReturn = SprintfBox(MB_OKCANCEL,"WARNING","%s",messege);
if (nReturn = IDCANCEL) then
Do(EXIT);
elseif (nReturn = IDOK) then
// Continue.
endif;
Which property is set/get the silent mode flag?
I can use this property in my code to define the behavior in silent mode.
Thanks.
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In case you need to determine if the Installer is running in silent mode and suppress the MessageBox I would use this code .
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What I meant is you can use "UILevel" property. The values should be:
2 = Silent
3 = Basic UI
4 = Reduced UI
5 = Full UI.
Or you can use MODE property as given in documentation, InstallShield 2012 InstallScript Reference Guide.pdf.
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MODE
The system variable MODE holds one of the following constant values (note that the value cannot be changed at run time):
Table 7-11: MODE
Constant
SILENTMODE = Indicates that Setup.exe is running in silent mode. (That is, the user ran Setup.exe with the /s argument.)
NORMALMODE = Indicates Setup.exe is running in normal mode.
RECORDMODE = Indicates Setup.exe is automatically generating a silent setup file (.iss file), which is a record of the setup input, by default in the Windows folder. (That is, when you run Setup.exe with the /r argument.)
You can use the system variable MODE in if statements to control the flow of your script based on mode, as shown below:
if (MODE = SILENTMODE) then
// Perform silent setup actions and events.
else
// Perform normal setup actions and events.
endif;
Note: For a Basic MSI project, you can find if the user is running the installation in silent mode with the Windows Installer condition “UILevel=2”.
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