NI-CAN 1.6 silent install

[tester444]

Hello,

does anybody know how to run NI-CAN 1.6 installer in silent mode (that is, no user input ist required)? As it is an InstallShield installer, I've tried the parameter /s with setup.exe, but nothing happens. With any other parameter, the "normal"  GUI setup starts.

I would appreciate any help.

Greetz

Thorsten

[DirkW]

Hi thorsten,

yes, i tested it with the /q parameter too, and it looks that a silent installation does not work with NI-CAN 1.6 at all. And i think this will not be fixed becaused  the installer itself is quiet old. I tested the newest version 2.3.2 too and this works fine using the /q parameter.

hopefully you can change to this new generation of NI CAN driver, if not let me know why and will try to investigate.

DirkW

[biker2000]

Hi Thorsten,

The NI-CAN 1.6 installer was created with InstallShield 6.0. Unfortunately, InstallShield 6.x installers do not allow to pass a simple command line argument to suppress any dialogs (to comply with Windows 95 logo requirements). Instead, one has to create a so call response file (*.iss) from a sample installation and use that file as a template for future silent installations.
Please take a look a this support page for silent installations with InstallShield:
http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q101901

Hope this helps,
-B2k

[tester444]

Hi,

thanks a lot for your answers. In the meanwhile, I found the solution using setup.iss somewhere else in the internet, it works well! The support page provides very useful information about silent installs, thanks for that Biker2000!

Thorsten