Adobe 38000382 JRun Guide - Page 38

Using Windows Installer on the command line

Page 38 highlights

4 In the Destination drop-down list box, select INSTALLDIR. 5 Click OK. 6 Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each merge module and feature combination. Using Windows Installer on the command line In addition to GUI tools such as InstallShield and Wise Solutions, you can use the Windows Installer service from the command line to create an installer from merge modules. You use it after you add a JRun merge module file to your application installer file with a merge tool. To test the installation package: 1 Open a command prompt. 2 Enter the following command: %> msiexec /I [package|product_code] [options] package is the name of the Windows Installer package file. product_code is the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the Windows Installer package. options are msiexec options for log file configuration, interface levels, and other settings. Common options include /q which sets the level of user interface in the install and /L which defines the log file settings; for example: %> msiexec /I MyApplication.msi /qn /L* logfile.txt 24 Chapter 3 Windows JRun Installers

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116

24
Chapter 3
Windows JRun Installers
4
In the Destination drop-down list box, select INSTALLDIR.
5
Click OK.
6
Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each merge module and feature combination.
Using Windows Installer on the command line
In addition to GUI tools such as InstallShield and Wise Solutions, you can use the
Windows Installer service from the command line to create an installer from merge
modules. You use it after you add a JRun merge module file to your application installer
file with a merge tool.
To test the installation package:
1
Open a command prompt.
2
Enter the following command:
%> msiexec /I [
package
|
product_code
] [
options
]
package
is the name of the Windows Installer package file.
product_code
is the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the Windows Installer
package.
options
are msiexec options for log file configuration, interface levels, and other
settings. Common options include /q which sets the level of user interface in the
install and /L which defines the log file settings; for example:
%> msiexec /I MyApplication.msi /qn /L* logfile.txt