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Full-Text Retrieval (FTR) Installation

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Silent mode installation is a two-stage process. First, you perform a normal installation by running the setup.exe file from the command line with special parameters that cause the software to record the installation session and the options you choose to a setup.iss file. Then, from any workstation, you can run setup in silent mode using the recorded setup.iss file to provide the necessary setup information.

The environment of the machine on which you run the normal setup to create the .iss file and the environment of the workstations on which you perform the silent mode installation must be identical; that is, they must have the same database platforms, software versions, installed files, drive partitions, and so forth.

  1. Prior to creating a silent setup of Full-Text Retrieval (FTR) over a network, ensure that the following conditions exist:

  2. Open a Command Prompt window from the Start menu.

  3. At the command prompt, type:

    "<setup source folder path>\setup.exe" /r /f1"<path>\<filename>.iss"

    Be sure the <setup source folder path> specifies the path to the folder that contains the setup.exe file that launches the Full-Text Retrieval InstallShield Wizard, not the setup.exe file that launches the Full-Text Retrieval AutoPlay executable. For example, on the Full-Text Retrieval CD, the setup.exe file in the FTR folder is the file that launches the InstallShield Wizard. Double quotes are required only if the path to the setup.exe file contains spaces.

    • The /r parameter tells setup to automatically generate the silent setup file (setup.iss) and to record all setup input.

    • The /f1"<path>\<filename>.iss" parameter specifies the path and filename for the silent setup file. The double quotes are required around this path, with no space between the /f1 and the opening double quotes. For example, if you type the following command string, the software places the resulting silentsetup.iss file in the c:\installfiles folder.

      \\sourceserver\FTR\setup.exe /r /f1"c:\installfiles\silentsetup.iss"

  4. Work through the standard installation. For more information, see Installing and Configuring Full-Text Retrieval (FTR) with SmartPlant Foundation.

    When running setup in record mode, you will see the following License Agreement dialog box:

    Click Display to view the license agreement, and then click Yes to acknowledge that you are accepting the license agreement for all users on whose computers you will install the product.

  5. To silently install FTR using the newly created .iss file, open a Command Prompt window on each workstation on which you want to install the software and type:

    "<setup source folder path>\setup.exe" /s /f1"<path>\<filename>.iss" /f2"<path>\<filename>.log"

    Be sure to use the same setup executable that you used in step 3, above.

    • The -s parameter tells setup to run in silent mode using the indicated .iss file.

    • The /f1"<path>\<filename>.iss" parameter specifies the path and filename for the silent setup (.iss) file you want to run. The double quotes are required, with no space between the /f1 and the opening double quotes. For example, /f1"c:\installfiles\silentsetup.iss".

    • (Optional) Use the /f2"<path>\<filename>.iss" parameter to record a log file of the setup process. The double quotes are required, with no space between the /f2 and the opening double quotes. For example, -/f2"c:\installfiles\silentsetup.log". If /f2 is not defined, a log file is created in the same location as the .iss file.

  6. Check the .log file to ensure that the installation proceeded without errors. A successful silent installation produces a .log file looking something like this:

    [InstallShield Silent]
    Version=v6.00.000
    File=Log File
    [ResponseResult]
    ResultCode=0
    [Application]
    Name=Intergraph Full Text Retrieval
    Version=03.06.00
    Company=Intergraph
    Lang=0009

    In general, if an error occurred, the ResultCode will be a number less than zero. Possible result codes include the following:

    Any value greater than 0 = Success.
    -1 General error.
    -2 Invalid mode.
    -3 Required data not found in the Setup.iss file.
    -4 Not enough memory available.
    -5 File does not exist.
    -6 Cannot write to the response file.
    -7 Unable to write to the log file.
    -8 Invalid path to the InstallShield Silent response file.
    -9 Not a valid list type (string or number).
    -10 Data type is invalid.
    -11 Unknown error during setup.
    -12 Dialog boxes are out of order.
    -51 Cannot create the specified folder.
    -52 Cannot access the specified file or folder.
    -53 Invalid option selected.