Manual

Table3.Commandlineparameters
ParameterDescription
/Ipackageorproductcode
Usethisformattoinstalltheproduct:
Othello:msiexec/i"C:\WindowsFolder\Proles\
UserName\Personal\MySetups
\Othello\TrialVersion\
Release\DiskImages\Disk1\
OthelloBeta.msi"
ProductcodereferstotheGloballyUniqueIdentier(GUID)thatis
automaticallygeneratedintheproductcodepropertyofyourproduct's
projectview.
/apackageThe/aoptionallowsuserswithadministratorprivilegestoinstallaproduct
ontothenetwork.
/xpackageorproductcodeThe/xoptionuninstallsaproduct.
/L[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|p|v|+]logle
Buildingwiththe/Loptionspeciesthepathtothelogle;theseagsindicate
whichinformationtorecordinthelogle:
•ilogsstatusmessages
•wlogsnon-fatalwarningmessages
•elogsanyerrormessages
•alogsthecommencementofactionsequences
•rlogsaction-specicrecords
•ulogsuserrequests
•clogsinitialuserinterfaceparameters
•mlogsout-of-memorymessages
•plogsterminalsettings
•vlogstheverboseoutputsetting
•+appendstoanexistingle
•*isawildcardcharacterthatallowsyoutologallinformation(excluding
theverboseoutputsetting)
/q[n|b|r|f]
The/qoptionisusedtosettheuserinterfacelevelinconjunctionwiththe
followingags:
•qorqncreatesnouserinterface
•qbcreatesabasicuserinterface
Theuserinterfacesettingsbelowdisplayamodaldialogboxattheendof
installation:
•qrdisplaysareduceduserinterface
•qfdisplaysafulluserinterface
•qn+displaysnouserinterface
•qb+displaysabasicuserinterface
/?or/h
EithercommanddisplaysWindowsInstallercopyrightinformation
TRANSFORMSTheTRANSFORMScommandlineparameterspeciesanytransformsthat
youwouldlikeappliedtoyourbasepackage.
msiexec/i"C:\WindowsFolder\
Proles\UserName\Personal
\MySetups\
YourProjectName\TrialVersion\
MyRelease-1
\DiskImages\Disk1\
ProductName.msi"TRANSFORMS="NewTransform1.mst"
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