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Installshield .iss problem

Hi,

I have been tasked with creating a silent installation package for Snap Survey's 9 Professional. The isntaller executable has been created by Installsheild so i was hoping it would be simply a case of creating a setup.iss answer file and then running the executable with the -s switch, however this has not worked. I created a setup.iss file by using the -r switch on the setup.exe and ran through the install. After i had finished i then moved this setup.iss file into the folder containing the setup.exe and tested a silent install on a test machine. I had task manager open and the setup.exe appeared for a few seconds before disapearing again, and nothing was isntalled. On checking the setup.log it contained the following...

[InstallShield Silent]
Version=v7.00
File=Log File
[ResponseResult]
ResultCode=-3

Now i know that result code 3 indicates that something is not correct in the setup.iss, but i can't see how this can be as i went through the process of creating a new setup.iss file from scratch which should contain all the correct answers for each dialog box etc??

Below is the contents of the setup.iss file, Can anyone see anything that might be causing it to fail?

[InstallShield Silent]
Version=v7.00
File=Response File
[File Transfer]
OverwrittenReadOnly=NoToAll
[Application]
Name=Snap 9 Professional
Version=9
Company=Snap Surveys
Lang=0009
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-DlgOrder]
Dlg0={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdWelcome-0
Count=0
Dlg1={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdLicense2Rtf-0
Dlg2={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdCustomerInfo-0
Dlg3={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SelectDir-0
Dlg4={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdAskDestPaths-0
Dlg5={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdComponentTree-0
Dlg6={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-IDD_SELECT_DICTIONARY-0
Dlg7={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdSelectFolder-0
Dlg8={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-IDD_OTHER_OPTIONS-0
Dlg9={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdStartCopy-0
Dlg10={3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdFinish-0
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdWelcome-0]
Result=1
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdLicense2Rtf-0]
Result=1
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdCustomerInfo-0]
szName=Authorised user
szCompany=Xxx
nvUser=1
Result=1
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SelectDir-0]
Result=0
szDir=\\share\shared\SNAPSURVEYS
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdAskDestPaths-0]
szProgramFolder=C:\Program Files\Snap 9
szDataFolder=\\share\shared\SNAPSURVEYS
Result=1
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdComponentTree-0]
szDir=C:\Program Files\Snap 9
Snap\MDAC-type=string
Snap\MDAC-count=1
Snap\MDAC-0=Snap\MDAC\MDAC Merge Module Holder
Snap\Components-type=string
Snap\Components-count=1
Snap\Components-0=Snap\Components\Components Merge Module Holder
Snap-type=string
Snap-count=3
Snap-0=Snap\MDAC
Snap-1=Snap\Components
Snap-2=Snap\Merge Module Holder
User Guide Shortcuts-type=string
User Guide Shortcuts-count=3
User Guide Shortcuts-0=User Guide Shortcuts\Internet
User Guide Shortcuts-1=User Guide Shortcuts\Data Entry
User Guide Shortcuts-2=User Guide Shortcuts\Analysis
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-type=string
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-count=7
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-0=SurveyPlus Shortcuts\QuestionGrid
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-1=SurveyPlus Shortcuts\Randomise UK
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-2=SurveyPlus Shortcuts\RatingCheck
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-3=SurveyPlus Shortcuts\RimWeight
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-4=SurveyPlus Shortcuts\Totalise UK
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-5=SurveyPlus Shortcuts\WebCharConverter
SurveyPlus Shortcuts-6=SurveyPlus Shortcuts\SurveyPlus Merge Module Holder
Component-type=string
Component-count=8
Component-0=Snap
Component-1=dummy
Component-2=Lotus shortcuts
Component-3=User Guide Shortcuts
Component-4=SurveyPak Sampler
Component-5=desktop shortcut
Component-6=start menu shortcut
Component-7=SurveyPlus Shortcuts
Result=1
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-IDD_SELECT_DICTIONARY-0]
Result=1
Language=English (British)
FileName=SpellUK.lex
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdSelectFolder-0]
szFolder=Snap 9
Result=1
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-IDD_OTHER_OPTIONS-0]
Result=1
Associate=1
DesktopShortcut=1
StartMenuShortcut=1
EResults=1
Acrobat=0
Lotus=0
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdStartCopy-0]
Result=1
[{3A1F5717-169F-4FF7-A456-3ABEFD29CD24}-SdFinish-0]
Result=1
bOpt1=0
bOpt2=0
[{4C3B09B5-3233-4698-8C92-E1B2D842866C}-DlgOrder]
Count=0
[{2F19129C-8E4A-44EE-97FE-D086E1D7C5AF}-DlgOrder]
Count=0
[{630CFC6A-74D9-4390-8119-EFC08DD9455D}-DlgOrder]
Count=0
[{F62CF232-141C-4FB6-8ECA-4B84A1322EA7}-DlgOrder]
Count=0
[{E58E0BB6-55CF-4DBC-8985-2137ACD7143B}-DlgOrder]
Count=0
[{977DBF15-1214-4BC0-BF7D-54BCEDA43E9F}-DlgOrder]
Count=0

Thanks in advance.

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Answers (2)

Posted by: dunnpy 14 years ago
Red Belt
0
Have you tried running from a mapped drive, or local drive on the machine? The log seems to show you're running from a UNC path:
szDir=\\share\shared\SNAPSURVEYS

I've seen some weirdness with UNCs, although the -SMS switch should prevent it from closing the network connection.

You could try running with the switch to create a verbose log - just in case it gives a clearer indication of the error:

http://itninja.com/blog/view/installshield-setup-silent-installation-switches

Failing that recreate the answer file and compare to your existing one, you could always specify the file on the command line with -f1 switch, just to be sure.

Hope this helps,

Dunnpy

PS - when posting logs use the <% (code tag) from the posting window
Posted by: Nicko1831 14 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
0
** First time post **

has anyone found a solution to this?

I've come across the same issue, the setup.iss file is the same as the above poster. Also tried extracting the MSI during the install, but still not working.

My next option is to create a Wise MSI package, but I'd rather use this as a last resort!


*fingers crossed for a nice easy solution*

Nick
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