Crystal Reports Viewer 11 Setup.exe Issue
Greetings,
I'm having difficulty creating an MSI based install for Crystal Reports Viewer 11. The source file is a crveiwerxi.exe, which passes arguments on to a setup.exe and msi in a temp directory durring uncompression. I have managed to extract the msi and files with an admin install. However when trying to run the MSI it tells me I must run this from setup.exe.
I've read this seemingly related posting with solution here: http://itninja.com/question/install-string-for-crystal-reports-xi but the proporty for ProductLanguage is not -1, it is 1, and changing it to 1034 does not solve the issue. Setting a proporty for ISSETUPDRIVEN=1 does not work either, and there is no custom action that I can see with my limited experience that is driving this.
It's a simple app, just need it to install with all defaults silently, but we can not use the included setup.exe due to environment restrictions.
I'm having difficulty creating an MSI based install for Crystal Reports Viewer 11. The source file is a crveiwerxi.exe, which passes arguments on to a setup.exe and msi in a temp directory durring uncompression. I have managed to extract the msi and files with an admin install. However when trying to run the MSI it tells me I must run this from setup.exe.
I've read this seemingly related posting with solution here: http://itninja.com/question/install-string-for-crystal-reports-xi but the proporty for ProductLanguage is not -1, it is 1, and changing it to 1034 does not solve the issue. Setting a proporty for ISSETUPDRIVEN=1 does not work either, and there is no custom action that I can see with my limited experience that is driving this.
It's a simple app, just need it to install with all defaults silently, but we can not use the included setup.exe due to environment restrictions.
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
16 years ago
Run the install with a verbose log: you should see which Custom Action is testing which property and causing the install to bail.
Posted by:
aogilmor
16 years ago
sometimes with runtimes you can manipulate the setup.exe with INI or command line entries and get it to run silently that way.
Posted by:
Jahya
16 years ago
You will have to forgive me. It appears when calling /qn from a cmd line it does not prompt this error. I had been using /qb. All is well, thank you.
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
16 years ago
we can not use the included setup.exe due to environment restrictions.So this was rubbish, then?
Posted by:
Jahya
16 years ago
Uhm no. And why would you be a jerk besides?
I passed the /qn to the extracted MSI. The original compressed executable passed commands to a setup.exe in a temp folder upon uncompression. If you run the original exe as "crveiwerxi.exe /a" it passes it to the temp folder setup.exe and runs an admin install, extracting the msi and files.
Once I had that, it prompts "please run from setup.exe in parent blah" error message when trying to run manually non-silent, or with /qb, and the standard Installshield tricks listed above did not work. Running that extracted msi with /qn installed fine without the "please run from setup.exe in parent blah" message.
We use CA Software Delivery Option, and our policy dictates using an MSI unless absolutely needed. Hence a restriction, not a ban.
I passed the /qn to the extracted MSI. The original compressed executable passed commands to a setup.exe in a temp folder upon uncompression. If you run the original exe as "crveiwerxi.exe /a" it passes it to the temp folder setup.exe and runs an admin install, extracting the msi and files.
Once I had that, it prompts "please run from setup.exe in parent blah" error message when trying to run manually non-silent, or with /qb, and the standard Installshield tricks listed above did not work. Running that extracted msi with /qn installed fine without the "please run from setup.exe in parent blah" message.
We use CA Software Delivery Option, and our policy dictates using an MSI unless absolutely needed. Hence a restriction, not a ban.
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