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OpenEdge Silent installation overview
Selecting a data input option for a Silent installation
Table 22 identifies and briefly describes the two types of data inputs you can use to
perform a Silent installation.
Table 22: Data input options for a Silent installation
Data input options Description
Automatically generated
response.ini file
User-initiated programmatic
method
Note: You can choose to edit the response file. However, keep in mind that any
modifications to the automatically- or programmatically-generated response
file can be time consuming and error prone.
Understanding the response.ini file contents
The data captured in the response.ini file provides a detailed, reliable snapshot of
the installation choices made during an interactive installation. As noted in Table 22,
the response.ini file is stored in your installation directory, OpenEdge-install-dir.
The response.ini file includes:
• A header version number and application details
An OpenEdge 11.0 interactive installation
automatically creates a response.ini file that
contains the installation values as you originally
entered them in fields on the dialog boxes. It is stored
in the install subdirectory in your installation
directory, OpenEdge-install-dir. The file is
immediately available for you to play back to start a
Silent installation.
See the “Understanding the response.ini file
contents” section on page 131 for more information
and an excerpt of the response.ini file.
Provides Application Partners (APs) a streamlined
approach to integrate the OpenEdge installer into an
application installer. Using this method, an AP can
access the automatically generated response.ini
file to programmatically create an OpenEdge
installation response file. When the AP’s application
is installed on a customer site, the OpenEdge
installation information is read from the response file,
enabling the customized install to be performed
silently.
For more information about this optional activity, see
the “Creating a data input option” section on
page 144.
• Section labels defined by brackets for easy referencing
• Each dialog box comment section identified with the label DESCRIPTION and the
specific dialog box title
• Easy-to-read descriptions of the fields on each dialog box
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