ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

INSTALLING ARCGIS ENGINE RUNTIME ON WINDOWS
The table below illustrates some available msiexec.exe command-line parameters:
Source for the table on the right: http://
msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/
library/en-us/msi/setup/
command_line_options.asp.
For more Windows Installer command parameters,
see http://msdn.microsoft.com.
Option Parameters Description
/l Package | ProductCode Installs or configures a product.
/a
Package Administrative installation option. Installs a product on the network.
/x Package | ProductCode Uninstalls a product.
Sets user interface level.
q
qn
qb
qr
No UI
No UI
Basic UI. Use qb! to hide the Cancel button.
Reduces UI with no modal dialog box displayed at the end of
/q
n | b | r | f
the installation.
qf Full UI and any authored FatalError, UserExit, or Exit modal
dialog boxes at the end.
qn+
qb+
No UI except for a modal dialog box displayed at the end.
Basic UI with a modal dialog box displayed at the end. The
modal box is not displayed if the user cancels the installation.
Use qb+! or qb!+ to hide the Cancel button.
qb- Basic UI with no modal dialog boxes. Please note that /qb+- is
not a supported UI level. Use qb-! or qb!- to hide the
Cancel button.
Note that the ! option is available with Windows Installer 2.0 and works
only with basic UI. It is not valid with full UI.
/? or /h
Displays copyright information for Windows Installer.
These commands can be used to perform various installation functions. The
features available to install are specified with the ADDLOCAL parameter. As
shown earlier, ArcGIS Engine has the following installation features:
Feature Descriptive Feature Name Description
ArcEngine
JavaRuntime
DotNetRuntime
ArcGIS Engine
ArcGIS Engine—Java Runtime
ArcGIS Engine .NET Runtime
ArcGIS Engine
Java Assemblies
.NET Assemblies
Some example functions and the commands used to achieve them follow:
• A typical installation to a nondefault location without a user interface
Msiexec.exe /i \setup.msi /qn InstallDir=C:\Mysetup
• A typical installation to a nondefault installation location with a basic user
interface (progress bar)
Msiexec.exe /i \setup.msi /qb InstallDir=C:\Mysetup
• A complete installation to the default installation location without a user
interface
Msiexec.exe /i \setup.msi /qn ADDLOCAL=All
• A custom installation without a user interface consisting of the ArcGIS
Engine and .NET installation features
Msiexec.exe /i \setup.msi /qn
ADDLOCAL=ArcEngine,DotNetRuntime
These command-line parameters can be used to include the ArcGIS Engine
Runtime setup in your application’s setup in any of the following three methods—at
the end of an MSI-based setup, within a batch file, or within a scripted
setup. Each will be discussed in more detail later in this section.
If your application requires an ArcGIS Engine Runtime service pack, the following
standard command lines can be used to apply a service pack (these examples
are for installing ArcGIS Engine Runtime 9.0 service pack 1):
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