Our company has a very nice setup.exe that only includes the DLLS
necessary to run VFP8.

So what we do is
1) run this setup.exe on a user's pc that gives them the necessary
dlls, etc.
2) Build and compile a project in vfp8 and put the new exe on the
network.

When I run the setup.exe it requires two or three interactions: splash
screen comes up, press NEXT, customer info screen comes up, FILL IN
(generic) username, organization and press NEXT. Press INSTALL, press
FINISH and all works great. Then when we upgrade the project exe, all
users immediate can use it.

My question. Is there a "silent mode" whereby I could enter in the
parameters (username, organization or let it default) and then with no
user interaction do the vfp8 dll installs. What I want obviously, is
to figure out how to do this and then have our network folks push this
to all VFP8 users, so I don't have to go from pc to pc installing this
setup.exe.

okay, I figured out my own solution.

looking at installshield's documentation
http://documentation.installshield.c...ine.htm#sParam

on a test pc (with xp), I entered
t:\vfp8setup\setup.exe /s /v/qn

and it installed the dlls without user interaction.

I then tried to run a vfp8 exe on the network and voila, it worked. Now
I just have to get the network boys to push this for me.

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