If you used the GUI or command line interface to generate your response file, you will need to manually specify the password that used to unlock the drivers with a text editor. The installer program does not populate the password you specified to the response file for security purposes. When updating the response file, the password entry takes the form of PASSWORD=password. See Creating a response file using a text editor for details on manually updating a response file.

To perform a silent installation:

  1. Download the product zip file from the location provided by Progress DataDirect when you purchased the software.
  2. Unzip the file to a temporary directory, for example:

    C:\TEMP

  3. At a command prompt, change to the temporary directory containing the installer program. For example, PROGRESS_DATADIRECT_ODBC_8.0_WIN_32_INSTALL.exe is the installer program for the 8.0 version of the product for 32-bit platforms.
  4. Type the command:

    installer_filename.exe –f response_file -i silent

    where:

    installer_filename
    is the name of the installer program.
    response_file
    is the path and file name of the response file created in "Creating a response file." You must specify an absolute path.

    The following example performs a silent installation by running a response file named installer.properties, which is located in the C:\temp directory:

    PROGRESS_DATADIRECT_ODBC_8.0_WIN_64_INSTALL.exe -f  C:\temp\installer.properties –i silent

    The installation proceeds without any further user intervention or notification.

    Refer to the installation log file for a record of any problems that may have occurred during the installation. See "The silent installation log file" for details.
    Note: Some releases of the product install multiple versions of the OpenSSL library file. By default, the installer brands the most secure installed version; however, you may want to brand a different version of the library based on the needs of your application. For details, see "Branding OpenSSL library files on Windows."