The data captured in the response file provides a detailed, reliable record of the installation choices made during an interactive installation.

The response file includes:

  • A header identifying the OpenEdge version number and application details.
  • Section labels defined by brackets for easy referencing.
  • Each dialog box comment section that is identified with the label DESCRIPTION and the specific dialog box title.
  • Legible descriptions of the fields of each dialog box.
  • Only the values captured during the interactive install are stored in the response file. There is no extraneous content.
  • Dialog boxes are sequenced in the same order as presented in the online installation.
  • A complete list of products installed.

The response file that you create is never overwritten by subsequent silent installations. If you re-run the silent installation to add products to an existing installation, a new file is created with an integer suffix; for example, response.ini.1. Additional subsequent silent installations result in the response files named response.ini.2, response.ini.3, and so forth. All response files are created in your OpenEdge installation directory.

Note:

You can manually add the license addendum file path to the response.ini file by adding the LicenseAddendumFile= parameter after the Serial Number And Control Codes Dialog section. When the silent installation is run, the license gets added automatically.