Optional data input activities

The following optional activities are also supported when you are performing a silent installation. Create the response file using the automatic method described in Contents of the response file. Keep in mind that creating the response file manually or editing the response file is the more time-consuming and potentially error-prone approach.

Create a data input option

You can choose to record a separate response file any time you perform an interactive installation. If you do not specify a file name for the response file that you create, the install provides the filename oe-response.ini and stores it in C:\Windows\oe-response.ini. The format and structure of any data input option is identical to that which is presented in the automatically-generated response.ini file.

The syntax for initiating the user-defined response file is:

Syntax

path-to-install-media\setup.exe 
-psc_r [-psc_f1=\path\response-file]
Note: Do not leave a space between command line entries and options. Command line entries nor options are case sensitive.
path-to-install-media \setup.exe
Runs an OpenEdge installation. The path-to-install-media argument indicates that you can run the installation from the installation executable downloaded with your product from the Progress Download Center. The setup.exe argument identifies the specific OpenEdge installation executable.
-psc_r
Specifies record mode.
-psc_f1=path\response-file
Creates a response file in the directory represented by path. By default, the installation searches for the response file named oe_setup.ini in the same directory in which the setup.exe file is located.

Install the Code Analyzer for ABL

The installation of Code Analyzer for ABL, which is an optional component of Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge, cannot be included in a silent installation script. If you want to install Code Analyzer for ABL, then you must do it in a separate step after the silent installation is complete.

To install Code Analyzer for ABL, complete the following steps:

  1. Open a command window, and change to install\CABL subdirectory of the OpenEdge installation directory.
  2. Enter the following command, specifying the full path of your OpenEdge installation directory:
    CABL.exe -v" INSTALLDIR=\"OpenEdge-install-dir\""

    For example:

    C:\Progress\OpenEdge\install\CABL> CABL.exe -v" INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Progress\OpenEdge\""