A silent installation configuration file is a text file that you create, for example, silent.properties. This file must contain the following arguments:

## Use the hash mark for comments in the file 

USER_INSTALL_DIR=install_dir 
EVAL=0
LICENSED=1
USERNAME=user_name 
COMPANYNAME=company_name 
SERIALNUMBER=xxxxxxxx
INSTALL_OPTIONS_CREATE=(0 | 1)
KEYLIST=yyyyyyyyyy 

## Optionally, overwrite a specific file
-fileOverwrite_filename=(Yes | No)

The following table describes the keyword-value pairs used when creating a response file.

Table 1. Response File Keywords
Keyword Description
USER_INSTALL_DIR specifies the product installation directory. Notice that the colon (:) and backslash (\) special characters must be escaped with a backslash. For example:

C:\\Program Files\\Progress\\DataDirect\\ODBC_80
EVAL Specifies whether this is an evaluation install. Type 0 to specify a licensed installation. Note that the silent installation method does not support evaluation installs.
LICENSED Specifies whether this is a licensed install. Type 1 to specify a licensed installation. Note that the silent installation method does not support evaluation installs.
USERNAME Specifies the user name that will be written to the license file. For example, type Sales Team as the user name.
COMPANYNAME Specifies the company name that will be written to the license file. For example, type MyCompany.
SERIALNUMBER specifies the product serial number that will be written to the license file.
KEYLIST is your product license key, including dashes. If specifying multiple keys, separate them using a space. For example: 123-456-7890 234-567-8901 345-678-9012.
INSTALL_OPTIONS_CREATE specifies whether to create default data sources. Type 1 if you want to create default data sources or 0 if you do not want to create default data sources.
-fileOverwrite_filename indicates whether the silent installer should overwite a specific file (optional). For example, if you are overwriting an existing ODBC installation and do not want to update the Progress DataDirect ODBC tracing library (C:\Windows\system32\ivtrc28.dll), then include the following line in the response file:
-fileOverwrite_C\:\\Windows\\system32\\ivtrc28.dll=No
Notice that the colon (:) and backslash (\) special characters must be delimited with a backslash.

See Performing the Silent Installation for instructions on running the response file.