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 Using the GUI" or Creating a Response File Using a Text Editor." 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.