Silent Installation

A silent installation runs in the background. This scenario assumes:

you are logged in to the PC as the (local) Administrator
the product CD is available locally or on the network

Note: This scenario describes a local installation.

To run a silent installation:

Launch Setup Wizard from the command line using the following syntax:
E:\setup /S /V/qn [/lnnnn]

where E:\ is the CD-ROM drive. The following describes options:


Option	Description
/S	Specifies a silent installation. Note: S is upper-case.
/V/qn	/V passes parameters to Msiexec.exe. Note: There are no spaces between the /V and /qn options and that V is upper-case. If necessary, you can put quotes around a character string. For example: /V"parameter space"
/lnnnn	Overrides the default English language installation where nnnn is the transform file name. Note: For nnnn, type only the number but not the .mst extension.

Installation proceeds to completion.

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)

An Administrator can use SMS to manage network computers, distribute software from a central location, and perform a variety of other system management tasks. The Administrator can install a package of products simultaneously on multiple computers.

Requirements:

SMS version 2.0 with service pack 2 (or greater)

Tip: You can get the latest service pack for SMS from the Microsoft web site.
SMS Client (installed on each client computer) supplied with SMS Server
Windows Installer on the client computer

To distribute a product using SMS, the Administrator must create a package definition file according to SMS instructions.

Warning: Do not confuse the package definition file extension (*.pdf) with the Adobe file format (PDF--portable document format).

Tip: A package contains source files for the program and various details for directing the software distribution process.

For convenience, Hummingbird provides a default package definition file for all products. There are three default scenarios in each package definition file:

Typical
Silent--Typical
Silent--Complete

When a package is run through SMS, it prompts you to select one of these options (scenarios). Use the following command line parameters to apply modifications or create new package definition files:


Command Line Parameter	Description
/i	Installs or configures a product.
/q	Sets user interface level (silent).
INSTALLLEVEL=150	Does a complete install.
TRANSFORMS=nnnn.mst	Specifies the product language where nnnn is the transform file name. Note: For nnnn, type only the file name (number), not the .mst extension.

For example, a complete silent installation of a Hummingbird product in Italian would look like this:

Tip: For more information about Msiexec command line options, see the Windows Installer documentation available in the MSDN online library at msdn.microsoft.com

msiexec /i "Hummingbird Product.msi" TRANSFORMS=1040.mst INSTALLLEVEL=150 /q

Refer to Microsoft documentation for command line parameters, switches, and other information required for Windows Installer and Systems Management Server.