Creating a silent installation

Customizing installation on Windows systems : Creating a silent installation

You can customize the installation so that InstallShield installs and uninstalls Actuate products silently, without user interaction. By specifying which dialog boxes appear, you can create a completely or partially silent installation. You can also collect any messages or other output in a log file. During a completely silent installation, the splash screen and input dialog boxes do not appear.

To create a silent installation, provide an XML file that drives the silent installation for the Actuate product. This file contains parameters to control the installation. You can install the following Actuate products silently:

BIRT Designer Professional

BIRT iHub

BIRT iHub Integration Technology

Information Console

Localization and Online Documentation

The silent installation uses the following files listed in Table 15‑3. Actuate provides these files in the Actuate product installation directory.

Table 15‑3 Silent installation files
File name	Description
acis.iss	The InstallShield response file. Do not modify this file.
acinstallinput.xml	The silent installation sample input. The default version of this file creates a completely silent installation. Customize this file to match the installation requirements.
acinstallinput.xsd	The silent installation schema. Use this file with an XML development tool to edit the silent installation file.

You can customize the silent installation of an Actuate product by editing the acinstallinput.xml file.

You cannot perform a silent rollback of an upgrade installation for BIRT iHub or Information Console.

The root element in acinstallinput.xml is Config. Config has three child elements, as described in Table 15‑4.

Table 15‑4 Config child elements
Element	Description
VersionInfo	Information about the software version. For more information about VersionInfo, see Specifying version information.
GeneralDlgs	All dialog boxes that appear during a typical installation. For more information about GeneralDlgs, see Customizing installation dialog boxes.
CustomDlgs	All dialog boxes that appear only in a custom installation. For more information about CustomDlgs, see Customizing installation dialog boxes.