Silent Installation of DataExchange
Installing DataExchange as Part of Your Application
This user’s guide explains how to install DataExchange interactively from a download archive or CD. However, you can also install DataExchange as part of your own application installation process. The DataExchange installation can be noninteractive, in which no input is required from the user. This is referred to as a silent installation.
See also the topic on embedding PSQL in
Installation Toolkit Handbook
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How To Perform a Silent Installation
The following steps explain how to perform a silent installation for a First Site or a Partner Site.
Note
Be sure that all PSQL utilities, such as PCC, and all applications that use PSQL are closed before running the silent installation.
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To install DataExchange silently
1
Copy all files from the DataExchange download or CD to a temporary directory. Use a system that does not have DataExchange already installed.
2
Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory location where you copied the program files.
3
Execute the DataExchange installer command and specify a product license key, similar to the following:
Install_DataExchange.exe /s /v" /qn PVSW_DX_LICENSE_KEY=
key
"
Where
key
is the DataExchange key
The product license key is provided on the following:
•
The case of the DataExchange installation CD
•
The product registration card
•
The printed license agreement
Because the silent installation has no user interaction, you will not receive notification of a successful installation. You will notice, however, that DataExchange is automatically installed in your PSQL program group once installation has finished.
Custom Installation
As with PSQL and PTKSetup.ini, DataExchange has DXSetup.ini, which contains default settings that you can change for custom installations. This file can be found in the same directory as the .msi files used by the installer.