Silent Install - AppFolder problem

[Mike Linacre]

Folks, please help me solve this problem. My standard install works correctly. My silent install is checking the existence of setupvars.ini file, but not acting on %AppFolder%. The Setup Log does not mention it.

For this example, all my files are in the C:\ folder

install.bat:
myproginstall.exe /S:"setupvars.ini"

setupvars.ini: (ASCII file, not UTF-8 etc.)
[SetupValues]
%AppFolder% = C:\zzz (a new folder)

Set up log:
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Setup started: C:\myproginstall.exe
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Notice Setup engine version: 9.3.1.0
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Notice Product: myprog, version 3.90.2
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Language set: Primary = 9, Secondary = 1
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Verify archive integrity
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Skipped Date expiration check
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Skipped Uses expiration check
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success System requirements check
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Include script: _SUF70_Global_Functions.lua
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Notice Start project event: Global Functions
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Run project event: Global Functions
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Notice Start project event: On Startup
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Run project event: On Startup
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Notice Start project event: On Pre Install
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Run project event: On Pre Install
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Free space check on drive: C:\
[06/23/2015 06:56:56] Success Set uninstall data folder: C:\wrong\myprog-uninstall
....

the uninstall is specified to be in %AppFolder% and so the uninstall data folder should be: C:\zzz\myprog-uninstall

C:\zzz is not created during the setup.

Any suggestions?

[Ulrich]

There are two things you need to check:

1. Support for silent / unattended installations is not available by default in setups built with Setup Factory. If you don't enable this explicitly in the advanced project settings, the "/S" command line parameter will be ignored. As you say that your setup runs silently as expected, this shouldn't be your problem, but it should be mentioned as a reference for other users who may read this thread later;
   
   
2. You need to provide the full path to the INI file at runtime, not just the file name. For example, this will work:
   

   "C:\output\setup.exe" "/S:C:\setupvars.ini"

Ulrich

[Mike Linacre]

Thanks, Ulrich. Solved! It was your 2. that was wrong for me.

Setup Log.txt now shows:
[06/23/2015 13:20:07] Success Set uninstall data folder: C:\zzz\myprog-uninstall

Ulrich, how about adding to the log something like:
[06/23/2015 13:20:07] Success install file: C:\setupvars.ini

[Ulrich]

Yes, not a bad idea at all, thank you! I'll submit this suggestion to be looked into during the next update/upgrade.

Ulrich