EViews 8 Silent install

[ivvi]

Hallo, is it possible to install EViews 8 Silently with customized options?

[EViews Gareth]

Silent install of 8 should work the same as for previous versions.
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[wanderer]

The previous instructions for Eviews 7 work fine - setup.exe -r -f1c:\eviews\install\setup.iss for Eviews 7 . However for Eviews 8 there is no setup.exe. We were directed to download the updated files and these are EViews8Installer(64-bit).exe and EViews8Installer.exe. I've tried using the -r switch but it doesn't work, nor am I able to extract the msi and run that directly as I get an error message that the msi can only be run via "the setup.exe". Where can I get the setup.exe (s) that I need to create a silent install package for Eviews 8?

Thanks,

Stephen

[EViews Jason]

The files EViews8Installer(64-bit).exe and EViews8Installer.exe are equivalent to setup.exe. If you are running "EViews8Installer(64-bit).exe -r -f1c:\temp\myinstall.iss" make sure your path (in my case c:\temp) already exist and when you start your DOS prompt you 'run as administrator'.

[wanderer]

Jason,

Thanks for your reply. I'm testing it on a 64 bit Windows 7 PC and if I run the Eviews8installer.exe -r -f1c:\test\test.iss then it works, I can record and play back the installation successfully. However if I run EViews8Installer(64-bit).exe -r -f1c:\test64.iss (from the same admin command prompt) then all I get is the generic msi command line help. I tried doing a "play back" with the 64 bit version from the .iss file that I'd created with the 32 bit version (both with and without changing the path from "program files (x86)" to "program files") but this failed in the same way.

The version of EViews8Installer(64-bit).exe that I'm using is 190,758,128 bytes.

Thanks,

Stephen

[wanderer]

The problem is due to the filename EViews8Installer(64-bit).exe. If I change it to EViews8Installer64.exe then I can record and play back the 64 bit install OK. Maybe you could change this on your website to stop others having this problem?

Cheers,

Stephen

[EViews Jason]

Although both 32 bit and 64 bit installers ask the same questions and in the same order, they are 2 separate products. You can try using the same setup.iss for both, but if you look at the contents of an iss file, you will see there are some product specific codes listed. I suspect this may be causing the problem.

On which operating system are you using and how are you running the executable? Is it from a .bat file or are you typing the command from a Windows DOS prompt?