[chef] Re: Re: not so quiet installers

[Adam Edwards < >]

Nathaniel, I've heard about a product that allows you to send customizable
window messages to installers as a way to "fix" this. I can't remember the
product name though.

You could probably implement such a solution by hand if needed -- just
launch the installer from a vbscript / jscript using wshell and then use
"sendkeys" from wscript/wshell to send input to the installer.

It's very sad, but if you can't control the quality of the installers you
get, this is the best solution that I can think of.

-Adam

On 7/15/13 6:34 AM, "Nathaniel Eliot" 
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 wrote:

>http://www.autohotkey.com/ might fit your need.
>
>Cheers,
>
>--
>Nathaniel Eliot
>T9 Productions
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>
>On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Florian Hehlen
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> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone struggled with windows based installers that cannot run in a
>> truly quiet mode. I have one old vb6 installer that just hangs because
>>it
>> can¹t run without user input but it needs a GUI based session! I have
>>looked
>> at some tools that can convert old installers to MSIs but with little
>> success. If it was just the question of manually converting one
>>installer I
>> would just bite the bullet and do it. But we still have a vendor that
>> delivers such crap!
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Flo.
>>
>>
>>
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