Silent install?

Caedus

I'm trying to package this product for deployment via our in-house tool but LINQPad4setup.exe doesn't seem to respond to /q, /quiet or even /? arguments...

Is the setup a WISE or InstallShield type? How does one go about doing a silent install?

JoeAlbahari

LINQPad uses Inno setup which I think supports /silent and /verysilent switches.

MitchDenny

Hi Joe,
Is it possible to add a switch to the installer which allows you to plonk in the activation code at install time?

JoeAlbahari

I don't see any obvious way to pass parameters though, but then the docs for Inno setup is huge, so I could have missed something.

Is it problematic to call %programfiles%/linqpad/LINQPad.exe -activate or %programfiles(x86)% -activate after setup?

SmithPlatts

Be wary of this when performing a silent install. If the install is running as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM or NT AUTHORITY/Network Service it (-activate) will hang; it also still technically uses a license even though it's inaccessible and cannot be revoked again ...