Installation Launcher Options

InstallShield 11 Universal » Command Line Options

The following command line options, listed alphabetically, apply only when invoking an installation/uninstallation using an installation launcher. These options provide information to the installation launcher at run time.

Option	Purpose	Example Usage
-cp:a <classpath;classpath> -cp:p <classpath;classpath>	Modifies the classpath used by the installation launcher to install/uninstall—Cannot be used with a JAR archive, for example, setup.jar. `:a`—appends (adds to the end) of the classpath) `:p`—prepends (adds to the beginning) of the classpath) To add more than one class, separate each with the platform-specific delimiter. You can also specify that an ASCII file containing the additional classpaths be used by preceding the filename with "@." Each classpath in this file must be on a separate line.	Add myclasspath.jar and myotherclasspath.jar to the beginning of the classpath: ./setup.bin -cp:p myclasspath.jar: myotherclasspath.jar setup.exe -cp:p myclasspath.jar; myotherclasspath.jar Use the myclasspaths.txt file that contains a list of the additional classpaths, one per line, and add them to the end of the classpath: setup.exe -cp:a @myclasspaths.txt
-is:javaconsole	Overrides the Distribution's Show Console property value of "False" by turning on the Java console during installation. This option has no affect on how the wizard runs (see the `-console` option [Premier only]).	setup.exe -is:javaconsole
-is:javahome <Java home directory>	Specifically tells the launcher the home directory location of the JVM to use. This option works when executing an application Launcher, as well as for an Installation Launcher. The JVM that resides in the specified directory must be one of the JVMs specified in the JVM Search Instructions property of the JVM Resolution view in order for it to work. Otherwise, this command line option has no effect.	setup.exe -is:javahome "C:/j2sdk1.4.1_01"
-is:log <fileName>	This option is useful for setup launchers that hide the Java console because it logs the detailed information about the launcher's processing, including the actual Java commands that were used to start the Java program, to the specified fileName. This includes all of the "std out" and "std err" messages from the Java process.	setup.exe -is:log myLogFile.txt ./setup.sh -is:log "%HOME//ismp.log"
-is:silent	Prevents the display of the Launcher UI to the end user. This does not execute the application itself in silent mode, that is, prevent the display of the Wizard. To do that, use the `-silent` option.	./setup.bin -is:silent
-is:tempdir <directory>	Sets the path to the temporary directory to which the launcher should write its temporary files. If the specified directory does not exist or is not a directory, the launcher will use the system temp directory instead, and no error message is provided.	setup.exe -is:tempdir "C:/My Documents/temp"
-is:version	Reports the version of the setup launcher itself. When this option is specified, the launcher simply reports its version and exits without launching the application.	setup.exe -is:version