[wpkg-users] non-silent gui install question

[Tom Cool]

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>> is it possible to install packages using wpkg that are non-silent, but
>> use a gui and autoit to simulate mouse-clicks etc? most of the software
>> i install has a silent install script, but in some cases, sadly, a gui
>> and autoit is the only way to get it properly installed and configured
>> how will this happen practically? i thought gui's can only work when
>> there's a user logged in? will there be an automatic login of a (local)
>> administrator to install the (gui) package?

> If you start WPKG so that everything it runs is displayed, it should work.

is there a special option how to do this? here is what i did:

- configured network share, with install directory (%SOFTWARE%) and
configured wpkg .xml files
- made a firefox 2.0 package, which works when i test it locally on my
own machine, running wpkg.js in a commandshell started as administrator
- here's the problem: the firefox setup pop ups a dialog box asking you
if it's ok to close your currently running firefox ("Yes"/"No"), before
it can upgrade
i *know* i can avoid this by writing a script checking for and closing
running firefox.exe instances (i have such a script), but that's not the
point - i used this as a test to see what would happen with gui
installers in general
so, when i run wpkg.js remotely, as a scheduled task on my machine run
by the domain administrator, it doesn't display the gui install popup,
asking me to close firefox. i'm logged in as a normal user - not
administrator.

is there anything i can do to make that work, or will it just never work
with gui installers?

chrs,
tomc.
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