[wpkg-users] non-silent gui install question

[Tom Cool]

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> Tom Cool wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> The window is actually displayed, but you can't see it.

that's what i suspected :^/

>> is there anything i can do to make that work, or will it just never work
>> with gui installers?
> 
> It's not a good idea to use it with GUI installers.
> Start it when the workstation boots, or make sure the application is not
> running (kill the applications, for example using taskkill on XP).
> 
> Of course, be careful, as users may loose data this way.

sadly some applications won't install without a gui (eg. IBM Rational
ClearCase 6 patches)

thanks for your help

chrs,
tomc.

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