[wpkg-users] setting the current directory for setup.exe?

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Kent,

Kent Tong wrote:
> It's the setup.exe program for "tera term pro". I think it is MS Setup. It
> will look for the ttermpro.inf file in the current directory.
> 
> I can't use "cd" because it is a UNC path (%SOFTWARE%/bin/teraterm).


UNC paths might not work for this setup program. You can try to specify 
a "workdir=<path>" attribute within the install command. This will be 
used as the working directory. However as I said specifying an UNC path 
name (e.g. "\\server\xy") might not work for the setup.

In that case I suggest the following:
Write a small batch script which does the silent installation.

Some untested code:

@echo off
echo Installing Tera Term
copy "%SOFTWARE\bin\teraterm\setup.exe" "%TEMP%
copy "%SOFTWARE\bin\teraterm\ttermpro.inf" "%TEMP%
%SYSTEMDRIVE%
cd "%TEMP%"
start /wait "setup.exe"
set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%

del ttermpro.inf
del setup.exe

exit /b %EXIT_CODE%


Then run this command script instead of setup.exe.
I did not test the script above. It was just written to give you some idea.

br,
Rainer