Cannot perform installation

[Nucleus]

What's wrong with this entry?

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /VE /D "Active Perl v5.8.7.813" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\014 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\ActivePerl\ActivePerl.msi /qb TARGETDIR="%ProgramFiles%" /f

When i run

ActivePerl.msi /qb TARGETDIR="%ProgramFiles%"

in windows, it installs just fine. In an unattended installation, it doesn't install. What I'm i doing wrong?

[MHz]

Looks like you have an imbalance with the double quotes. Only 3 are shown. That is odd!

[Acidhurl]

try

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\ActivePerl\ActivePerl.msi /qb TARGETDIR="%ProgramFiles%"" /f

or maybe this

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\ActivePerl\ActivePerl.msi /qb TARGETDIR=%ProgramFiles%" /f

Edited September 3, 2005 by Acidhurl

[Nucleus]

No, none of these 2 is working.

[Nucleus]

ok, can anynone explain to me how this quotes thing works?

-p\"-s /v\"/qn\"\"

how can i combine so many quotes with backslashes?

I'm suspecting that's why my perl installation is not working.

Will this do it?

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /VE /D "Active Perl v5.8.7.813" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\ActivePerl\ActivePerl.msi /qb TARGETDIR="%ProgramFiles%"\" /f

Edited September 5, 2005 by Nucleus

[eagle00789]

no, but this will

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /VE /D "Active Perl v5.8.7.813" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\014 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\ActivePerl\ActivePerl.msi /qb TARGETDIR=\"%ProgramFiles%\"" /f

just to explain it a bit, here's how it goes:

"initial quote \"qoute inside a qoute\" exit the inside qout, and the end quote for the first quote"

Edited September 5, 2005 by eagle00789

[Nucleus]

So for every quote inside quotes, i must have a backslash before it?

[Yzöwl]

Yes!

The backslash is an escape character, all 'internal quotations must use this syntax. It prevents the command closing when it reaches the next quotation mark.

For the guide on this read » Applications that use Quotations