trouble with Installshield and forming Setup.iss

[xelloss42]

I'm trying to form an unattended install disk for the first time using a guide on the MSFN website and I've figured just about everything out, but I can't get Installshield to cooperate.

According to that link and just about any other suggestion I can find online, you're supposed to install the program using the following syntax: setup.exe -R on a test computer, and then grab the Setup.iss file from the C:/Windows folder (I'm on XP).

Well, I've tried this with several Installshield programs and none of them will write the .iss file in /Windows or anywhere else for that matter. I tried /r, /f1"C:/temp/Setup.iss", /s/r, and just about every other combination I can think of. I managed to get one of the Installshield applications to work with Setup.exe /s /v/qn but the others won't accept that.

Windows is set to show hidden files and system folders, so I don't think it's that. I don't see anyone else having this problem on the forums, so I'm really not sure what to do. Any one have an idea?

The programs I'm trying to install are Textpad, Corporate Time, and Flash MX. The only help I can find on those all say to form the Setup.iss file

[MHz]

Install Textpad:

txpeng473.exe /v"/qn"

(no recording available for textpad as it is MSI based)

Record Flash MX: (based on 2004 setup if same)

Flash_MX.exe /a /r /sms /f1"c:\setup.iss"

(get setup.iss from C:\ drive root)

Install Flash MX:

Flash_MX.exe /s /a /s /sms /f1"%~dp0setup.iss" /f2"%temp%\FlashMX.log"

(this will read the setup.iss in the scripts directory and record the log in the temp directory.)

Someone else may help you with Corporate Time. Or you could try to help yourself with this program, which is a very quick way to Identify an Installer and give advice and actions.

[RogueSpear]

A little bit of poking around at InstallShield's web site and you should be able to find some knowledge base articles and other documentation about .iss files. I found it rather helpful anyway, but be aware I seem to recall that there is indeed some information not included over there. I don't know if this is by design or not. I'm sorry this post is so vague, but it's been quite a while since I've had the need to mess around a setup.iss file.