Installing an EXE with VBScript

Hello, I am new to VBScript and WSH. We have an application that does not get
installed on all coputers, but the ones that it does we would like to
automate the install since all features are common acrross all users.

What I am looking for is a good article on using VBScript to install such an
application. I am looking for information on how to deal with messages,
answering yes or no, and setting things like the default installation
location.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Norm

maximillianx
Thu Jan 26 15:29:04 CST 2006

While VBScript has the sendkeys method, it's not very robust. I think you
might be happier with a solution like AutoIt, which is built for this type
of work.

http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit

Rob

"CelesteNorm@nospam.nospam" <celestenorm@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:81AF6320-6806-439F-9FF8-86D3095BB9A2@microsoft.com...
> Hello, I am new to VBScript and WSH. We have an application that does not
> get
> installed on all coputers, but the ones that it does we would like to
> automate the install since all features are common acrross all users.
>
> What I am looking for is a good article on using VBScript to install such
> an
> application. I am looking for information on how to deal with messages,
> answering yes or no, and setting things like the default installation
> location.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Norm

TheoCoolen
Tue Jan 31 08:27:28 CST 2006

I would use some installer application. <- best solution

And the cheap way...scriptit (MStool) .or expensive way






"CelesteNorm@nospam.nospam" wrote:

> Hello, I am new to VBScript and WSH. We have an application that does not get
> installed on all coputers, but the ones that it does we would like to
> automate the install since all features are common acrross all users.
>
> What I am looking for is a good article on using VBScript to install such an
> application. I am looking for information on how to deal with messages,
> answering yes or no, and setting things like the default installation
> location.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Norm

Alexey
Thu Feb 02 18:50:57 CST 2006

I recommend to use special installer software, for ex. Agentix
Installer:
http://www.aginstaller.com

It works on all versions of Windows, creates a compact single-exe
setups, supports multilingual installations and has a complete set of
the gentleman's features - creation of shortcuts, creation of registry
and .INI entries, complete uninstall capabilities, version checking and
more. It has it's own scripting mechanism, but it's easy to learn and
use.

axtens
Thu Feb 02 23:44:27 CST 2006

You could also use Microsoft's own IExpress.exe

Bruce.