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Console mode mimics the default GUI steps provided by InstallAnywhere, and uses standard input and output. The biggest advantage to console mode is that UNIX developers no longer need X-windows (X11) to run their installers.
Console mode allows for text to be output to the console line-by-line. It does not allow for any formatting, clearing of the screen, or positioning of the cursor.
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| CHOOSE ALIAS, LINK, SHORTCUT FOLDER |
| |
| Where would you like to create application shortcuts? |
| |
| 1) In the Start Menu |
| 2) On the Desktop |
| 3) Don’t create shortcuts |
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| Please make a selection [1, 2, or 3], and then |
| press ENTER. |
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To trigger a console installer from the command line, type the following command:
installername -i console
Behavior of Console Launchers
If an installer is bundled with a console launcher, the behavior of the installer varies depending on how the installer was launched. The following table identifies how the console launcher will behave in each situation (Launch Type).
|
Default Windows UI Mode |
Launch Type |
Ctrl Key Pressed |
Expected Result |
|
GUI |
Double-click |
No |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
GUI |
Double-click |
Yes |
A console sub-window will display. |
|
GUI |
Console with switch |
No |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
GUI |
Console with switch |
Yes |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
GUI |
Console without switch |
No |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
GUI |
Console without switch |
Yes |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
Console |
Double-click |
No |
A console window will display. |
|
Console |
Double-click |
Yes |
A console window will display. |
|
Console |
Console with switch |
No |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
Console |
Console with switch |
Yes |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
Console |
Console without switch |
No |
There will not be any console sub-window |
|
Console |
Console without switch |
Yes |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
Silent |
Double-click |
No |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
Silent |
Double-click |
Yes |
A console window will display. |
|
Silent |
Console with switch |
No |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
Silent |
Console with switch |
Yes |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
Silent |
Console without switch |
No |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
|
Silent |
Console without switch |
Yes |
There will not be any console sub-window. |
Note the following regarding the information in this table:
| • | Launching the installer by double-clicking, which was built using the console launcher, will now kill the spawned console window immediately after launching the installer. That means that the initial (spanned) console window will display for a fraction of second. |
| • | If the installer is built with a console launcher and is launched from the command prompt, the prompt will wait until the launched process is complete before opening a new prompt. |
| • | In the above table, the term “switch” means any kind of supported command-line switches, such as -i silent or -i gui. |
See Also
Using Command-Line Arguments with Installers and Uninstallers
InstallAnywhere 2018 Help LibraryMarch 2018 |
Copyright Information | Flexera |