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Installing the TestGen Plugin Silently

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 13:54

I was wondering if there was a way to install the TestGen plugin silently for Firefox.

I was able to get it to install silently for Internet Explorer using the following commands:

Record the settings you want:

tg74pluginsetup.exe -r: ie_testgen.ini

Run through the installer like you normally would, EXCEPT, counter intuitively, select Firefox as the browser you want to install it for.

This will spit out a file called ie_testgen.ini. Save this file. It is what you need for the silent install.

Then, on a fresh machine, you can run the following:

tg74pluginsetup.exe -p: ie_testgen.ini

and it will "playback" the ini file settings into the .exe setup and install the plugin for Internet Explorer. I tried the same thing for Firefox, but got write errors for the plugin directory. Any plans on getting a silent install working for Firefox?

Thanks,

Nate Walck
nate@liberty.edu

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TSI Support Wed, 07/21/2010 - 18:08

Hi Nate,

Unfortunately we do not have a silent install option built into the plug-in at this time. However, it's still possible to automate installs.

Typically, on Windows, admins write an auto-mater with Autoit to script the process (I've heard it's possible with MSI as well). On the Mac side they use Remote access or a combination of Telnet/SSH and the install command line tool.

Jeff

Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 05/08/2013 - 08:35

I know it's an old topic but I managed to sort this out.

There's a bug in the way the variables are set in the ini files that are recorded by vice when you use -r:. Basically there is a variable called WhichBrowser that controls what browser is installed. In the binary there are 3 options, 1 = netscape, 2 = internet explorer, 3 = firefox. If you feel like opening up the setup executable in a hex editor you can find the values with a bit of searching. Anyway the dialog only has two options, 1 = internet explorer, 2 = firefox. What happens is the value from the dialog is saved, not the value the installer is looking for.

The fix is easy:
Record an install, doesn't matter which browser.
Once it's finished open up the ini.
Find where WhichBrowser is defined and change it's value (2 = internet explorer, 3 = firefox)
Make sure you change it in both spots.

This is what my firefox ini looks like:
[SelectPackage]
PackageFlags=0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
[CustomScreen(17)]
Result=1
Variables=WhichBrowserþ3ÿ
[CustomScreen(46)]
Result=1
Variables=WhichBrowserþ3ÿProxyIPþÿProxyPortþ80ÿUseProxyþ2ÿ
[MessageBox(82)]
Choice=1

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