What options can be specified in `.wsh` files? - vbscript

I am following this nice tutorial, part of the "Microsoft Windows Script Host 2.0 Developer's Guide" online book by Günter Born. There he mentioned the interesting .wsh files where one can specify a couple of not-very-interesting runtime properties for the JScript/VBScript s. For example:
example1.vbs:
WScript.Echo "Hello world!"
        accompanies with example1.wsh:
[ScriptFile]
Path=.\example.vbs
[Options]
Timeout=10
DisplayLogo=1
        if ran in the cmd with cscript example1.wsh will print out the so called logo:
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
        and if ran with wscript example1.vbs, the window:
        will close after 10 seconds.
while for the example2.js file:
WScript.Echo('Hello world!');
        accompanied with example2.wsh:
[ScriptFile]
Path=.\example.vbs
[Options]
Timeout=20
DisplayLogo=0
        no "logo" will be shown in the console and the GUI version will close at 20 seconds.
now I'm curious to know what other options can we specify in those .wsh files. Is there an official reference for their syntax provided by Microsoft at all? References and examples would be highly appreciated.
P.S.1. I found this reference documentation from Microsoft. There another boolean option BatchMode=0 or BatchMode=1 is mentioned where the latter:
Specifies batch mode, which does not display alerts, scripting errors, or input prompts.
Now I wonder if one can mention all other options that cscript.exe/wscript.exe accept as well.
P.S.2. I also learned that the .wshs are called "Windows Script Host control file"s.

If you right click a vbs file and choose Properties then Script tab you will see two options - Timeout and DisplayLogo.
The Windows Script Technologies help file is here http://download.microsoft.com/download/winscript56/Install/5.6/W982KMeXP/EN-US/scrdoc56en.exe
JScript
VBScript
Script Runtime
└ Dictionary object
└ FileSystemObject (FSO)
└ Script Encoder
Windows Script Components
Windows Script Host
Windows Script Interfaces
Also be aware that no one uses .wsh files. It was an idea programmers didn't take too.
Other libraries
Databases and binary streams - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/introduction-to-ado-programming
WBEM (WMI) for managing systems - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/about-wmi
XML and getting internet files - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/ms759148(v=vs.85)
Windows Explorer - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/objects

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Run an exe file on a Mac with Wineskin (VseeFace Application)

I really hope that someone could help me out with my problem.
I want to start an exe File (VSeeFace - see https://www.vseeface.icu for more information) on my Mac with wineskin. VseeFace is an application for Vtubing.
The application starts normally via Wineskin, but as soon as I try to open my avatar (a .vrm file), the software stops and I don't know why. I have searched everywhere and found nothing about my problem, but perhaps that is also due to my limited knowledge of development skills.
Can anyone help me please?
My Mac:
MacOS Monterey Version 12.4
Radeon Pro 575X 4 GB
My Wineskin Setup:
Wrapper Version Wineskin 2.9.1.5
Engine WS11WineCX64Bit22.0.1-1
Config Utility - Windows-Version 8
VseeFace Software – https://www.vseeface.icu/#download
They also describe how it will work on Linux or maybe Mac,
https://www.vseeface.icu/#running-on-linux-and-maybe-mac
For the Facetracking I run OpenSeeFace (but that seemed to work, I could see the green light of the iMac camera, but I couldn't test it because of my software problem).
I mean I could run the application but on the most important Screen it stops working.
In the debug.log file I noticed the following messages:
0024:err:shell:HCR_GetFolderAttributes should be called for simple PIDL's only!
0024:fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x0000000c
0118:err:module:import_dll Library dsound.dll (which is needed by L"C:\windows\system32\devenum.dll") not found
0118:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\windows\system32\msdmo.dll" at 000000034ABC0000: builtin
0118:err:ole:apartment_add_dll couldn't load in-process dll L"C:\windows\system32\devenum.dll"
0118:err:ole:com_get_class_object no class object {62be5d10-60eb-11d0-bd3b-00a0c911ce86} could be created for context 0x1
0118:err:module:import_dll Library dsound.dll (which is needed by L"C:\windows\system32\devenum.dll") not found
0118:err:ole:apartment_add_dll couldn't load in-process dll L"C:\windows\system32\devenum.dll"
0118:err:ole:com_get_class_object no class object {62be5d10-60eb-11d0-bd3b-00a0c911ce86} could be created for context 0x1
0118:err:ole:apartment_add_dll couldn't find function DllGetClassObject in L"C:\windows\system32\devenum.dll"
0118:err:ole:com_get_class_object no class object {62be5d10-60eb-11d0-bd3b-00a0c911ce86} could be created for context 0x1
0118:err:ole:com_get_class_object no class object {62be5d10-60eb-11d0-bd3b-00a0c911ce86} could be created for context 0x1
0118:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\windows\system32\Avrt.dll" at 00000002F2930000: builtin
0118:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\VSeeFace\VSeeFace_Data\Plugins\x86_64\LeapCV4.dll" at 000000010A220000: native
0118:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\windows\system32\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll" at 00000002F7F20000: builtin
0118:err:module:import_dll Loading library MSVCP140_2.dll (which is needed by L"C:\VSeeFace\VSeeFace_Data\Plugins\x86_64\LeapCV5.dll") failed (error c000007b).
0118:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\VSeeFace\VSeeFace_Data\Plugins\x86_64\CONCRT140.dll" at 0000000104CA0000: native
0118:err:module:import_dll Loading library MSVCP140_2.dll (which is needed by L"C:\VSeeFace\VSeeFace_Data\Plugins\x86_64\LeapCV5.dll") failed (error c000007b).
[mvk-info] Created 2 swapchain images with initial size (1280, 720) and contents scale 1.0 for screen Integriertes Retina-Display.
[mvk-error] VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED: Render pipeline compile failed (Error code 2):
Vertex attribute v4(4) of type int4 cannot be read using MTLAttributeFormatUInt4.
0118:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\VSeeFace\UnityPlayer.dll" at 0000000180000000: native
0118:fixme:thread:get_thread_times not implemented on this platform
0118:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\windows\system32\mmdevapi.dll" at 0000000336850000: builtin
0118:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\windows\system32\winecoreaudio.drv" at 00000001C92D0000: builtin
0118:fixme:coreaudio:ca_channel_layout_to_channel_mask Unhandled channel 0xffffffff
0
01b0:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetThreadInitializationType FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA, 0000000066D6FE10
01b0:trace:loaddll:build_module Loaded L"C:\windows\system32\avrt.dll" at 00000002F2930000: builtin
01b0:fixme:avrt:AvSetMmThreadCharacteristicsW (L"Audio",0000000066D6FDB8): stub
01b0:trace:loaddll:free_modref Unloaded module L"C:\windows\system32\avrt.dll" : builtin
***If needed I could post the complete log file. ***
I have installed the dlls and they are in all the folders. I have also tried the installation via Winetricks, where it displays the following message:
Executing mkdir -p /Applications/Wineskin/VSeeFace.app/Contents/SharedSupport
warning: You are using a 64-bit WINEPREFIX. Note that many verbs only install 32-bit versions of packages. If you encounter problems, please retest in a clean 32-bit WINEPREFIX before reporting a bug.
Using winetricks 20220411-next - sha256sum: 846f79cac49697fd818f06a6aebf36ca408661f89b97633e9872025b33bc0e7b with wine-7.7 (WineskinCX 22.0.1) and WINEARCH=win64
Unknown arg UnityPlayer.dll
Usage: Applications/Wineskin/VSeeFace.app/Wineskin.app/Contents/Resources/winetricks [options] [command|verb|path-to-verb] ...
Executes given verbs. Each verb installs an application or changes a setting.
Options:
--country=CC Set country code to CC and don't detect your IP address
-f, --force Don't check whether packages were already installed
--gui Show gui diagnostics even when driven by commandline
--gui=OPT Set OPT to kdialog or zenity to override GUI engine
--isolate Install each app or game in its own bottle (WINEPREFIX)
--self-update Update this application to the last version
--update-rollback Rollback the last self update
-k, --keep_isos Cache isos (allows later installation without disc)
--no-clean Don't delete temp directories (useful during debugging)
-q, --unattended Don't ask any questions, just install automatically
-r, --ddrescue Retry hard when caching scratched discs
-t --torify Run downloads under torify, if available
--verify Run (automated) GUI tests for verbs, if available
-v, --verbose Echo all commands as they are executed
-h, --help Display this message and exit
-V, --version Display version and exit
Commands:
list list categories
list-all list all categories and their verbs
apps list list verbs in category 'applications'
benchmarks list list verbs in category 'benchmarks'
dlls list list verbs in category 'dlls'
fonts list list verbs in category 'fonts'
games list list verbs in category 'games'
settings list list verbs in category 'settings'
list-cached list cached-and-ready-to-install verbs
list-download list verbs which download automatically
list-manual-download list verbs which download with some help from the user
list-installed list already-installed verbs
arch=32|64 create wineprefix with 32 or 64 bit, this option must be
given before prefix=foobar and will not work in case of
the default wineprefix.
prefix=foobar select WINEPREFIX=/Users/myusername/.local/share/wineprefixes/foobar
annihilate Delete ALL DATA AND APPLICATIONS INSIDE THIS WINEPREFIX
Winetricks Commands Finished!!

Oracle Universal Installer stops after launch (Oracle Forms and Reports 12.2.1.4)

i try to install Oracle Forms and Reports 12.2.1.4, but everytime I run setup.fmw.12.2.1.4.0_fr_win64.exe file Oracle Universal Installer window shows up for a moment with communicate "Preparing the installer...". After that it dissappears and shows again with another communicate: "Cleaning up...". After this communicate, the installer window turns off and there are no other steps.
Screens below
first communicate
second communicate
Did anybody have this problem also? My JAVA_HOME is set as C:\Java\jdk1.8.0_241 and PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin.
Here's also -debug log below
m_szTempDirectory: C:\Windows\Temp
Extract to C:\Windows\Temp\sfxCD9A.tmp
Extracting sfx.ini from D:\setup_fmw_12.2.1.4.0_fr_win64.exe to C:\Windows\Temp\sfxCD9A.tmp
Wiz_SingleEntryUnzip (extractAutorun) return code: 0
Total uncompressed size: 2447428290
m_szTempDirectory: C:\Windows\Temp
Extract to same C:\Windows\Temp\sfxCD9A.tmp
Extracting installer files
Wiz_SingleEntryUnzip() result: 0
Total disks: 1 (1)
Finished extracting Disk1
Using version 1.8.0.211.12 of component Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.jre
Jar list: Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.jre\1.8.0.211.12\DataFiles\filegroup1.jar
New command: oracle.jre\.\jdk\jre\bin\java.exe -jar install/modules/ora-launcher.jar
Unzipping Java jars Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.jre\1.8.0.211.12\DataFiles\filegroup1.jar to oracle.jre
Getting size of Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.jre\1.8.0.211.12\DataFiles\filegroup1.jar
Size of Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.jre\1.8.0.211.12\DataFiles\filegroup1.jar: 201205655
Checking space for Java components in C:\Windows\Temp
Unzipping Java jars: Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.jre\1.8.0.211.12\DataFiles\filegroup1.jar
Unzipping Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.jre\1.8.0.211.12\DataFiles\filegroup1.jar
Launch command length: 278
Launch command: "C:\Windows\Temp\sfxCD9A.tmp\oracle.jre\jdk\jre\bin\java.exe" "-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Windows\Temp" "-Dsfx.installer.launcher.home=D:\" "-Dsfx.extract.path=C:\Windows\Temp\sfxCD9A.tmp" "-Dsfx.exe=D:\setup_fmw_12.2.1.4.0_fr_win64.exe" -jar install/modules/ora-launcher.jar "-debug"
cmdLine: "C:\Windows\Temp\sfxCD9A.tmp\oracle.jre\jdk\jre\bin\java.exe" "-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Windows\Temp" "-Dsfx.installer.launcher.home=D:\" "-Dsfx.extract.path=C:\Windows\Temp\sfxCD9A.tmp" "-Dsfx.exe=D:\setup_fmw_12.2.1.4.0_fr_win64.exe" -jar install/modules/ora-launcher.jar "-debug"
Command successfully started; waiting for completion
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
(to execute a class)
or java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...]
(to execute a jar file)
where options include:
-d32 use a 32-bit data model if available
-d64 use a 64-bit data model if available
-server to select the "server" VM
The default VM is server.
-cp <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
-classpath <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
A ; separated list of directories, JAR archives,
and ZIP archives to search for class files.
-D<name>=<value>
set a system property
-verbose:[class|gc|jni]
enable verbose output
-version print product version and exit
-version:<value>
Warning: this feature is deprecated and will be removed
in a future release.
require the specified version to run
-showversion print product version and continue
-jre-restrict-search | -no-jre-restrict-search
Warning: this feature is deprecated and will be removed
in a future release.
include/exclude user private JREs in the version search
-? -help print this help message
-X print help on non-standard options
-ea[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
-enableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
enable assertions with specified granularity
-da[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
-disableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
disable assertions with specified granularity
-esa | -enablesystemassertions
enable system assertions
-dsa | -disablesystemassertions
disable system assertions
-agentlib:<libname>[=<options>]
load native agent library <libname>, e.g. -agentlib:hprof
see also, -agentlib:jdwp=help and -agentlib:hprof=help
-agentpath:<pathname>[=<options>]
load native agent library by full pathname
-javaagent:<jarpath>[=<options>]
load Java programming language agent, see java.lang.instrument
-splash:<imagepath>
show splash screen with specified image
See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index.html for more details.
dwExitCode: 1
myspawn() result: 1
Press any key to exit
To be clear, you need to start the installer using an elevated shell. This is not the same as being a member of the Windows "Administrator" group. Right-click on the exe and click on "Run as administrator".
Instead of running setup.exe, try execute \install\oui.exe -debug

Portable Browser Issues when deploying R Shiny App

I've built a complex Shiny interface that pulls from an internally networked ODBC table and allows a user to interact with the data through their browser. The company is on Windows 7 Enterprise and IT only supports IE 9. Some users have chrome installed in their user folders, some have firefox, some use IE 9. I followed a tutorial from R-Bloggers (here: http://www.r-bloggers.com/deploying-desktop-apps-with-r/) and it runs on my machine using a portable Chrome browser downloaded from PortableApps.com. Great. Unfortunately the interface has not started on ANYONE else's machine that has their own local Chrome browser installed.
Following the tutorial, I use the following vb script:
Rexe = "R-Portable\App\R-Portable\bin\Rscript.exe"
Ropts = "--no-save --no-environ --no-init-file --no-restore --no-Rconsole"
RScriptFile = "runShinyApp.R"
Outfile = "ShinyApp.log"
strCommand = Rexe & " " & Ropts & " " & RScriptFile & " 1> " & Outfile & " 2>&1"
intWindowStyle = 0 ' Hide the window and activate another window.'
bWaitOnReturn = False ' continue running script after launching R '
CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run strCommand, intWindowStyle, bWaitOnReturn
This script calls the following code in my R file:
message('library paths:\n', paste('... ', .libPaths(), sep='', collapse='\n'))
chrome.portable = file.path(getwd(),'GoogleChromePortable/App/Chrome-bin/chrome.exe')
launch.browser = function(appUrl, browser.path=chrome.portable) {
message('Browser path: ', browser.path)
shell(sprintf('"%s" --app=%s', browser.path, appUrl))
}
shiny::runApp('shiny', launch.browser=launch.browser)
It works on my computer just fine... I DO have chrome installed locally, but I'm calling the Portable Chrome executable. It worries me that the two are sharing prefs or something, e.g. I notice that a hash from the Preferences file in my installed version, specifically:
"chrome_url_overrides": {
"bookmarks": [ "chrome-extension://eemcgdkfndhakfknompkggombfjjjeno/main.html" ]
},
...matches the same json entry from the Portable Chrome installation:
"chrome_url_overrides": {
"bookmarks": [ "chrome-extension://eemcgdkfndhakfknompkggombfjjjeno/main.html" ]
}
Why do these long random strings match? Am I barking up the wrong tree for wondering about this? I don't know why these strings match if they are two separate installations of Chrome executables, one of which is supposed to run completely independently from anything on the machine.
Here's a set of errors from one machine:
.../Desktop/TestApp3/GoogleChromePortable/App/Chrome-bin/chrome.exe[9100:9408:0716/141934:ERROR:gpu_info_collector_win.cc(103)] Can't retrieve a valid WinSAT assessment.
[9100:9408:0716/141934:ERROR:component_loader.cc(138)] Failed to parse extension manifest.
[9100:1716:0716/141946:ERROR:get_updates_processor.cc(214)] PostClientToServerMessage() failed during GetUpdates
Here's a set of errors from a second machine:
.../Documents/TestApp3/GoogleChromePortable/App/Chrome-bin/chrome.exe
[5220:3384:0714/142128:ERROR:component_loader.cc(138)] Failed to parse extension manifest.
[5220:7600:0714/142130:ERROR:external_registry_loader_win.cc(136)] File C:\Program Files\Coupons.com CouponBar\chrome\Coupons.com.crx for key
Software\Google\Chrome\Extensions\cnpkmcjgpcihgfnkcjapiaabbbplkcmf does not exist or is not readable.
[5220:2120:0714/142140:ERROR:get_updates_processor.cc(214)] PostClientToServerMessage() failed during GetUpdates
[5220:3384:0714/142413:ERROR:CONSOLE(122)] "Could not find value for secondaryUser", source: chrome://resources/js/load_time_data.js (122)
[5220:3384:0714/142413:ERROR:CONSOLE(122)] "[undefined] (secondaryUser) is not a boolean", source: chrome://resources/js/load_time_data.js (122)
[5220:3384:0714/142425:ERROR:CONSOLE(122)] "Could not find value for secondaryUser", source: chrome://resources/js/load_time_data.js (122)
[5220:3384:0714/142425:ERROR:CONSOLE(122)] "[undefined] (secondaryUser) is not a boolean", source: chrome://resources/js/load_time_data.js (122)
[5220:3384:0714/142442:ERROR:navigation_entry_screenshot_manager.cc(167)] Invalid entry with unique id: 12
It seems like Chrome is doing different things on different computers and is not actually acting as a standalone browser... but likely interacting with the browser installed on their respective computers via the registry or some other "under the hood, active" communication. Maybe, since I installed the portable executable on my machine, a bunch of my local extensions or preferences were automatically updated to the portable's preferences, etc. and subsequently this is causing a conflict on every other machine??
Can I shutdown Chrome's extensions or extra functions like the calls to the updater? Is there a better standalone portable browser that functions well with Shiny for this type of "deployment" purpose? Can I fix this or is this a lost cause?? This should be obvious but I'll say it anyway: it is definitely not economically efficient to ask the non-technical types to install R, then RStudio, then confirm their working directory structure, then call the runApp() command via the Script window...
I started with those same articles, but developed the RInno package to solve this exact problem, i.e. when you want to share your desktop Shiny app with non-technical users who can't be expected to mess around with all those details.
To get started:
install.packages("RInno")
require(RInno)
RInno::install_inno()
Then you just need to call two functions to create an installation framework:
create_app(app_name = "myapp", app_dir = "path/to/myapp")
compile_iss()
This will create an installation wizard that runs like any other program, but installs your shiny app on a Windows desktop computer. If you would like to include R for your co-workers who don't have it installed, add include_R = TRUE to create_app:
create_app(app_name = "myapp", app_dir = "path/to/myapp", include_R = TRUE)
It defaults to include shiny, magrittr and jsonlite, so if you are using other packages like ggplot2 or plotly, just add them to the pkgs argument. You can also include GitHub packages to the remotes argument:
create_app(
app_name = "myapp",
app_dir = "path/to/myapp"
pkgs = c("shiny", "jsonlite", "magrittr", "plotly", "ggplot2"),
remotes = c("talgalili/installr", "daattali/shinyjs"))
If you are interested in other features, check out FI Labs - RInno

How to perform an unattended installation of Sitecore?

My team is attempting to perform an automated installation of Sitecore via Salt using the Sitecore executable. We prefer to use the .exe over a manual installation of the zip package because the installation wizard handles registering Sitecore as an installed program by modifying the registry. This would theoretically let Salt know that the "state" has been fulfilled.
When running the executable with the /? argument, the following list of options is displayed:
/? or /help : this help screen
/i : install (default)
/x : uninstall
/q : force silent (no UI) mode
/qb : force basic UI mode
/nq : force full UI mode
/nosplash : do not display splash screen
/Log : enable logging
/LogFile [path] : specify log file
/ConfigFile [path] : specify configuration file
/ExtractCab : extract embedded components
/DisplayCab : display a list of embedded components
/DisplayConfig : display a list of configurations
/ComponentArgs ["id|display_name":"value"...] : additional component args
/ControlArgs ["id":"value" ...] : additional control values
/CompleteCommandArgs [args] : additional complete command
Despite our best efforts, we are unable to find documentation on these arguments apart from the descriptions above. I think what we're after is a way to provide a config file to the executable (using the /ConfigFile argument) that contains the following information:
Install / uninstall
Installation type (full / client-only)
Instance name
Database credentials
Running the /DisplayConfig command only displays language options and that's about it.
Does anyone know how to provide a config to the executable and/or pass it the arguments it needs?
I wrote a blog post about the issue of getting the Sitecore installer automated:
http://jermdavis.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/unattended-installs-of-sitecore/
I think that might help you?
For anyone else who needs an answer to this, this is how me and Derek got it to work:
../salt-states/win/repo/sitecore/init.sls
Sitecore:
7.1:
installer: 'salt://win/repo/sitecore/Sitecore 7.1 rev. 130926.exe'
full_name: 'Sitecore 7.1 rev. 130926 - Sitecore130926'
reboot: False
install_flags: ' /q /ExtractCab && msiexec.exe /qn /i SupportFiles\exe\Sitecore.msi TRANSFORMS=":InstanceId1;:ComponentGUIDTransform1.mst" MSINEWINSTANCE=1 LOGVERBOSE=1 SC_LANG="en-US" SC_CLIENTONLY="1" SKIPINSTALLSQLDATA="1" SKIPUNINSTALLSQLDATA="1" SC_INSTANCENAME="Sitecore130926" SC_LICENSE_PATH="C:\inetpub\temp\sitecore_license.xml" SC_SQL_SERVER="SERVER" SC_DBPREFIX="Sitecore130926" SC_DBTYPE="MSSQL" INSTALLLOCATION="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Sitecore130926" SC_DATA_FOLDER="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Sitecore130926\Data" SC_NET_VERSION="4" SITECORE_MVC="1" SC_INTEGRATED_PIPELINE_MODE="1" SC_IISSITE_NAME="Sitecore130926" SC_IISAPPPOOL_NAME="Sitecore130926AppPool" SC_IISSITE_HEADER="local.domain.org" SC_IISSITE_PORT="80" SC_IISSITE_ID="2" SC_PREFIX_PHYSICAL_FILES="1" SC_SQL_SERVER_CONFIG_USER="USER" SC_SQL_SERVER_CONFIG_PASSWORD="PASSWORD" /l*+v "C:\inetpub\temp\SitecoreInstaller.log"'
uninstaller: 'salt://win/repo/sitecore/Sitecore 7.1 rev. 130926.exe'
uninstall_flags: ' /q /ExtractCab && msiexec.exe /qn /X{D0CB9951-0EC0-55B1-A2C8-4590B816E4EC}'
../salt-states/sitecore/init.sls
Sitecore:
pkg.installed:
- refresh: true
- require:
- file: C:\inetpub\temp\sitecore_license.xml
C:\inetpub\temp\sitecore_license.xml:
file.managed:
- source: salt://sitecore/license.xml
Add your sitecore license to ../salt-states/sitecore/license.xml
Thanks to JermDavis, this wasn't possible without your blog post!
Are you tied to using that tool or are you open to others? My team has had pretty great results with the SIM tool which comes directly from the Sitecore Marketplace. It has command line functionality as well as an API for more trickier installation setups. I consider this a borderline magical utility for Sitecore :)
https://marketplace.sitecore.net/en/Modules/Sitecore_Instance_Manager.aspx

passing msiexec command line params to a child process started by msiexec

I have a requirement to update config files with the command line provided arguments for some reason, the file is not being updated so I wrote a small utility app in c# to be started by msiexec. The intention is to get the commandline params to this app so that it would open the config file and update it during the course of installation.
My app was executed fine but when trying to read the parent process (msiexec) command line params, I get something like C:\windows\msiexec /V not the ones I specify on the msiexec command line (I'm not even using /V)
Any ideas about what could be the issue? If you have a better way to handle this please suggest.
Thanks.
Update:
Sorry for the confusion, I was using WiX installer and I start the WiX generated .msi on the command line as below for eg.
C:\> msiexec /I foo.msi ARG1="v1" ARG2="v2"
ARG1 and ARG2 are defined in Wix installer script.
What I'm looking at is a way to access the command line params ARG1="v1", ARG2="V" by a small application which will be started by msiexec (the app is specified in Wix installer script as custom action).
Ideally, when I use xmlFile (tried xmlConfig as well), my WiX installer script should be able to update my config files with v1, v2 but its not happening so wrote an application that should be able to read v1 & v2 and write to the config file.
using xmlFile I get the following error:
ExecXmlFile: Error 0x8007006e: failed to load XML file: Error 25531. Failed to open XML file , system error: -2147024786 MSI (s) (E4!54) [18:11:36:714]: Product: -- Error 25531. Failed to open XML file , system error: -2147024786 –
Doesn't get any meaningful info. I used the msiexec argument /l*v to generate the logging.
Log excerpt:
Actually xmlFile should do my requirement but I get the following error while using it. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
MSI (s) (E4:00) [18:11:32:110]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=ExecXmlFile,,) Action 18:11:32: ExecXmlFile.
MSI (s) (E4:00) [18:11:32:111]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=ExecXmlFile,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData,Target=ExecXmlFile,CustomActionData=1030//cloudRecognition/connectiontype130//cloudRecognition/connectionaddress192.168.128.59;192.168.128.261030//cloudRecognition/connectionport50001;50001)
MSI (s) (E4:DC) [18:11:32:113]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA419.tmp, Entrypoint: ExecXmlFile
MSI (s) (E4:EC) [18:11:32:113]: Generating random cookie.
MSI (s) (E4:EC) [18:11:32:115]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 10104 (0x2778).
MSI (s) (E4:68) [18:11:32:402]: Running as a service.
MSI (s) (E4:68) [18:11:32:403]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Elevated custom action server.
ExecXmlFile: Error 0x8007006e: failed to load XML file:
Error 25531. Failed to open XML file , system error: -2147024786
MSI (s) (E4!54) [18:11:36:714]: Product: -- Error 25531. Failed to open XML file , system error: -2147024786
CustomAction ExecXmlFile returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Are you passing the arguments as MSI properties? If yes, then you can read them from the MSI database. Check this:
http://www.alteridem.net/2008/05/20/read-properties-from-an-msi-file/
I am guessing you are setting environment specific application properties to the Config file? If so, why don't you have all the properties defined in the config file and make the application smart enough to read the right properties (by checking the environment)? I would do that.
Above comments are just based on the limited information you provided. You would have your own reasons to do so :)
It seems to me that you need to add a CustomAction to your install process.
You might need both or just one, depending of the request that you have.
To Update Configuration files can you use XmlFile CustomAction, to change modify any XML file.
To launch a Quiet Execution CustomAction
I believe that this will allow you to change the values of the configuration file during the installation. You can find a nice introduction to CustomActions and their types here. Have a look at the type 2 CustomAction.
 
Edit for follow question in Answer section:
When is the CA scheduled to launch during the installation process?
Do you have a log file for the install?
 
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Without Code or more information about the installation process, I can't really help more.
Helpfull info would be:
Where in the installation sequence is your CA launched?
What WiX Element are you using to change the values in your file.
Did you try to create an installer that does just the part that you are having trouble with, to isolate the behavior.

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