Overview
GFI FaxMaker 2013 introduced the ability to perform a silent install of GFI FaxMaker by pre-selecting required parameters and features for the installation. This is achieved by running the product installation from the command line and specifying required parameters on the command line.
Information
The basic syntax for running the installation is as follows:
- The command line specified after the
/c
parameter must be enclosed in double quotes.
- If the path contains spaces, the path must be enclosed in a pair of double quotes.
- Except for the
silent
andlang
parameters the rest are specified as a key-value pair, with the name of the parameter separated from its value by the equal sign.
- The
silent
andlang
parameters must precede any other parameters and must start with a slash.
- The value for the
lang
parameter is the name of the language in which the product should be installed.
- Currently, supported values are
English
,German
,Italian
, andSpanish
. The default isEnglish
if no value is specified.
faxmaker20XX.exe /c:"gfisetup faxmaker /silent
Below is a table listing the remaining parameters.
NOTE: The parameter names are case sensitive.
Parameter |
Value |
Description |
INSTALLDIR |
Target Path
|
Optional. Specifies the path where the product should be installed. If not specified, defaults to Program Files\GFI\Faxmaker.
If the path contains spaces, it must be enclosed in a pair of double quotes on each side. E.g., INSTALLDIR =""c:\path
with spaces""
|
LICENSEKEY |
License Key
|
Optional. A license key to be used by the product.
|
LOGIN |
User name in the form
domain\user or machinename\user
|
Optional. Specifies the account to be used for GFI FaxMaker services to run under. If not specified, the user account running the installation will be used.
|
IACCEPTEULA |
1 |
Required. Specifying this parameter implies that the user accepts End User License Agreement terms.
|
PASSWORD |
Password for the user account specified in the
LOGIN parameter. |
Required. Password for the account specified in the
LOGIN parameter. |