Silent installation | RoboHelp 8Products affected
What's covered
You perform silent installations of RoboHelp from the command line. The executable has a "-silent" switch. It also has several parameters that can be useful if you want to customize the RoboHelp installation.
Syntax of the command line for installing RoboHelp silently
Setup.exe -silent <LANGUAGE=1033|1036|1031|1041> <-NODESKTOPICONS> <-INSTALLRHWORD> <-INSTALLPDFADDON>
Command line install parameters and what they mean
-LANGUAGE codes
The available -LANGUAGE codes are as follows:
- English 1033 (default)
- French 1036
- German 1031
- Japanese - 1041
-RHINSTALLDIR
The -RHINSTALLDIR="<path>" parameter specifies the installation directory.
Example:
-RHINSTALLDIR="c:\Program Files\Adobe\RoboHelp\"
-NODESKTOPICONS
The -NODESKTOPICONS parameter specifies not to install the Desktop icons.
-SERIALNUMBER
The -SERIALNUMBER="<serial number>" parameter is used to specify the serial number for RoboHelp.
-RHPARAMETER
The -RHPARAMETER="<optional parameter to specify to the MSI file>" parameter provides a way to use MSI commands.
This example creates a log for the install process.
Example:
-RHPARAMETER="/L* c:\test.log"
-INSTALRHWORD
The -INSTALLRHWORD parameter specifies to install "RoboHelp for Word"
-INSTALLPDFADDON
The -INSTALLPDFADDON parameter specifies to install the "Adobe PDF Add-On"
Silent installation example
The example provided below installs RoboHelp silently with the following options:
- English language
- No Desktop icons
- Installed "RoboHelp for Word"
- Installed the "Adobe PDF Add-On"
Example:
Setup.exe -silent LANGUAGE=1033 -NODESKTOPICONS -INSTALLRHWORD -INSTALLPDFADDON
Doc ID
(kb404183)
Last updated
2011-06-07
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