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Performing an installation via the command line allows passing parameters to the installation to control options within the installation. When started from the command line, the installation will proceed as normal, showing the installer user interface, unless started as a silent installation.

NOTE: When using the command line, it is important to pay close attention to placement of double quotes ("), spaces, and other characters as the Windows installer is very specific about these and will not perform as expected if the syntax is not exactly as it expects it.

ETABS v19

The installers provided for ETABS v19 provide parameters to control how the installation executes, as well as allow setting values related to licensing. An example looks like:

Setup.exe /v"SHOWACTIVATE=0 NGEN=1 LicenseMode=Cloud ActivationKey=8AD7BF02-176C-4182-9A39-42534B8EC410 Server=MyLicenseServer Level=Plus"

or

msiexec /i Setup.msi SHOWACTIVATE=0 NGEN=1 LicenseMode=Cloud ActivationKey=8AD7BF02-176C-4182-9A39-42534B8EC410 Server=MyLicenseServer Level=Plus

where,

Setup.exe should be changed to the name of the downloaded InstallShield setup file

Setup.msi should be changed to the name of the MSI file extracted from the InstallShield setup file

and the parameter values are specified as:

SHOWACTIVATE - specifies whether to prompt for standalone license activation.
- 0 - turns the prompt off
- 1 - turns the prompt on
NGEN - specifies whether to perform native image generation.
- 0 - turns native image generation off
- 1 - turns native image generation on
LicenseMode - sets the desired license mode for the software to use.
- Cloud
- Trial
- Standalone
- Network
ActivationKey - sets a license activation key. Currently this works for cloud licensing, allowing the cloud license to be activated at installation time instead of when the software is first run.
Server - sets the name or IP address of a legacy network license server.
Level - sets the desired license level to use when the software is run.

Other Products and Versions

Other CSI installers provide two options to control how the installation executes. An example looks like:

   Setup.exe /v"SHOWACTIVATE=0 NGEN=1"

or

msiexec /i Setup.msi SHOWACTIVATE=0 NGEN=1

where,

Setup.exe should be changed to the name of the downloaded InstallShield setup file

Setup.msi should be changed to the name of the MSI file extracted from the InstallShield setup file

and the parameter values are specified as:

SHOWACTIVATE
- 0 - prevents the license activation prompt from showing
- 1 - prompts for standalone license activation
NGEN
- 0 - prevents native image generation from being performed
- 1 - performs native image generation

NOTE: CSI recommends performing native image generation during installation to help improve the program startup time.