Greeting,

>From install/scripts/win2ksp4-updates.bat

todo.pl ".expect-reboot AutoIt %Z%\scripts\%WINLANG%\directx9.aut"


from unattended CVS
".expect-reboot ..." directive for handling situations where
command insists on doing a reboot itself (e.g., DirectX 9, dcpromo)

Thanks
Paul


On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:32:06PM +1100, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> I've been busy using my site license for MYOB and unattended to install
> MYOB (an Australian accounting package) and it's AssetManager3 onto the
> computers at the college.
> 
> Anyway, MYOB was mostly sane, as an installsheild app.  Only one custom
> dialog and a few other odd bits to fix with autoit.
> 
> However, the AssetManger3 will always, without question force a restart.
> This causes pain for the todo.pl managed environemnt, which doesn't like
> being killed off like that.  I get a windows that 'cmd.exe' could not be
> shut down, and to either 'end task' or 'cancel'.  
> 
> If press cancel, then the system does not reboot and life is grand.
> Now, I suppose I could autoit that step, but is there a way to tell
> unattended to expect a reboot at this point, and just go along with it,
> or a switch to InstallSheild to kill off any reboot, no-matter what?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
> -- 
> Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
> Authentication Developer, Samba Team           http://samba.org
> Student Network Administrator, Hawker College  http://hawkerc.net



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