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I find many programs lack the necessary switches or there is not way to
install then with the configuration I want without doing it manually.
In these cases I use the free AutoIt scripting language. http://www.autoitscript.com/ "AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. _vbscript_ and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003 out of the box with no annoying "runtimes" required! You can even make compiled executable scripts that can run without AutoIt being installed!" The language is completely free to use/distribute, but it isn't open source. The language is under 150K and so are the scripts when you compile them into an .exe. There is a utility that will watch and record everything as you perform some task and then generate AutoIT code that usually works with only some minor tweaking. Often I can automate a program's installation faster than I can look up its install switches. I can then integrate the script into an unattended Windows install CD or create an unattended application & configuration CD using Windows Post Installer to create a menu to select which actions are to be performed. http://www.wpiw.net/ |
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