Installing PowerDesigner in Silent Mode

When deploying PowerDesigner on a large number of machines and using the same setup options and destination folder for each machine, you can use the silent install mode, which does not require user input, and uses a response file (setup.iss) to specify the required installation options.

Note: You can perform a silent install from the product CD or from an administrative installation on a network server (see Installing PowerDesigner in Administrative Mode).

To create a setup.iss response file, select Start > Run to open the Windows Run dialog and enter the following command to open the PowerDesigner installer:
```
PD-inst-dir\setup\setup.exe /r /f1"path\setup.iss"
```
For example, the following command creates a response file in the Public folder of the PDInstall server, which contains the PowerDesigner installation:
```
\\PDInstall\Public\setup\setup.exe /r /f1"\\PDInstall\Public\setup\setup.iss"
```
Complete the installation parameters as required and then click Finish to create the setup.iss file.
To launch a silent install on a client machine, run the following command either from the client or via an administration tool:
```
PD-inst-dir\setup\setup.exe /s /f1"path\setup.iss" [/f2"path\setup.log"]
```
If you do not specify a local path to the install log, then each silent install will overwrite the content of the setup.log file in the central installation directory. To obtain confirmation of a successful installation, open setup.log and search for the line ResultCode=0.

For example, the following command installs PowerDesigner from the PDInstall server on the client machine and writes a local log file to C:\temp:
```
\\PDInstall\Public\setup\setup.exe /s /f1"\\PDInstall\Public\setup\setup.iss" [/f2"C:\temp\setup.log"]
```