Create MSI silently without gui elements

[Nelvin]

Hi Folks,

i like to automate the msi creation for deployment as cronjob. Unfortunely the setup needs gui elements and stops with an error when it rans as cronjob. This is normal because the installer needs an gui to create the msi file. 

 

paint.net.$CURRENTVERSION.install /createmsi CHECKFORUPDATES=0 CHECKFORBETAS=0 JPGPNGBMPEDITOR=1 TGAEDITOR=1 DESKTOPSHORTCUT=0

$CURRENTVERSION=4.0.16

 

Is there a way or an plan to create an msi completely silent?

 

Nelvin

[Rick Brewster]

What's the error it shows?

[Nelvin]

Hello Rick,

 

here is the error message. Sorry it is in german, but i think you will understand the message.

 

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- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

- <System>

  <Provider Name=".NET Runtime" />

  <EventID Qualifiers="0">1026</EventID>

  <Level>2</Level>

  <Task>0</Task>

  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-04-17T06:04:28.000000000Z" />

  <EventRecordID>4383</EventRecordID>

  <Channel>Application</Channel>

  <Computer>nelvins-laptop.zuhause.intra</Computer>

  <Security />

  </System>

- <EventData>

  <Data>Anwendung: SetupFrontEnd.exe Frameworkversion: v4.0.30319 Beschreibung: Der Prozess wurde aufgrund einer unbehandelten Ausnahme beendet. Ausnahmeinformationen: System.InvalidOperationException bei System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.ShowCore(System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window, System.String, System.String, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxDefaultButton, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxOptions, Boolean) bei PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.UIUtil.MessageBoxClassic(System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window, System.String, System.String, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon) bei PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.UIUtil.MessageBoxViaTaskDialog(System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window, System.String, System.String, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon) bei PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.UIUtil.MessageBox(System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window, System.String, System.String, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon) bei PaintDotNet.Setup.SetupWizard.Main(System.String[])</Data>

  </EventData>

  </Event>