Generating the properties file on Windows

When you want to install the product software in the silent mode on Windows, you must provide the installation details in a properties file. You must first generate a properties file by using the stand-alone installer that contains the data required to install the product.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

About this task

You must provide the properties file that contains the required details in the command to install the product software in the silent mode. You must create a properties file for each of the product that you want to install.

Procedure

Enter the following command in the terminal after you replace the variables with values on your computer:

Path_extracted_product>\<Extracted_Product_name.exe> -r <Destination_path>\<File_name_installer.properties>

Where:
  • Path_extracted_product is the path to the folder where you have extracted the downloaded package.
  • Extracted_Product_name.exe is the name of the product in the folder.
  • Destination_path is the path to the folder where the product must be installed.
  • File_name_installer.properties is the name of the installer.properties file.
For example, if you have the following conditions:
  • Extracted the downloaded product software package to the folder C:\Downloads\HCL_OT_API_1012_Install_IA_WIN
  • Find the name of the extracted product file is HCL-OneTest-API-Win-x64-v10.1.2.0.exe
  • Want to install the product in the folder C:\HCL\OneTest-API
  • Want to create the properties file with the name as api_installer.properties
Then the command to generate the properties file for HCL OneTest API is as follows:

C:\Downloads\HCL_OT_API_1012_Install_IA_WIN\HCL-OneTest-API-Win-x64-v10.1.2.0.exe -r C:\HCL\OneTest-API\api_installer.properties

Results

You have generated the properties file that you can use to install the product software in the silent mode.