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:

  • Read and ascertained that your computer meets the requirements specified in System Requirements.

  • Downloaded the product software package that is dependent on the stand-alone installer for the supported operating system on your computer from the HCL® License & Delivery portal.

  • Extracted the downloaded package to a folder on the computer on which you want to install the product software.

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_Agent
  • Find the name of the extracted product file is HCL_OT_APIA_102_Install_IA_Win64.exe
  • Want to install the product in the folder C:\HCL\OneTest-Agent
  • Want to create the properties file with the name as apia_installer.properties
Then the command to install HCL OneTest™ API in the silent mode is as follows:

C:\Downloads\HCL_OT_Agent\HCL_OT_APIA_102_Install_IA_Win64.exe -r C:\HCL\OneTest-Agent\apia_installer.properties

Results

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