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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:12:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 10/8/2020 9:12:15 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.829 or later&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Parameter Name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;" valign="top" width="629"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Dataset Silent Install Commands&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Install:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /i &amp;quot;C:\BentleyDownloads\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive&amp;nbsp; BACKUPDATASET=0 BDMINVERSION=08.11.09.800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Uninstall:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /uninstall &amp;quot;C:\BentleyDownloads\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/30350.aecosim-building-designer-silent-install-commands"&gt;AECOsim Building Designer Silent Install Commands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: installation, legacy, v8i, AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/9</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:11:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 9 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 10/8/2020 9:11:52 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.829 or later&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style="margin:auto auto auto 31.6pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1pt solid #a3a3a3;padding:4pt;width:134.55pt;" valign="top" width="179"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Parameter Name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;" valign="top" width="629"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="padding:4pt;width:134.55pt;" valign="top" width="179"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;" valign="top" width="629"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Dataset Silent Install Commands&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Install:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /i &amp;quot;C:\BentleyDownloads\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive&amp;nbsp; BACKUPDATASET=0 BDMINVERSION=08.11.09.800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Uninstall:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /uninstall &amp;quot;C:\BentleyDownloads\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/30350.aecosim-building-designer-silent-install-commands"&gt;AECOsim Building Designer Silent Install Commands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: installation, legacy, v8i, AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/8</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:05:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Steve Cocchi</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 8 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Steve Cocchi on 6/20/2017 5:05:13 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.829 or later&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style="margin:auto auto auto 31.6pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;td width="179" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;border:1pt solid #a3a3a3;width:134.55pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Parameter Name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="629" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td width="179" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:134.55pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width="629" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Dataset Silent Install Commands&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Install:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /i &amp;quot;C:\BentleyDownloads\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive&amp;nbsp; BACKUPDATASET=0 BDMINVERSION=08.11.09.800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Uninstall:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /uninstall &amp;quot;C:\BentleyDownloads\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/30350.aecosim-building-designer-silent-install-commands"&gt;AECOsim Building Designer Silent Install Commands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: installation, AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/7</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:41:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 7 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 8/17/2016 5:41:17 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.829 or later&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style="margin:auto auto auto 31.6pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
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&lt;td width="179" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;border:1pt solid #a3a3a3;width:134.55pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Parameter Name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="629" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="179" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:134.55pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="629" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Dataset Silent Install Commands&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Install:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /i &amp;quot;C:\BentleyDownloads\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive&amp;nbsp; BACKUPDATASET=0 BDMINVERSION=08.11.09.800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Uninstall:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /uninstall &amp;quot;C:\BentleyDownloads\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/30350.aecosim-building-designer-silent-install-commands"&gt;AECOsim Building Designer Silent Install Commands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: installation, AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/6</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:17:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 6 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 8/17/2016 5:17:28 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.829 or later&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style="margin:auto auto auto 31.6pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="179" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;border:1pt solid #a3a3a3;width:134.55pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Parameter Name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="629" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="179" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:134.55pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="629" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Dataset Silent Install Commands&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Install:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /i &amp;quot;E:\BentleyDownloads\Datasets_New\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive&amp;nbsp; BACKUPDATASET=0 BDMINVERSION=08.11.09.800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Uninstall:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /uninstall &amp;quot;E:\BentleyDownloads\Datasets_Installed\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/30350.aecosim-building-designer-silent-install-commands"&gt;AECOsim Building Designer Silent Install Commands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: installation, AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/5</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:15:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 8/17/2016 5:15:02 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.nnn (SS6 only, version number TBC)&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Parameter Name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Dataset Silent Install Commands&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Install:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /i &amp;quot;E:\BentleyDownloads\Datasets_New\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive&amp;nbsp; BACKUPDATASET=0 BDMINVERSION=08.11.09.800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Uninstall:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /uninstall &amp;quot;E:\BentleyDownloads\Datasets_Installed\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/30350.aecosim-building-designer-silent-install-commands"&gt;AECOsim Building Designer Silent Install Commands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: installation, AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/4</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:19:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 8/17/2016 4:19:38 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.nnn (SS6 only, version number TBC)&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;AECOsim Building Designer Silent Install Commands&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following Optional Parameters can be set for a customized silent installation for AECOsim Building Designer in conjunction with the standard Windows &amp;reg; Installer command line options (msiexec /Option &amp;lt;Required Parameter&amp;gt; [Optional Parameter]). These parameters allow you to set the location of the program installation directory, the location of your workspaces and set the backup state of existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The directory where the AECOsim Building Designer program and associated files will be installed. If not defined, the installer will use the default program location. This value must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that are reserved by the command shell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The directory where the AECOsim Building Designer workspaces and associated files will be installed. If not defined, the installer will use the default Workspace location. This value must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that are reserved by the command shell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="629" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other examples:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Silent install with defaults:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec &lt;b&gt;/i&lt;/b&gt; &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner&lt;b&gt;.msi&amp;quot; /qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Silent install with redirection of folder locations:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;/i&lt;/b&gt; &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner&lt;b&gt;.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;&lt;/b&gt;E:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i Ss6\&amp;quot; &lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;&lt;/b&gt;E:\ProgramData\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner V8i Ss6\&amp;quot; &lt;b&gt;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Silent uninstall using SS6 Product Code (use this if the&amp;nbsp;original .msi that the install was carried out form is no longer present on the machine(s) concerned), backing up dataset:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /uninstall {8F545017-6809-4342-81D1-77E4346A2841} /qn BACKUPDATASET=1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Note: the Product Code for Ss6 can be found in the registry under :&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bentley\AECOsimBuildingDesigner\{8F545017-6809-4342-81D1-77E4346A2841}&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;The SS5 Product Code is: {D9E22B89-638A-4665-9ACC-7A8C86FDD71D}&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A full description of msiexec and its required and optional parameters can displayed by entering &lt;i&gt;msiexec /help&lt;/i&gt; in the command window.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Dataset Silent Install Commands&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The same command can be used for the datasets:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Install:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /i &amp;quot;E:\BentleyDownloads\Datasets_New\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive&amp;nbsp; BACKUPDATASET=0 BDMINVERSION=08.11.09.800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Typical Dataset Silent Uninstall:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;msiexec /uninstall &amp;quot;E:\BentleyDownloads\Datasets_Installed\dataset_ANZInstaller.msi&amp;quot; /qn /passive BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other Windows Installer Parameters&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is standard Windows &amp;reg; Installer technology (V 5.0.7601.17514), the folowing options are available if needed, more information about these is available on microsoft.com.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;msiexec /Option &amp;lt;Required Parameter&amp;gt; [Optional Parameter]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Install Options&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/package | /i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Product.msi&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Installs or configures a product&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/a &amp;lt;Product.msi&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Administrative install - Installs a product on the network&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/j&amp;lt;u|m&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Product.msi&amp;gt; [/t &amp;lt;Transform List&amp;gt;] [/g &amp;lt;Language ID&amp;gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/uninstall | /x&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Product.msi | ProductCode&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Uninstalls the product&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Display Options&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/quiet&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Quiet mode, no user interaction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/passive&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Unattended mode - progress bar only&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/q[n|b|r|f]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Sets user interface level&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;n - No UI&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;b - Basic UI&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;r - Reduced UI&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;f - Full UI (default)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/help&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Help information&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Restart Options&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/norestart&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Do not restart after the installation is complete&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/promptrestart&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Prompts the user for restart if necessary&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/forcerestart&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Always restart the computer after installation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Logging Options&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] &amp;lt;LogFile&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;i - Status messages&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;w - Nonfatal warnings&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;e - All error messages&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;a - Start up of actions&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;r - Action-specific records&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;u - User requests&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;c - Initial UI parameters&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;o - Out-of-disk-space messages&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;p - Terminal properties&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;v - Verbose output&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;x - Extra debugging information&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;+ - Append to existing log file&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;! - Flush each line to the log&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;* - Log all information, except for v and x options&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/log &amp;lt;LogFile&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Equivalent of /l* &amp;lt;LogFile&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Update Options&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/update &amp;lt;Update1.msp&amp;gt;[;Update2.msp]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Applies update(s)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/uninstall &amp;lt;PatchCodeGuid&amp;gt;[;Update2.msp] /package &amp;lt;Product.msi | ProductCode&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Remove update(s) for a product&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Repair Options&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] &amp;lt;Product.msi | ProductCode&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;Repairs a product&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;p - only if file is missing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;d - if file is missing or a different version is installed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;a - forces all files to be reinstalled&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;s - all existing shortcuts (default)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;v - runs from source and recaches local package&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Setting Public Properties&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Further Information&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Consult the Windows &amp;reg; Installer SDK for additional documentation on the command line syntax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Copyright &amp;copy; Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx"&gt;Product TechNotes and FAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx"&gt;Building Product TechNotes And FAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bentley&amp;#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &amp;quot;Comments or Corrections?&amp;quot; section. THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/3</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:28:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 12/15/2015 10:28:03 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.nnn (SS6 only, version number TBC)&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The full text of the relevant help is included below for convenience, this text will be available in the SS6 readme.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr style="width:100%;" /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following Optional Parameters can be set for a customized silent installation for AECOsim Building Designer in conjunction with the standard Windows &amp;reg; Installer command line options (msiexec /Option &amp;lt;Required Parameter&amp;gt; [Optional Parameter]). These parameters allow you to set the location of the program installation directory, the location of your workspaces and set the backup state of existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Parameter Name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The directory where the AECOsim Building Designer program and associated files will be installed. If not defined, the installer will use the default program location. This value must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that are reserved by the command shell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The directory where the AECOsim Building Designer workspaces and associated files will be installed. If not defined, the installer will use the default Workspace location. This value must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that are reserved by the command shell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 27pt;"&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A full description of msiexec and its required and optional parameters can displayed by entering &lt;i&gt;msiexec /help&lt;/i&gt; in the command window.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx"&gt;Product TechNotes and FAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx"&gt;Building Product TechNotes And FAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bentley&amp;#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &amp;quot;Comments or Corrections?&amp;quot; section. THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/2</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:56:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 6/24/2015 2:56:04 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.nnn (SS6 only, version number TBC)&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The full text of the relevant help is included below for convenience, this text will be available in the SS6 readme.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr style="width:100%;" /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following Optional Parameters can be set for a customized silent installation for AECOsim Building Designer in conjunction with the standard Windows &amp;reg; Installer command line options (msiexec /Option &amp;lt;Required Parameter&amp;gt; [Optional Parameter]). These parameters allow you to set the location of the program installation directory, the location of your workspaces and set the backup state of existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The directory where the AECOsim Building Designer program and associated files will be installed. If not defined, the installer will use the default program location. This value must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that are reserved by the command shell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The directory where the AECOsim Building Designer workspaces and associated files will be installed. If not defined, the installer will use the default Workspace location. This value must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that are reserved by the command shell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 27pt;"&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A full description of msiexec and its required and optional parameters can displayed by entering &lt;i&gt;msiexec /help&lt;/i&gt; in the command window.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/edit"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx"&gt;Product TechNotes and FAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx"&gt;Building Product TechNotes And FAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bentley&amp;#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &amp;quot;Comments or Corrections?&amp;quot; section. THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Enabling Silent Removal of Datasets - AECOsim Building Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer/revision/1</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:42:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f82efe33-cf91-45cb-9b3c-8c75a076ee06</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/22143/enabling-silent-removal-of-datasets---aecosim-building-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 6/24/2015 10:42:58 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AECOsim Building Designer V8i&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.09.nnn (SS6 only, version number TBC)&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Silent&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marc Thomas&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For SS5 and earlier silent uninstall operations are hampered by the Dataset Backup Dialog which it has not been possible to automate. The dialog always pops up requiring a response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this was to ensure that potentially valuable changes to a dataset were not inadvertently lost during software upgrades. For well managed networked workspaces those changes should all be&amp;nbsp;safely&amp;nbsp;located on the network so this prompt is unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the forthcoming SS6 release we have added a BACKUPDATASET parameter that can be used during automated installation of AECOsim Building Designer SS6 to suppress the dataset backup prompt during subsequent automated uninstallation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The full text of the relevant help is included below for convenience, this text will be available in SS6 help documentation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr style="width:100%;" /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following Optional Parameters can be set for a customized silent installation for AECOsim Building Designer in conjunction with the standard Windows &amp;reg; Installer command line options (msiexec /Option &amp;lt;Required Parameter&amp;gt; [Optional Parameter]). These parameters allow you to set the location of the program installation directory, the location of your workspaces and set the backup state of existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The directory where the AECOsim Building Designer program and associated files will be installed. If not defined, the installer will use the default program location. This value must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that are reserved by the command shell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The directory where the AECOsim Building Designer workspaces and associated files will be installed. If not defined, the installer will use the default Workspace location. This value must be quoted if it contains spaces or other characters that are reserved by the command shell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;BACKUPDATASET&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width="629" valign="top" style="padding:4pt;width:471.45pt;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If set to &amp;#39;=0&amp;#39; or undefined, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is NOT backed up (default behavior for silent installs).&amp;nbsp; If set to &amp;lsquo;=1&amp;rsquo;, the prompt from AECOsim Building Designer to &amp;quot;Backup the dataset&amp;quot; is suppressed and the dataset is automatically backed up.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;msiexec&amp;nbsp; /i &amp;quot;AECOsimBuildingDesigner.msi&amp;quot; APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot; PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot; BACKUPDATASET=0&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;/qn /l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 27pt;"&gt;This example performs a silent install of AECOsim Building Designer in quiet mode w/ no UI &lt;b&gt;(/qn)&lt;/b&gt; , placing the program files under C:\Silent Install\Program\ (&lt;b&gt;APPLICATIONFOLDER=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\Program\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt; and the workspace under C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\ (&lt;b&gt;PACKAGE_HOMEROOT=&amp;quot;C:\Silent Install\HomeRoot\&amp;quot;)&lt;/b&gt;. The dataset is backup prompt is suppressed and is defined Not to be backed up (&lt;b&gt;BACKUPDATASET=0)&lt;/b&gt; and the entire installation process is logged to a file located at C:\silent.log&lt;b&gt; (/l*v c:\&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;silent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;.log)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A full description of msiexec and its required and optional parameters can displayed by entering &lt;i&gt;msiexec /help&lt;/i&gt; in the command window.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/7900.silent-install-of-aecosim-building-designer/edit"&gt;Silent Install of AECOsim Building Designer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx"&gt;Product TechNotes and FAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx"&gt;Building Product TechNotes And FAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
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