How can I perform silent installation of MAXSURF and Multiframe?
The silent installation for the latest versions of MAXSURF and Multiframe has been simplified so that now all that is required is the -q parameter:
MaxsurfSetup.exe -q
The option to specify the Worksuite (Product ID) during silent install has been removed since this is now selected when the applications are run.
As of MAXSURF v20.00.01 and Multiframe v17.00.01 the installers support silent installation in the following way:
Silent installation can be used to allow deployment of MAXSURF and Multiframe suites across multiple machines and enterprise environments easily.
In order to use Silent Installation, you must pass the parameter -q to the appropriate setup.exe on the command line. In addition, because we no longer select any suites by default, you must also specify the suites you're interested in installing using the SUITE=suitename option.
Where suitename can be replaced with MaxsurfSuite, MaxsurfAdvancedSuite or MaxsurfEnterpriseSuite in MAXSURF installers, and MultiframeSuite or MultiframeAdvancedSuite for Multiframe installers.
See the examples below:
You can specify multiple suites at the same time too, just separate the suites you're interested in with a comma (,).
For example, the following two lines would install every MAXSURF and Multiframe suite respectively.
Please note that during normal installation we ask whether the default sections libraries and report templates should be updated. With a silent install, we always install the latest libraries and templates, so if you have custom libraries or templates then you will want to back them up and restore them yourself after installation.
For MAXSURF these are:
For Multiframe these are:
Where XX should be replaced by the major version number of MAXSURF or Multiframe, e.g. 20 or 17.
As the installation occurs in the background you will not be given any indication of progress of when the installation has fully finished. Please check the task manager to ensure the process has completed or ensure you allow sufficient time.