Windows Network Client installs silently [CR 468594 and CR 491779]

Sybase IQ Network Client for Windows now installs silently on all Windows platforms, including Windows Vista. (For an overview of silent installation, see “Installing without user interaction,” in Chapter 3, “Installing Client Components on Windows,” in the Sybase IQ Installation and Configuration Guide.) A new GA refresh is available on the Sybase download site. Clicking win32-iq127_client_refresh.exe in the browser returns the prompt Run or Save As File. Choose Save As File, then run win32-iq127_client_refresh.exe from the command prompt to install the refresh, as described in the following procedures. To use the silent install on Windows Vista, you must install this new version of the GA client and then install ESD #4.

For a silent install, most users create a response file on a single source system and run the silent install on multiple target systems. If you need use the same machine for both source and target, uninstall the Sybase IQ Network Client after creating the response file and reboot before running the silent install.

Creating response files

Response files provide the answers to user prompts from the installation procedure.

Uninstall any previous version of Sybase IQ.
On the source system, create a response file for the GA refresh using the following syntax:
```
win32-iq127_client_refresh /R /F1"<DirectoryName>\<FileName>.iss" 
```
For example:
```
win32-iq127_client_refresh /R /F1"C:\ga_setup.iss" 
```
The F1 parameter must contain the full path.
Close the current window and, in a new window, create the response file for the ESD using the following command:
```
win32-iq127_esd4_client /R /F1"C:\esd_setup.iss" 
```
Close the current window.

You now have two response files for use by the silent install: ga_setup.iss and esd_setup.iss.

Installing Sybase IQ Network Client silently

Before you begin, make sure that you have created response files (see previous procedure).

Log on to the target system and uninstall any previous version of Sybase IQ.
Copy the response files from the source system to the root directory (C:\) on the target system.
Open a new window and run the GA refresh in silent mode as follows:
```
Win32-iq127_client_refresh /S /F1”C:\ga_setup.iss” -save_log
```
The optional -save_log parameter creates a log for troubleshooting purposes in %TEMP%\Sybase_IQ.install.log.
Please wait patiently for the install to complete; it should take no more than two minutes. You may monitor its progress on the task manager or installation log, but do not perform other tasks while the install runs in the background. After the silent install completes, close the current windows.
Open a new window and run the ESD install in silent mode as follows:
```
Win32-iq127_esd4_client /S /F1”C:\esd_setup.iss” -save_log
```
After the silent install completes, close the current windows.
Reboot the target system.