Running the Workshop Installation Program in Silent Mode

To simplify installation on multiple machines, you can customize the operation of the Workshop installer to use silent installation.

There are a variety of silent mode options you can use to override the defaults and customize your Workshop installation. These include:

BEAHOME: Specifies the root of the target installation directory. The default is C:/bea.

WLW_INSTALL_DIR: Specifies the root of the Workshop product directory. This is typically a subdirectory of BEAHOME but can be a separate location. The default is C:/bea/workshop_10.2.

ECLIPSE32_HOME: Specifies the root of the Eclipse directory. Use this when you want to install into an existing Eclipse directory instead of the one provided by BEA. For more information, see Adding Workshop to an Existing Eclipse Installation. The default is C:/bea/tools/eclipse_pkgs/1.1/eclipse_3.2.2

WLWIDE_ORDER_ID: Specifies your Workshop Studio or Workshop JSP order id. The default is blank.

WLWIDE_SERIAL_NO: Specifies your Workshop Studio or Workshop JSP serial number. The default is blank.

For a complete list of silent mode options and additional information on running the installation in silent mode, see Running the Installation Program in Silent Mode in the WebLogic Server documentation.

Example

You have purchased Workshop Studio and wish to install it on your F: drive. You also wish to specify your order id and serial number at installation time to forgo the prompts for this information when Workshop Studio is first started. You would:

1. Create a file named silent.xml that contains the XML shown below
   
   

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
   <bea-installer>
     <input-fields>
       <data-value name="BEAHOME" value="F:/bea"/>
       <data-value name="WLWIDE_ORDER_ID" value="your_order_id"/>
       <data-value name="WLWIDE_SERIAL_NO" value="your_serial_number"/>
     </input-fields>
   </bea-installer>

2. Start the Workshop Studio installer in silent mode using the following command line options:       
   
   workshopstudio101_win32.exe -mode=silent -silent_xml=path_to_silent.xml

Related Topics

Running the Installation Program in Silent Mode in the WebLogic Server documentation