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Three methods come to mind to accomplish automated application installation (there may be others). 1. Winbatch (www.winbatch.com) which I use a lot to automate Windows app installs (to include IIS 4.0). Just about anything you can do in Windows can be done in Winbatch. And if you are willing to pay $500, you can get the compiler bundles it all up into an exe. 2. ScriptIt. (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/downloads/scriptit.msp x) I used this before I moved on to Winbatch. It is free but may not work with Win2K or XP. (This application looks to be from the same codebase as Winbatch. Perhaps WilsonWindowWare gave it to Microsoft, or vise-versa.) 3. Many Windows applications can be installed by scripting the Windows installer. The level of control you can exert on the application varies, but it is worth looking into, depending on your requirements. See Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b6140f9-2d36-4977- 8fa1-6f8a0f5dca8f&displaylang=e and Msiexec at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url= /windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/msiexec.asp Don Gates >Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 04:45:30 +0200 >From: Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at telia.com> >Subject: [cvsnt] Re: Off topic: Is there anyway to programatically > start IIS installer? >To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook >Message-ID: <fmnh60p5m0c81mivifk5a1s645gh1eu7pd at 4ax.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >IIS is a part of Windows and the install is reached thru the Control >Panel Add/Remove Programs /Windows Components. > >I think that trying to automatically launch this will be rather hard, >especially since you may also bump into "Please enter the Windows XP >CD" message... > >/Bo > >On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:11:51 -0500, "Yavuz AKYAZICI" ><yavuz at asiaminorcarpets.com> wrote: > >>Hi everyone, >>Since everyone is a developer here, I thought it would not hurt to ask. >> >>We are in the middle of a development project and this will effect some of >>the decisions we will make. >>I was wondering if it is possible to trigger IIS Windows installer from our >>application's installer? >>We will try to create some webservices to use with our app but if we have to >>go thru support calls >>for installing and configurin IIS, it will not make much sense since our app >>is aimed towards >>average users. >> >>So, is it possible to do this? >>I mean is it possible to start IIS windows installer and even configure it >>by another installer thru >>running a windows script? >> >>If it is, where should i look for documentation. >>I searched google and MSDN but nothing came up... >> >>Thanks >> >>Yavuz >> > > >/Bo >(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)