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Silent Install for CA ERwin DM and Crystal Reports

Starting with patch release r7.3.6, you can perform a silent (unattended) installation/upgrade of CA ERwin Data Modeler and/or Crystal Reports. The following commands apply to the install shell executable provided when you download a patch or service pack from the CA ERwin Data Modeler product page on support.ca.com. The following commands and parameters can be used:

PRODUCT=DM

Installs CA ERwin Data Modeler

PRODUCT=CR

Installs Crystal Reports

/s

Makes the setup.exe process silent.

/qn

Makes the setup.msi process silent.

/v" parameters"

Passes the parameters specified in the quotes to the underlying setup.msi file.

Examples

ERInstallShellSetup_DMCR.exe /s /v" /qn PRODUCT=DM,CR"

Installs/upgrades the products in the order: CA ERwin Data Modeler, Crystal Reports.

ERInstallShellSetup_DMCR.exe /s /v" /qn PRODUCT=CR"

Installs/upgrades only Crystal Reports. Note: requires that CA ERwin Data Modeler r7.3 build 1666 or later is already installed.

ERInstallShellSetup_DMCR.exe /s /v" /qn"

When the product switch is not provided, both products are installed/upgraded.

Important Note

The silent install is not supported on the Windows 7 operating system.