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Interaction Between a Prepif Script and a Response File During Silent Installations

Symptom:

I create and edit a response file on my own, and I create a prepif script that gets run before product installation. When I run a silent install, will the response file get passed into the prepif script, and if so, will any changes there overwrite the values passed into the install? When I set the install path in the response file and then the prepif script sets the default installdir, which value will be used?

Solution:

A prepif script is executed only the first time the PIF product is installed. During an update installation this script is not executed! The purpose of the prepif script is to migrate non-PIF installations. After migration, you can change the PIF_INSTALL_JOB and your product-specific PIF install path parameter. The path in the response file is overwritten. Note, that you can overwrite only your product-specific path that has been defined using #ppath in the prototype file. The PIF_INSTALL_PATH is for informational use only and cannot be overwritten.