Setting Up the Silent Installer

Before you can set up the properties for the silent installer, you must create a properties file that includes the settings for the installation.

Note: To set a property value, make sure to remove the hash (#) sign from the property value string.

In a text editor, open the properties file that you created for the silent installation.

Locate the SELECTED_INSTALL_SET property and set the value to match the type of installation that you want to complete.

Choices include:

# basic         - Basic (Workbench)
# standard      - Standard (Workbench, Silk4J, Silk4NET)
# complete      - Complete 
# agent_runtime - Agent/Runtime Only
# NONE - Custom mode

For example:

To install the complete version of Silk Test, type:
```
SELECTED_INSTALL_SET=complete
```

To install Silk Test Classic, type:

SELECTED_INSTALL_SET=NONE
CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=OA,CA,Partner

Note: When you use the custom mode, you can specify the components that you want to install by setting the CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST. Do not set this option if you use another mode. The list includes the following components:

Component	Value
Open Agent	OA
Silk Test Workbench	VT
Classic Agent	CA
Silk Test Classic	Partner
Silk4J	Silk4J
Silk4NET	Silk4NET
Silk Test Runtime	RunTime

To include additional shortcut icons, locate the SHORTCUT_LOCATIONS property and specify one or both of the following options:
- Desktop – Adds icons to the desktop.
- QuickLaunch – Adds icons to the Quick Launch toolbar.
For example to install both the Desktop and Quick Launch icons, type:
```
SHORTCUT_LOCATIONS=Desktop,QuickLaunch
```
To integrate an existing Eclipse environment with the Silk4J Java Testing Framework (JTF), locate the ECLIPSE_CHOSEN_DIR property and specify the Eclipse directory location. For example, you might specify:
```
ECLIPSE_CHOSEN_DIR=C:\\Eclipse
```
where C:\\Eclipse is the directory where Eclipse is installed.

Note: Directory levels are specified with a double \\.
To install Silk4NET for use with an existing Visual Studio environment, locate the USER_INPUT_SILK4NET_INTEGRATE property and specify one of the following options:
- 0 – Silk4NET is not set up for use.
- 1 – Silk4NET is set up for use.
The Silk4NET Visual Studio plug-in enables you to create VB.NET or C# test scripts directly in Visual Studio.
Note: Ensure that the Visual Studio components for VB .NET or C# development are available in the Visual Studio installation with which you want to use Silk4NET.
For example, you might specify:
```
USER_INPUT_SILK4NET_INTEGRATE=1
```
To specify the language for the Classic Agent browser application, locate the USER_INPUT_BROWSER_LANGUAGE property and specify one of the following languages: By default, English is specified.
- English
- Simplified Chinese
- French
- German
- Japanese
For example, you might specify:
```
USER_INPUT_BROWSER_LANGUAGE=English
```
To specify the default browser for the Classic Agent, locate the USER_INPUT_DEFAULT_BROWSER property and specify one of the following choices: By default, the installer uses the default system browser, if it supported by Silk Test.
- None - Choose None if you do not test with the Classic Agent or if you do not test web applications.
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
For example, you might specify:
```
USER_INPUT_DEFAULT_BROWSER=Firefox
```
To specify the Internet Explorer version for the Classic Agent, locate the IE_VERSION property and specify 6, 7, or 8. For example, you might specify:
```
IE_VERSION=7
```
To specify the Mozilla Firefox version for the Classic Agent, locate the FIREFOX_DOMEX_VERSION property and specify 1_5 or 2_0. For example, you might specify:
```
FIREFOX_DOMEX_VERSION=2_0
```
Specify whether the installation includes Windows firewall exceptions for all Silk Test executable files. By default, no firewall exceptions are set. For example, to create Windows firewall exceptions specify:
```
USER_INPUT_FIREWALL=Yes
```
Specify whether you want to allow Micro Focus to collect usage data.
- To allow usage data collection, type:
```
USER_INPUT_USAGE_DATA=1
```
- To disable usage data collection, type:
```
USER_INPUT_USAGE_DATA=0
```
Specify whether the installation requires an evaluation license or a full license.
- To use a 45-day trial evaluation license, type:
```
USER_VERSION_EVAL=1
```
- To use a full license, type:
```
USER_VERSION_FULL=1
```
To specify the license server name, locate the LICENSE_SERVER property and specify the server name. This value is not set by default. To use your local machine, in most cases, you type localhost.
To specify the license server port, locate the LICENSE_PORT section. This value is not set by default. To use the predefined port, type 5461.
Save the file.

Run the silent installation command to launch the installation.