EPLAN Harness proD may be installed using msiexec (Microsoft’s Windows Installer) using a command-line interface and command-line options to customize the installation process. General information on msiexec and its command-line options can be found on Microsoft’s website.
Warning:
Installing EPLAN Harness proD using msiexece does not install the required runtime environment without which EPLAN Harness proD may not work properly. Runtime software requirements are listed in the EPLAN Harness proD Requirements and Installation page.
EPLAN Harness proD supports three additional custom command-line options listed below.
Command-line option: TARGETDIR
Defines the directory where EPLAN Harness proD is to be installed.
To use it, type TARGETDIR="[directory]" where [directory] is the full system path to the desired installation folder.
Command-line option: LANGUAGE
Sets the language EPLAN Harness proD is to use.
To use it, type LANGUAGE=[number] where [number] corresponds to one of the following options:
Code | Language |
---|---|
1 | German |
2 | English |
3 | French |
4 | Italian |
6 | Russian |
7 | Japanese |
10 | Chinese |
Warning:
Make sure your license supports the selected language, otherwise a reinstall of the software may be required.
Command-line option: INSTALLLIBRARY
Toggles the installation of a demo library and demo project.
To use it, type INSTALLLIBRARY=[number] where [number] corresponds to one of the following options:
Code | Demo library and demo project |
---|---|
0 | Do not install |
1 | Install |
In this example EPLAN Harness proD is installed from the MSI file EPLAN_Harness_proD_2.8_x64.msi to the installation folder C:\Program Files\EPLAN\Harness proD 2.8, the language is set to English, and the EPLAN Harness proD demo data is also installed. The installation is done in silent mode (/q is used):
1. Open the Command Prompt.
2. Change the directory to where the EPLAN Harness proD installation MSI file is located.
3. Execute the following command:
msiexec /i EPLAN_Harness_proD_2.8_x64.msi /q TARGETDIR=“C:\Program Files\EPLAN\Harness proD 2.8“ LANGUAGE=2 INSTALLLIBRARY=1