A silent redistribution does not prompt your user for any MIL or MIL-Lite information; instead, it uses a response file to provide the necessary setup parameters for the intended computer. You would use a silent redistribution when you are including MIL or MIL-Lite within your application and you do not want to have any Matrox Imaging setup dialog boxes appear. You could also use a silent redistribution if you wanted to control the setup parameters for your client.
It is not possible to create a response file for only a few of the setup parameters and ask the customer for the rest of the setup information. If you are going to use a response file, you must answer all of the setup questions in the response file.
To redistribute the MIL or MIL-Lite DLLs and device drivers using a silent redistribution:
Copy the contents of the MIL or MIL-Lite DVD to your installation directory. Alternatively, you can use the Redist.exe program to select the redistribution packages (MIL and/or Intellicam) and drivers to copy in your installation directory. For more details on how to use this program, see the Interactive redistribution using your custom DVD section earlier in this chapter.
Record your setup options. To do so, start the setup.exe program from the command line with the /r switch and follow the presented instructions for an interactive MIL or MIL-Lite redistribution. Any selected setting is recorded and stored in the setup.iss file. The setup.iss file will be created in the Windows folder (%WINDIR%) and must be moved to the root folder of your installation directory.
Have your redistribution program call the setup.exe program with the /s switch. The setup will silently install MIL or MIL-Lite with the options that were selected during the recording phase and stored in the setup.iss file.