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#38332 10/04/09 04:29 AM
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Hi,

I recently downloaded the EXE files from the links provided by PG via email for all the RealDrums and RealTracks. Even using Free Download Manager, it still took me well over a day of computer time to download all the files with my PC downloading constantly. There are close to 60 GB of files here!

But now that I have them... how to install them easily?! I hate to babysit the same old "hit Alt-N for 'Next', etc etc" when installing programs. And there are like over 100 of these EXE files to install!
The suggestion and a temp fix are suggested below.

Suggestion:
It would be nice if PG Music provided a utility where the user could:
1. Enter in the directory that has all the downloaded EXE files in it.
2. Enter in the directory where BB will be installed, ie, C:\bb
3. Enter in the directory where RealTracks will be installed, ie, C:\RealTracks
4. Then hit an Explore button and have the utility return a list of all the EXE files with checkboxes by their names. The user would unselect the ones they do not want to have installed.
5. Hit an Install button and the utility would INTELLIGENTLY install the EXE files, ie, it would not install the RealTracks Upate exe file that just came out before any RealTracks had actually been installed.

Temp fix:
I used the program Mouse And Key Recorder to automate this process. I had to write a program to generate the below script, but once that was done the install went fine for installing all the files listed. Caveats:
1. You MUST manually install the main Band In A Box program first and one of the RealDrums or RealTracks EXE files so the default folders are known.
2. Use a search and replace to change from my directory structure to your own, ie, from my G:\Sw\ etc to where you have the downloaded EXE files stored.
3. In the macro, get rid of sections of the files you DON'T have or it will bomb.
4. You must not click the mouse or hit any other keys while you are installing all these programs. Walk away from your computer after you start the macro.
5. You must have Mouse And Key Recorder installed on your computer, and the script below (edited as needed) saved as a macro.
6. This only works (with the script as-is) for RealDrums and RealTracks EXE files, not RealDrum Updates or RealTrack updates or BandInABox installs etc. It would be easy for you to add those, however.
7. There should be NO windows open that start with 'Setup - Real' in the title bar when you execute the macro.

Notes:
-- % stands for Alt key. So %n means the computer will hit Alt-N for you, ie, the Next key.
-- {{Delay 5000 means 'delay 5 seconds'
-- The macro basically opens up each listed EXE file, waits 5 seconds until the window opens, hits the appropriate Alt keys to continue the process, then checks every five seconds to see if the Setup window is still open (if the Alt-F or Finish key is hit, the Setup window will close and therefore the macro will go on to the next file).

It looks long, but it's just repeating a pattern over and over...

{{Start G:\Sw\BandInABox\2009\\realdrums01-05.exe
{{Delay 5000
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{{Label WaitForFinish2
{{Delay 5000
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{{if {{CheckWindow Setup - Real} = {{True} ;{{Goto WaitForFinish2;
{{'Comment: Start up next file============================
{{Start G:\Sw\BandInABox\2009\\realdrums06-10.exe
{{Delay 5000
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{{Label WaitForFinish3
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{{if {{CheckWindow Setup - Real} = {{True} ;{{Goto WaitForFinish3;
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{{Start G:\Sw\BandInABox\2009\\realdrums11-15.exe
{{Delay 5000
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{{Start G:\Sw\BandInABox\2009\\realdrums16-20.exe
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{{Start G:\Sw\BandInABox\2009\\realdrums21-22.exe
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{{Start G:\Sw\BandInABox\2009\\realdrums23-24.exe
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{{Start G:\Sw\BandInABox\2009\\realdrums25-26.exe
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Re: "Silent Install" for EXE files.
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Phew! What a lot of code!

Surely, it would be easier to make it recursive, with sub-routines?

i.e. (in plain English, using a file called install.bat)

<if exe exists, run install.exe
if not, add 1, run install.bat
endif>

Years since I have programmed (and I'm sure it shows ) but I am sure you get my drift...

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Sure, there's a lot of ways of doing it. The macro could be much more elegant and look at a list of files and process each one. But to do that you'd have to have a separate directory with ONLY the EXE files you wanted installed, and if there was any logic to the ORDER of processing that would be added in the code as well. Recursion might come into play if there were subfolders perhaps. Other than it would be a fairly straight iterative thing. This was just a simple way of processing all the files I needed. Don't discount quick and dirty for something like this, a one time thing... well, hopefully!

Like I said, it's the same 8 or 9 lines of code repeating itself for each EXE file and there are about 100 of them. The other option is to do manual installs on all 100 of them! :-) No thanks...

Of course, the BEST way would be to have PG do it for us!

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