Alternative Installer for X-OPC

Upon request, I share these PowerShell scripts that I use as an alternative way to install and uninstall X-OPC services quickly, as the official installer does a lot of unnecessary steps and offers no GUIless interface. I have no affiliation with HIMA, nor do I take responsibility for compatibility issues or issues, in general, that might arise by using these tools.

I have found this solution to work in a production-ready environment for X-OPC version X_OPC V5.2.1204 for OPC DA servers deployed with SILWorX version 11. You would need to download the official binary from HIMA directly as I don't want to share its contents within this repository. This step is required to make this tool work.

Necessary steps:

1. Run the binary for X-OPC and install all the required dependencies.
2. Create a zip archive containing EvtLogMsg.dll, Srv_Name.dll, and X-OPC.exe. You will find the binary and the DLL's in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\HIMA\X-OPC. These files are generic
3. Copy the archive to C:\Temp\hima_service.zip
4. Uninstall the X-OPC application like you would any other with the Windows OS
5. Run xopc.ps1 for a GUI where you can specify parameters in YAML. Note that it will try to install powershell-yaml the first time around. You would need to have internet access during that time. There are plenty of guides on installing PowerShell dependencies without internet
6. install with uninstall are interchangeable. As the name suggests, it will either install or uninstall your configuration. I don't recommend editing the file's content within that window, as the data will be lost if an error arises.
7. Run service.ps1 for the equivalent without GUI. The parameters are pretty self-explanatory, and I suggest looking at the file