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Meitzi
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MSI silent install

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First of all,
When I open help, it states "PDF-XChange Viewer v2.0.4x"
I it very confusing, do i have correct help file or not.
Help (or readme) is full of "after version 2xxx" stuff, I dont care.
I want know how THIS version work, HOW LATEST version work. So forget those old stuff.


Right now I'm reading PDFVManual.pdf (modified 5/12/2010)
I want use Silent installation.
I want use MSI. (exe installation will hangup in WinXP, if used with system account, group policy script)

Your help have "/I" missing for all msiexec examples.
msiexec PDFX4Pro.msi /quiet INSTALLLOCATION="C:\Program Files\Tracker" Does not work
Should be
msiexec /I PDFX4Pro.msi /quiet INSTALLLOCATION="C:\Program Files\Tracker"
or maybe PXCViewer_x86.msi is better filename, its more current.


In page 17 there is CREATEDESKTOPICON parameter mentioned. It does not work.
MsiExec.exe /I PXCViewer_x86.msi /qb ADDLOCAL="F_Viewer,F_Langs_Viewer,F_BrowserPlugins,F_ShellExt" CREATEDESKTOPICON="0"
Will still make desktop icon.

And if anyone wonder, I'm trying to installa version 2.0 (Build 57.0)
Why we cant have normal version numbers? Just something that makes sense.
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Stefan - PDF-XChange
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Re: MSI silent install

Post by Stefan - PDF-XChange »

Hello Meitzi,

Please use the "help" button which is displayed when you run the .msi package manually - there you will always find the latest installation instructions.

Also we have had other sysadmins using Orca to create transformation files for easier distribution via GP - you might want to consider that as well.

Best,
Stefan
Meitzi
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Re: MSI silent install

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Thanks for the tip.
DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS="0" works


We did use Orca, but if we dont, its much easier to update latest version. (only need to download new files)

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Re: MSI silent install

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:)
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Meitzi
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Re: MSI silent install

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MSI help does not mention anything about:
F_IEPlugin
F_NPPlugin
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Stefan - PDF-XChange
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Re: MSI silent install

Post by Stefan - PDF-XChange »

It is a combined one:
F_BrowserPlugins - plug-ins for web browsers (MS Internet explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Opera, Safari, and Chrome) which allows to view PDF files inside these browsers. This feature requires F_Viewer feature to be installed.

Best,
Stefan