Software Deployment

Hi Chris,

Are you using the InstallTailor tool to answer the installation choices you wish or are you creating a MST in the Editor directly? I recommend the former. Also, by what means are you calling the installation with the MST? If by command line, please post the command line you are using and remember: the property for specifying MST files is TRANSFORMS="MySettings.mst" (plural and in CAPS)

Good Morning Chris,

Just an FYI, I have had some exp. with B.O. 5.x so let me know if you have any questions. Also, what ver. / product are you using from WISE?

Jeff

It was a big pain in the butt, but I did figure it out. It's been a while, but what I did was use the MST file as well as the ADDLOCAL= option. My command line looked like this:

setup.exe /w /s /v"/QN /L*v c:\temp\bo6inst.log REBOOT=Supress ADDLOCAL=bo.AccessPacks,bo.rdbms,bo.rdbms.Oracle,bo.rdbms.OracleClient,bo.rdbms.Microsoft,bo.rdbms.MSAccessODBC,bo.rdbms.MSSQLServerODBC,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2Client,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2ODBC,bo.rdbms.ODBC,bo.rdbms.ODBC2,bo.rdbms.ODBC3,bo.3TierBusinessObjects,bo.BusinessObjectsHelp,bo.BusinessObjectsDoc,bo.Demos,bo.DemoKit,bo.QuickTour,bo.BusinessObjectsReporter,bo.BusinessObjectsExplorer TRANSFORMS=\MSTs\BO6STD.MST "

The space before the last quote was required. I got the list of things to include after ADDLOCAL= by looking at the MSI in Wise.

I think that CAPS isn't needed in this case. Transforms works without CAPS as well.

Wozik

Actually I think you do need the caps to declare the public properties correctly. Windows Installer will see they are declared public properties and treat them as such.

OK, could you explain me the difference between public property and the second one that I don't know its name?

Wozik

Public properties are properties which can be placed in the msi and then altered or redefined in the command line installation. Not all properties can be altered from the command line.

setup.exe /w /s /v"/QN /L*v c:\temp\bo6inst.log REBOOT=Supress ADDLOCAL=bo.AccessPacks,bo.rdbms,bo.rdbms.Oracle,bo.rdbms.OracleClient,bo.rdbms.Microsoft,bo.rdbms.MSAccessODBC,bo.rdbms.MSSQLServerODBC,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2Client,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2ODBC,bo.rdbms.ODBC,bo.rdbms.ODBC2,bo.rdbms.ODBC3,bo.3TierBusinessObjects,bo.BusinessObjectsHelp,bo.BusinessObjectsDoc,bo.Demos,bo.DemoKit,bo.QuickTour,bo.BusinessObjectsReporter,bo.BusinessObjectsExplorer TRANSFORMS=\MSTs\BO6STD.MST "

I think you mis a quote, try the following CMD-Line:

setup.exe /w /s /v"/QN /L*v c:\temp\bo6inst.log REBOOT=Supress ADDLOCAL=bo.AccessPacks,bo.rdbms,bo.rdbms.Oracle,bo.rdbms.OracleClient,bo.rdbms.Microsoft,bo.rdbms.MSAccessODBC,bo.rdbms.MSSQLServerODBC,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2Client,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2ODBC,bo.rdbms.ODBC,bo.rdbms.ODBC2,bo.rdbms.ODBC3,bo.3TierBusinessObjects,bo.BusinessObjectsHelp,bo.BusinessObjectsDoc,bo.Demos,bo.DemoKit,bo.QuickTour,bo.BusinessObjectsReporter,bo.BusinessObjectsExplorer TRANSFORMS="\MSTs\BO6STD.MST "

I think you mis a quote, try the following CMD-Line:

setup.exe /w /s /v"/QN /L*v c:\temp\bo6inst.log REBOOT=Supress ADDLOCAL=bo.AccessPacks,bo.rdbms,bo.rdbms.Oracle,bo.rdbms.OracleClient,bo.rdbms.Microsoft,bo.rdbms.MSAccessODBC,bo.rdbms.MSSQLServerODBC,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2Client,bo.rdbms.IBMDB2ODBC,bo.rdbms.ODBC,bo.rdbms.ODBC2,bo.rdbms.ODBC3,bo.3TierBusinessObjects,bo.BusinessObjectsHelp,bo.BusinessObjectsDoc,bo.Demos,bo.DemoKit,bo.QuickTour,bo.BusinessObjectsReporter,bo.BusinessObjectsExplorer TRANSFORMS="\MSTs\BO6STD.MST "

It worked fine for me, and it now would appear you have mismatched quotes. Once after /v, once after TRANSFORMS= and one at the end. Three quotes will likely error out.

Now my wish list extends to Active Directory allowing the use of commandline options for msi installs.....of course it wont happen but its a nice wish.