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Silent install of Illustrator 10 (setup.iss)

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Jerry Lai

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Jul 2, 2003, 10:45:26 PM7/2/03
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Hello,

I am trying to automate the deployment of Adobe Illustrator 10 to multiple PCs.
I am running the "setup.exe -r" to generate an InstallShield response file "setup.iss".
When I run the silent install, the Setup.log file reports a "ResultCode=-3" which is "Required data not found in the Setup.iss file" <http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=q102572>

I have also modified [OEM SETUP] section in the ABCPY.INI file to read NO instead of YES to suppress all user prompts. I have also tried filling in the "UserName=" UserCompany=" and "UserSerialNumber" lines.

I am using an account with full local admin priviledges to record and test the silent install.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

BobHill

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Jul 3, 2003, 11:49:02 AM7/3/03
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Jerry,

I don't believe that Illustrator will do "silent installs". Others have indicated as such in prior notes. "Normally it shouldn't be so hard because like the other adobe products there is an abcpy.ini file where you can provide the necessary info for the setup. (and then run setup -s)"

"But for adobe illustrator supplying the license code through this ini file does not work. (license code is correct however) I also tried the AEIT tool to create an abcpy.ini file but this does not work either."

Bob

Jerry Lai

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Jul 3, 2003, 8:21:19 PM7/3/03
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I came across that aswell with the serial number not being keyed in automatically via the Setup.ISS file or the ABCPY.INI file.

I think that there are 2 custom message dialog boxes which are causing the automated install to halt & abort.

The 1st is the message "To avoid restarting your system after installation, please close all Adobe applications before proceeding". And
The 2nd is the message "QuickTime 4.1 or later is not installed on this system. It is recommended... blah blah balh".

I modified the ABCPY.INI file to set all [OEM INSTALL] "Display" lines to answer NO except for "DisplayUserInfoDlg=" which I set to YES. I also imported the serial key directly into the registry, so when I ran the setup.exe without the "-s", the serial key was actually read from the registry and entered into the Serial key field and all dialogs were suppressed except the User Info (which I set to not be suppressed) and the two message dialog boxes I stated above. Which leads to the conclusion that these message boxes DO NOT respond to the ISS file.

ADOBE PLEASE FIX THIS.

That really sux! Now I have to actually get off my ass and walk around to all 20 PCs and install them manually! lol

BobHill

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Jul 4, 2003, 9:10:49 AM7/4/03
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Jerry,

You might want to add this to the Feature Request topic (top of topic list)as well as a separate request to add Product Feature Request: <http://www.adobe.com/support/feature.html>

Bob

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