MapInfo Professional 8.5 Install
DJP
Active Directory. I have assigned the 'MapInfo Professional 8.5.msi'
from the 'Install\MI_PRO\DISK1' folder. I need to create a transform
file to store the serial number but am unsure how to do this. If anyone
else has done this or has another method of assigning the application
please let me know how.
Thanks
Dave
Ian Tidy
I created a batch file and ran the batch file with all the command line
parameters.
I'm not sure, but you may need to run the SETUP.EXE, and not just
install the MSI (but I could be wrong with this). Also, the installer
doesn't remove any previous versions of MapInfo Professional, it just
overwrites the files.
For some more details.
Cheers Ian
Søren Breddam
The documentation is also on the installation cd: MI_UG.pdf, "Silent Installation Procedures for System Administrators"
Here it's also documented how to set up a mode.ini to control the setup further. I use the 'per machine' option.
After the setup - silent with progress bar - I normally copy extra custom symbols, change the MAPINFOW.FNT, alter the MAPINFOW.MNU and other user interface and of course transfer a custom MAPINFOW.PRF
The only thing I need for my installation is to get to know how to transfer a 'per machine' registry key to control which tools the user has access to and e.g. are autoloaded.
The problem is (as it seems to me) that if you have a user logged on to the machine, you can run a 'MI850CurUser.reg' (Current user), but if another user uses the machine the tools are not there anymore (another current user).
If you use 'current machine', you don't catch the machine's current users.
Has anyone solved this problem?
And last: How do you run a registry key in mapbasic/through mapinfow.wor?
As it is for me at the moment, I have to ask my users to run a 'current user' registry file actively. This is a bit clumsy ;-)
Regards
Søren
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Ian Tidy
I use a runas command for the installer, and use either the domain or
machine admin user. Once I have created the PRF file the way I want
it, I just copy the MAPINFO directory in the \Documents and
Settings\UserName\Application Data\ directory to \Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\. This way when someone else logs
in, the new user contains all the preferences.
Cheers Ian
Søren Breddam
You're right. The PRF-file is essential for deploying MI with the right settings.
If you use an altered "Mode.ini" for the install, it's possible to control almost everything (see installation cd for documentation).
The problem is that the PRF-file doesn't deal with custom tools. These are written in the registry.
If it's a 'clean' machine, you can use a registry-file to put all tools in: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\MapInfo\MapInfo\Professional\850\Tools\
When a new user is logged on, it should take this key and build a new current user (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MapInfo\MapInfo\Professional\850\Tools\).
But if you're installing on a machine with say three different users, then this method would be wrong. The users are already stored in the registry with their special preferences.
I haven't yet an elegant way to deal with the registry problem. As I write, I have to run a REG-file on each machine manually.
Regards/Venligst
Søren
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Emne: [MI-L] Re: MapInfo Professional 8.5 Install
Søren,
Ian Tidy
Some time ago, I wrote a tool (in Borland Delphi I think) for installing MapBasic Apps, this could be hacked to do what you want. If you are interested in this code, let me know and I will try and find it.
Cheers Ian
Ian,
Regards/Venligst
Søren
Søren,
Cheers Ian
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DJP
I had already looked into this but managing batch files for installing
on about 40 machines can be a bit of a headache. The beauty of using
Active Directory is that when you get a new version you can set it to
uninstall the old one before installing the new. You can also assign
the install to a group of computers and if a computer is replaced you
just add the new one to the group and it installs the software
automatically.
The downside is you have to use the msi file (you can't call setup and
pass it parameters.) This is where the transform file comes in as you
set your install parameters in it. The only problem I have is which
field to put the serial number in. Perhaps if MapInfo are checking this
they could let me know?
Regards,
Dave
DJP
Check out
http://www.desktopstandard.com/PolicyMakerRegistryExtension.aspx
If you have a windows domain you can install this client on all the
computers in the domain. You can then create a group policy which you
assign to the computers (or users) which will create registry keys.
Then it doesn't matter which computer a user logs on to, they always
have the registry keys created.
Regards,
Dave
nicholas....@mainroads.qld.gov.au
disc.
The linestyle editor is supposed to open a mapinfow.pen file, but I can't
find it anywhere.
When I do a file search, the only file is in
C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional\AddUser\Data1.cab
which I'm pretty sure is not an active system file, since it is contained
in a compressed folder.
Does the latest MapInfo still have mapinfow.pen?
Regards,
Nick Lawrence
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nicholas....@mainroads.qld.gov.au
> I am running MapInfo 8.5 and the LineStyle Editor installed from thesame
disc.
>
> The linestyle editor is supposed to open a mapinfow.pen file, but I
> can't find it anywhere.
>
> When I do a file search, the only file is in
> C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional\AddUser\Data1.cab
> which I'm pretty sure is not an active system file, since it is
> contained in a compressed folder.
>
> Does the latest MapInfo still have mapinfow.pen?
>
> Regards,
> Nick Lawrence
Sorry everyone,
I just realised that mapinfow.pen is a hidden, system file
stored in
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application
Data\MapInfo\MapInfo\Professional\850
Once I had set File Explorer to display hidden files, everything was fine.