FileMaker Pro 10 ® Network Install Setup Guide
© 2005-2009 FileMaker, Inc. All rights reserved. FileMaker, Inc. 5201 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara, California 95054 FileMaker, the file folder logo, Bento and the Bento logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of FileMaker, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Mac and the Mac logo are the property of Apple Inc. registered in the US and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. FileMaker documentation is copyrighted.
Contents Preface Before you begin Step 1. Find the license key Step 2. Copy the installation files to a networked volume Step 3. Determine how personalized information will be entered About installing Bonjour (Windows) Setting up assisted installations Installing from the command line (Windows) Setting up silent assisted installations (Windows) Modifying Setup.
FileMaker Pro Network Install Setup Guide
Preface 5 Preface This document explains how to configure the installation of FileMaker® Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced over a network. For information about the products or to install single copies, see the Installation and New Features Guide. PDF documentation comes with the electronic download and the product CD.
FileMaker Pro Network Install Setup Guide Step 3. Determine how personalized information will be entered There are five ways to enter personalized information (such as user name, license key, and organization name) and set installation options. Important Use a single method for entering all personalization information and installation options. To avoid conflicts, do not combine methods. For example, do not enter the user name in the personalization file, and the organization name in the command line.
Setting up assisted installations 7 1 If a previous version of Bonjour is detected, the installer alerts you. It prompts you to manually uninstall the older version of Bonjour and manually install the version of Bonjour supported by FileMaker. 1 If the same or a later version of Bonjour is detected, the installer does not alert you and does not install Bonjour. You can also install Bonjour manually. Open the Bonjour folder (located at the same level as Setup.
FileMaker Pro Network Install Setup Guide Setting up silent assisted installations (Windows) During a silent installation, user interaction with the FileMaker installer is kept to a minimum. Required installation information is read from the personalization file (Assisted Install.txt) and installation screens are not displayed. For information about setting up Assisted Install.txt, see “About the personalization file” on page 10. There are two ways to perform a silent installation.
Setting up an MSI transform (Windows) 9 The following table describes options users have when performing an assisted installation from the command line. To Instruct users to open a command window, then type Install a FileMaker product without a user interface (silent "pathname\setup.exe" /s /v/qn install) Uninstall a FileMaker product without a user interface (silent uninstall) "pathname\setup.
FileMaker Pro Network Install Setup Guide 4. Apply the transform to the installer. For example: msitran.exe -a Example.mst "FileMaker Pro.msi" 5. Instruct users to run the installer using the command line, or by double-clicking the Setup.exe file located on the mounted volume. About the personalization file An assisted installation eases installation of FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced in a multiple computer environment.
About the personalization file 11 Setting personalization properties This section explains the properties and variables in the personalization file, Assisted Install.txt. Note Property names (AI_*) must be capitalized. Variable settings are not case-sensitive, except for organization names. (See the description for AI_ORGANIZATION.
FileMaker Pro Network Install Setup Guide To Do this Suppress or display the personalization dialog box during installation Type one of the following after AI_SKIPDIALOG= 1 1 (one) to suppress the personalization dialog box. Users don’t have to enter a name or organization, and they don’t see the license key. (If the key you entered is invalid, the personalization dialog box displays.