Network Install

2 Network Install Setup for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced
To make FileMaker installation files available on your network:
1. Create a folder on a networked volume for the FileMaker
products installer files.
2. Locate the following files on the installation CD and copy
them to the folder you created on your networked volume:
1 Windows: The Files folder, which contains the
personalization file Assisted Install.txt and other required
installation files.
1 Mac OS: The FileMaker Pro 8.5 or FileMaker Pro 8.5
Advanced installer application and the personalization file
Assisted Install.txt, which are located at the root level of the
CD.
3. To use a personalization file, continue with the next section.
If you don’t want to use a personalization file, you’re done.
Customizing the personalization file
To customize the personalization file:
1. Use a text editor such as NotePad (Windows) or TextEdit
(Mac
OS) to open the Assisted Install.txt file on your
networked volume.
Note The Assisted Install.txt file is not cross-platform. If you
will be installing FileMaker Pro 8.5 or FileMaker Pro 8.5
Advanced on both Windows and Mac
OS systems, you need to
provide an Assisted Install.txt file for each installer.
2. Modify the following variable settings as needed.
Note Variable settings are not case-sensitive.
Note The SkipDialog and Shortcuts/Alias variables determine
whether the installer prompts the user to create a shortcut
(Windows) or alias (Mac
OS).
To Do this
Enter a user name for all
installations
Type a name after Name=
If you leave this variable blank, the installer
defaults to the name that was used to register
Windows (Windows) or the account user name
(Mac
OS).
Enter a company name
for all installations
Windows: Type a name after Organization=
If you leave this variable blank, the installer
defaults to the name that was used to register
Windows.
Mac OS: Type a name after Company=
When specifying a variable for Organization=
or Company=, type the organization name
exactly as it appears on your license agreement
(“Proof of License”). The organization name
must be capitalized the same way it appears on
your agreement.
Enter a valid license
key for all installations
Type your license key after License Key=
For information about the license key, see
“Before you begin” on page 1.
Prevent or allow users
to create new databases
Type one of the following after
Admin_NoNewDatabases=
1 1 (one) to prevent users from creating
databases
1 0 (zero) to allow users to create databases
For more information, see “Preventing users
from creating databases” on page 3.
Windows: Create a
shortcut for the
FileMaker product on
the desktop and in the
Quick Launch toolbar
Mac OS: Create an alias
for the FileMaker
product on the dock
Type one of the following after Shortcuts=
(Windows) or Alias= (Mac
OS)
1 1 (one) to create a shortcut/alias
1 0 (zero) if you don’t want to create a
shortcut/alias
See the note at the end of this table for more
information.
Suppress or display
electronic registration
Type one of the following after Registration=
1 0 (zero) to suppress electronic registration.
Your FileMaker product won’t prompt users
to enter registration information.
1 1 (one) to display an electronic registration
reminder
Windows: Specify the
language version of the
FileMaker product.
This setting only works
when users perform a
silent assisted
installation. See
“About
silent assisted
installations
(Windows)” on page 3.
Type the name of the language after
Language=
Valid entries are: Dutch, English, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, or Swedish.
Mac OS: Do not specify a language setting in
the Assisted Install.txt file. The FileMaker
installer uses the current language setting from
your operating system.
Windows: Specify
whether the FileMaker
product is available to
all users or the current
user only
Type one of the following after
ApplicationUsers=
1 AllUsers to make the FileMaker product
available to any user logged in on this
computer
1 OnlyCurrentUser to restrict use of the
FileMaker product to the user account that is
logged on during installation
Suppress or display the
personalization dialog
box during installation
Type one of the following after SkipDialog=
1 1 (one) to suppress the personalization
dialog box. Users don’t have to enter
information in the Name and Company
variables, and they don’t see the license key.
(If the key you entered is invalid, the
personalization dialog box still displays.)
1 0 (zero) to display the personalization dialog
box during installation
See the note at the end of this table for more
information.
SkipDialog= Shortcuts/Alias= Result
1 1 No prompt. Creates shortcut/
alias
1 0 No prompt. Doesn’t create
shortcut/alias
0 1 Prompt
0 0 Windows: Prompt
Mac OS: No prompt. Doesn’t
create shortcut/alias
To Do this