Network Install

Network Install S etup for FileMaker Pro 8 and
FileMaker
Pro 8 Advanced
This document e xplains how to configure the installation of
FileMaker
®
Pro 8 software or FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced
software for Windows or the Mac OS over a network.
Your CD contains FileMaker product installers for Windows
and the Mac OS. All use of this software is subject to the terms
of your volume license agreement.
Before you begin
Before you configure your installation, do the following:
1. Find the license key that came with your volume license
agreement.
The license key is a 35-digit alphanumeric character
sequence printed on a multi-part sticker or on your license
agreement. You must enter this code for all installations that
use the files on your CD.
Important The license key is customized for your
organization. When installing software, enter 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.
2. Determine how the license key and other personalized
information will be entered when users install your
FileMaker product. There are two ways to enter this
information:
1 You can set up an assisted installation, which uses a
personalization file named Assisted Install.txt to supply
information to the installer and standardize all
networked FileMaker Pro 8 or FileMaker Pro 8
Advanced installations. This method lets you customize
the installation, and eliminates the need to distribute and
administer license keys. (FileMaker, Inc. recommends
this method.)
1 Users can personalize the software by entering their
name and the license key when they install
FileMaker Pro 8 or FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced on their
computers.
Electronic documentation for end users
Electronic documentation for FileMak er products, including
the Read Me file, are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
They can be opened with Adobe
®
Reader
®
, which you can
download from www.adobe.com.
About assisted installations
An assisted installation eases installation of FileMak er Pro 8 or
FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced in a volume-license environment.
You enter required information in a personalization file (such
as a generic user name, company name, license key, and
various installation options) and then make the file available on
your network. The file is used by the FileMaker installers to
install FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced on
computers in your organization.
On Windows, you can also set up the installation to run silently,
which suppresses display of the installation screens. For more
information, see “About silent assisted installations
(Windows)” on page 3.
After you edit the personalization file and make it and the
FileMaker installation files available on the network, users can
perform an assisted installation by:
1 mounting the volume that contains the installation files
1 double-clicking the appropriate installer file:
1 Windows: Setup.exe
1 Mac OS: FileMaker Pro 8 or FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced
Windows: Before FileMaker Pro 7, the personalization file was
named FileMaker Pro x .PDF. This file still exists and is
required for an assisted installation, but you no longer edit this
file. The file is used by Microsoft SMS.
Setting up assisted installations
To set up a networked volume so that users can install
FileMaker products for both Windows and the Mac OS,
perform the steps in the following sections.
Note If you share the CD over the network rather than copying
installation files to a networked volume:
1 only one installer will be available—the installer for the
platform of the machine running the CD.
1 you can’t use a personalization file. See “ About assisted
installations” in the previous section.
Copying installation fi les to a networked volume
Note You must disable Access Control Lists in order to install
the product. After installing, do not use ACL file permissions
to control access to any FileMaker file. For more information,
see the documentation that came with your operating system
software.