Network Install Setup Guide

4 Network Install Setup for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced
Modifying Setup.ini for silent installation (Windows)
If you make the following changes to the Setup.ini file, a silent
installation begins when users mount the networked volume and
double-click Setup.exe:
1. Locate the Setup.ini file in the Files folder inside the
FileMaker
Pro 9 or FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced folder.
2. Open Setup.ini using a text editor such as NotePad.
3. Locate the [Startup] section and type one of the following after
CmdLine=
Note Installpath is the desired location of the FileMaker product
folder on the user’s computer. The path cannot contain spaces
unless it is enclosed by quotation marks. The following example
path would install into the FileMakerPro9 folder inside the
Applications folder on drive c:
c:\Applications\FileMakerPro9
4. Save and close the Setup.ini file.
5. Instruct users how to perform an assisted installation as
described in
“How users perform an assisted installation” on
page 3.
Performing a silent installation using the command line
(Windows)
Users can install your FileMaker product from the command line.
When you use this method, the installer can inform users whether
installation was successful.
A command line silent install requires you to run the Command
Prompt as administrator.
To run as administrator:
1. In Windows, choose Start menu > All Programs > Accessories.
2. Right-click Command Prompt, then choose Run As (Windows
XP) or Run as administrator (Windows Vista).
3. Windows XP: In the Run As dialog box, select Administrator,
enter the password, then click OK.
Windows Vista: In the Administrator:Command Prompt
window, enter a command.
The following table describes options users have when performing
an assisted installation from the command line.
Notes
1 Pathname is the location of the installer directory you created on
the networked volume.
1 Installpath is the desired location of the FileMaker product
folder on the user’s computer. The path cannot contain spaces
unless it is enclosed by quotation marks.
1 The installer may prompt users to reboot after installation.
To
Add the options as shown after
CmdLine=
Install a FileMaker product without
a user interface (silent install)
CmdLine=/q
Display a progress bar and cancel
button during installation
CmdLine=/qb+
Install FileMaker Pro 9 or
FileMaker
Pro 9 Advanced to a
non-default location on the local
machine
CmdLine=/qb+ INSTALLDIR=installpath
To
Instruct users to open a command
window, then type
Install a FileMaker product
without a user interface
(silent install)
"
pathname\setup.exe" /s /v/qn
Uninstall a FileMaker
product without a user
interface (silent uninstall)
"
pathname\setup.exe" /s /x /v/qn
Install a FileMaker product
when required - advertise
to current user (silent
advertised install)
"
pathname\setup.exe" /s /v /ju
Install a FileMaker product
when required - advertise
to all users (silent
advertised install)
"
pathname\setup.exe" /s /v /jm
Display a dialog box
indicating whether the
FileMaker product was
successfully installed
"
pathname\setup.exe" /s /v/qn+
Display a progress bar and
cancel button during
installation
"
pathname\setup.exe" /s /v/qb+
Install FileMaker Pro 9 to a
non-default location on
your local machine
"
pathname\setup.exe" /s /v"/qb+
INSTALLDIR=\"installpath\
FileMaker Pro 9\""
Install FileMaker Pro 9
Advanced to a non-default
location on your local
machine
"
pathname\setup.exe" /s /v"/qb+
INSTALLDIR=\"
installpath\
FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced\""
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