Performing a Windows Active Directory installation
You can use the Windows Active Directory to install the distribution on multiple systems. You can base the installation on either the computers or users on your network. Refer to the Microsoft Windows Active Directory documentation for more information about performing an Active Directory installation.
Before performing the Active Directory installation, you can use an MSI file editor, such as the Windows Orca editor, to modify the properties in the Windows installation file (Arbortext.msi) to match the requirements of your environment. Refer to the following web site for more information about the Orca editor:
Following are the properties (from the Property table) you can modify in the installation file, grouped by the installation dialog box on which they appear. Beside of each property in parenthesis is the default value for the property in the installation file. For properties that are either on or off, set the property to any value that does not start with the letter N or n to turn the property on. To turn a property off, there are two options. If the default is off, do not set the property at all. If the default is on, set the property to a value that starts with the letter N or n (for example, no) to turn the property off. Note that properties that are off by default may not appear in the default Property table.
• Products dialog box
◦ INSTALL_EDITOR (on)
◦ INSTALL_STYLER (off)
◦ INSTALL_ARCHITECT (off)
◦ INSTALL_DESKTOP_ICONS (on)
• File Types dialog box
◦ ASSOC_ACL (on)
◦ ASSOC_SGM (on)
◦ ASSOC_XML (on)
◦ ASSOC_DCF (on)
◦ ASSOC_MCF (on)
◦ ASSOC_FOS (on)
◦ ASSOC_STYLE (on)
◦ ASSOC_DITA (on)
• Help Center Languages dialog box
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_EN (on) — English
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_FR (off) — French
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_DE (off) — German
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_IT (off) — Italian
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_ES (off) — Spanish
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_JA (off) — Japanese
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_KO (off) — Korean
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_ZH_CN (off) — Simplified Chinese
◦ INSTALL_HELPCENTER_ZH_TW (off) — Traditional Chinese
Note that if the operating system locale is not English, the translated documentation corresponding to that locale will also be set to on.
• Destination Folder dialog box
◦ INSTALLDIR (C:\Program Files\Arbortext\Editor)
• Products dialog box
◦ SETUP_TYPE (Typical)
The allowed values for this property are Typical, Complete, and Custom. If you set this property to Complete, all of the optional product features will be installed. If you set this property to Custom, you can set the following additional properties for optional product features:
◦ INSTALL_TECHINFO_APPLICATION (on)
◦ INSTALL_DLM (off)
◦ INSTALL_IMPORT_EXPORT (off)
◦ INSTALL_IMPORT_WORKBENCH (on when Arbortext Architect is included in the installation, off otherwise)
◦ INSTALL_PRINT_COMPOSER (on when Arbortext Styler is included in the installation, off otherwise)
◦ INSTALL_PTC_SERVER_CONNECTION (on)
◦ INSTALL_WEB_WIRELESS_COMPOSER (on when Arbortext Styler is included in the installation, off otherwise)
• Using Arbortext Publishing Engine dialog box
◦ USING_PE (off)
If you set the value of this property to on, then you must enter the URL for your Arbortext Publishing Engine server in the PE_SERVER_URL property or the Arbortext Publishing Engine will be unable to publish your documents.
◦ PE_SERVER_URL (null)
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