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. To turn a property on, set its value to yes. To turn it off, set the value to no. These values are case-sensitive and must be written in lowercase. Note that properties that are off by default may not appear in the default Property table.
• Products dialog box
◦ INSTALL_EDITOR (yes)
◦ INSTALL_STYLER (no)
◦ INSTALL_ARCHITECT (no)
◦ INSTALL_DESKTOP_ICONS (yes)
• File Types dialog box
◦ ASSOC_ACL (yes)
◦ ASSOC_SGM (yes)
◦ ASSOC_XML (yes)
◦ ASSOC_DCF (yes)
◦ ASSOC_MCF (yes)
◦ ASSOC_FOS (yes)
◦ ASSOC_STYLE (yes)
◦ ASSOC_DITA (yes)
• Destination Folder dialog box
◦ INSTALLDIR (C:\Program Files\Arbortext Editor)
• Products dialog box
You can set the following additional properties for optional product features:
◦ INSTALL_TECHINFO_APPLICATION (yes)
◦ INSTALL_ISOVIEW (yes)
◦ INSTALL_IMPORT_WORKBENCH (yes when Arbortext Architect is included in the installation, no otherwise)
◦ INSTALL_PRINT_COMPOSER (yes when Arbortext Styler is included in the installation, no otherwise)
◦ INSTALL_PTC_SERVER_CONNECTION (yes)
◦ INSTALL_WEB_WIRELESS_COMPOSER (yes when Arbortext Styler is included in the installation, no otherwise)
• Using Arbortext Publishing Engine dialog box
◦ USING_PE (no)
If you set the value of this property to yes, 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)