Silent Installation Procedure
To run a silent install of Arbortext Editor:
1. Open an administrator command prompt in the folder where you have unzipped the software downloaded from PTC support site.
2. To install Arbortext Editor with its default options, enter the following command:
msiexec.exe /quiet /i <msi path>\Arbortext.msi
The installation process runs quietly and on completion shortcut icons appear on the desktop if the INSTALL_DESKTOP_ICONS option is enabled (default is enabled).
• The Product options are controlled by the following parameters:
◦ INSTALL_EDITOR (yes)
◦ INSTALL_STYLER (no)
◦ INSTALL_ARCHITECT (no)
◦ INSTALL_DESKTOP_ICONS (yes)
• The File Types are controlled by the following parameters:
◦ ASSOC_ACL (yes)
◦ ASSOC_SGM (yes)
◦ ASSOC_XML (yes)
◦ ASSOC_DCF (yes)
◦ ASSOC_MCF (yes)
◦ ASSOC_FOS (yes)
◦ ASSOC_STYLE (yes)
◦ ASSOC_DITA (yes)
Note that the file association options referred to in the Standard Installation Procedure are enabled by default for silent installation.
• The Destination Folder option:
◦ INSTALLDIR (C:\Program Files\Arbortext\DUMMY\Editor)
• The Product options are controlled by the following parameters:
◦ INSTALL_DESKTOP_COMPOSER (yes when Arbortext Styler is included in the installation, no otherwise.)
◦ INSTALL_TECHINFO_APPLICATION (yes)
◦ INSTALL_PTC_SERVER_CONNECTION (yes)
◦ INSTALL_ISOVIEW (yes).
• Using Arbortext Publishing Engine options are controlled by the following parameters:
◦ USING_PE (no)
◦ If you set the value of this property to yes, then you must enter the URL for your server in the PE_SERVER_URL property. Otherwise the Arbortext Publishing Engine will be unable to publish your documents.
◦ PE_SERVER_URL (null)
• The JVM_PATH property allows you to specify the path to the Java installation. In the installation command, add this property indicating the full path to jvm.dll:
JVM_PATH="<path to JVM DLL>\jvm.dll"
This property is optional. If it is not added in the silent installation command, the Java path can be provided in the Arbortext Java Selection Tool after the installation is completed.
If you want to disable any of the file associations, then you need to specify in the command.
To disable ACL file association, run the following command:
msiexec.exe /quiet /i <msi path>\Arbortext.msi ASSOC_ACL="no"
To disable multiple file associations, run the following command:
msiexec.exe /quiet /i <msi path>\Arbortext.msi ASSOC_DCF="no" ASSOC_DITA="no"
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Note the following important points:
• The command is case-sensitive and must be on one line with no line breaks.
• The parameter /quiet is required.
• <msi path> refers to the folder path where Arbortext.msi file is located.
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