Installshield Tuner For Notes install#
Installshield Tuner For Notes software#

Installshield Tuner For Notes install#

The removal commands should not be changed as they still work.Next add an install and an upgrade command after the current install and upgrade commands.įirst add a new check, to be able to confirm if the fix pack is installed or not.Start adapting your LotusNotes85 package XML file.When all files are extracted, the real setup wizard will now start.Set the extraction path to %SOFTWARE%LotusNotesLotus85FixPack1 or something alike.Download the fix pack and start the Notes_85FP1Standard_W32.exe file on a test-pc to get the actual installation files.Find it at IBM's Fix Central: Fix Pack is an incremental update for Lotus Notes 8.5 so you should keep your original 8.5 installation package and add the fix pack to it: IBM released Fix Pack 1 for Lotus Notes 8.5. Warning: It seems that Lotus Notes needs access to the UpdateSite.zip from the setup-files at first startup of the client to perform some last minute update steps.

Installshield Tuner For Notes software#

So be sure the users have read access to your WPKG software repository containing this file. Use the instructions in #Lotus Notes 8.0.x to create a deployable silent installer package.And create a package xml similar to: Only does it seem to be necessary to manually uninstall the previous version during the upgrade otherwise it fails on most workstations with the error 'Some files that need to be updated are currently in use' The installation method is exactly the same as for #Lotus Notes 8.0.x. Warning: It seems that Lotus Notes 8.5 needs administrator rights at the very first startup after an upgrade as it seems to do some last-minute update-steps on files in %PROGRAMFILES%IBMLotusNotes. This is a silent installer for Lotus Notes 8.0.x (tested for 8.0.1 and 8.0.2). To use this, it is necessary to prepare Lotus Notes for silent installation, which can be done either by extracting the necessary files from the CD or alternatively launch the installation, and whenever it is making first inquiries (except in some cases the inquiry of where to temporarily store the installation files), locate the 'temp' directory to extract the files. You can now use the 'Installshield Tuner for Lotus Notes 7 and 8' provided by IBM (probably on the CD, and certainly trough their Passport Advantage program) to generate an. You need this to automatically accept the License, otherwise the silent install will fail: mst transform file and customize the installation. Start the InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes 7 and 8.MSI file from installation files in the temp directory Change the filename in 'Windows Installer Transforms' so that it does NOT contain spaces (this because of a bug in the installation program).Go to 'Application Configuration' -> 'Setup Properties'.At last generate the transformated installation.Now choose menu Project -> Packaging Wizard (do not attempt to validate the install as this will fail).