Silent installation of Adobe Acrobat 6 professional

[Miguel_Cordova@adobeforums.com]

I got this error:

runtime error 9: subscript out of range

When trying to create a silent installation with Acrobat Enterprise Installation Tool 1.2. Now I know that this tool won't work with Adobe 6 and I got this command line to use:

msiexec.exe /i "\\servername\sharename\[Adobe.Acrobat.6.0.Folder]\acropro.msi" ACCEPTEULA=TRUE /qb+!

but, what about the Serial Number? is there a swith or something that will add the serial number so it will be really silent to the end user????

Thanks in advance,

Miguel

[Nathan_Strong@adobeforums.com]

AEIT 1.2 does not work with Acrobat 6.0. You need to use InstallShield Tuner for Acrobat 6.0, available in the downloads area of your local grocer adobe.com. :)

Nathan

[noridian@adobeforums.com]

used the install sheild tuner with acrobat 6 pro and it still doesnt install the serial number, the program will install but it wont run saying "no valid serial number found, acrobat will close now" but i did enter the code in the MST using Tuner. Its like it doesnt even use the MST. heres the command that installs but have the serial code problem. msiexec /i "\\servername\vol1\Zen\MSI\AdobeAcrobat6Pro\Ad obe Acrobat 6.0 Professional\AcroPro.msi" /t "\\servername\vol1\Zen\MSI\AdobeAcrobat6Pro\Ad obe Acrobat 6.0 Professional\AcroPro1.mst" /qr

[Tine_Hansen@adobeforums.com]

Hi
I have the same problem with Acrobat 6.0 standard. The silent installation with msi/mst files does not remember the serial number. If I use the setup.exe with silent flag it works fine. Does anyone have a clue ?

[Miguel_Cordova@adobeforums.com]

OK, this is what I was able to find out and help me to create silent installation of Adobe 5.0 and 6 Professional and Adobe reader 6.

To create a silent installation of Adobe 5.0 you need to use Acrobat Enterprise Installation Tool 1.2 provided from Adobe website.

To create a silent installation of Adobe 6.0 Reader and Professional you need to use InstallShield Tuner 6.0.1 for Adobe Acrobat also provided from Adobe website.

Before you use the tools, you need to modify the Abcpy.ini file (for Adobe 5 and 6)

[OEM Install]
ISX_SERIALNUMBER=[####-####-####-####-####-####]
USERNAME=[Your User}
COMPANYNAME=[Your Company]

Note: No Brackets!

And when creating the package(for adiobe 6), under set up add the following command under the Windows Installer Command Line Argument:

/qb!

What this does is create the setup.exe with the argument already on it and this argument will run it silently with a basic dialog box (only shows the progress bar) and the “!” Sign will hide the cancel button. This way the user will see that something is happening on the screen and will wait until it finish.

I don’t know what you are using to push this or how you distribute the application. What I’m using is a mix of this repackaging tools and WinZip self-extractor. At least these are working for me… for now.

I hope this help you guys and do not spend the time, like I did.