The INSTALLLEVEL value controls which features are installed by default. In v13.2 Hotfix #3 and later, this setting defaults to 50 instead of the previous default of 100. The Host and Master installers have the "Remote Printing Support" subfeature set with a level of 100. This means that by default, Host and Master v13.2 HF#2 or EARLIER install Remote Printing by default, and this feature can be disabled by default by setting INSTALLLEVEL=50. Host and Master v13.2 HF#3 or LATER do not install Remote Printing by default, and this feature can be enabled by default by setting INSTALLLEVEL=100 (or higher).
Any of the following MSIEXEC parameters can be included when you implement command line installation of PC-Duo Host. Modify these directly in the.MSI file or apply them to a .MST transform file.
NOTE: These property values are case sensitive. Do not change other values in the .MSI file.
Property
Description
LICENSE
The required PC-Duo Host license key that is distributed with the purchase of the software.
HOSTSETTINGS
The required PC-Duo Host configuration properties that are passed to the PHSETUP utility.
See “Configure Host from the command line”.
ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT
Setting this value to "1" disables the ability to Add/Remove/Modify the product via the Control Panel.
NOTE: Default value "0" allows users to modify the program through Add/Remove Programs.
TRANSFORMS
Use the TRANSFORMS property to specify any transforms (*.MST files) to be applied to the installation package. You can separate multiple transforms with a semicolon. Do not use the semicolon character in the name of your transform because it will be interpreted as a separator.
INSTALLDIR
Specify the directory in which to install the software.
REBOOT { Force | Suppress | ReallySuppress }
Force: Always prompt for a reboot at the end of the installation
Suppress: Suppress prompts for a reboot at the end of the installation
ReallySuppress: Suppress all prompts for reboots during the installation.
NOTE: The PC-Duo installer is configured to reboot at the end of a silent installation, unless otherwise overridden by the REBOOT parameter. This is true for both the MSI and the Setup.exe.
NOFIREWALLCONFIG
Turn off automatic registration of PC-Duo Host as an exception to Windows Firewall. If this is set to a non-blank value, no firewall configuration is done by the installer. The default is that this property is not set, and the installer does the firewall configuration.
ADDLOCAL
Used to skip installation of the “Remote Printing Support” component. If not specified, ALL components are installed. To not install Remote Printing, specify: “ADDLOCAL=Host,Common”
MSIEXEC
The following two examples use command lines to install PC-Duo Host using msiexec.
uThe first example silently runs the PC-Duo Host installer file located in the C:\Program Files\Vector Networks\Host directory and suppresses the REBOOT at the end of the installation, and then, through PHSETUP commands, assigns the Host computer name to “apple,” sets the password to “core.”
NOTE: For the MSI install, follow the "/I" immediately by its parameter, the package name.
uThe second example silently runs the PC-Duo Host installer file Host.msi and applies the transform file STANDARDHOST.MST. Transform files can be created using the PC-Duo Deployment Tool. This example assumes all files are in the current working directory with the appropriate paths specified as needed.
The following example is identical to the msiexec example, except that it uses the start/wait syntax to wait for the installation to be complete before continuing in a batch file.
