Hi, This is a great idea, thanks for letting us know.
Regards, Tibor > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:alchemi-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reece Arnott > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Alchemi-users] Help - Invisible upgrading of Executor > Service > > At 10:14 a.m. 24/03/2006, Reece Arnott wrote: > >What I'm trying to do is (using Ghost Console and Client) send remote > >commands to machines while they are logged out to upgrade the Alchemi > >Executor software. My thought was to do something along the lines of: > >1) net stop "Alchemi Executor Service" > >2) msiexec /uninstall "C:\Winnt\Installer\Alchemi.msi" /passive > >3) copy newAlchemi.msi C:\Winnt\Installer\Alchemi.msi /y > >4) msiexec /i "C:\Winnt\Installer\Alchemi.msi" /passive > >5) copy masterAlchemi.Executor.config.xml "C:\Program > >Files\Alchemi\Executor\Alchemi.Executor.config.xml" /y > >6) run batch file to make my specific changes (i.e. Executor start on > >logout, stop on login, user can start or stop Executor service at will) > > > >The problem is step 4 as the Executor MSI opens up the GUI as part of the > >install so it stalls there (and opens up the next time someone logs in) > > I fixed the problem by creating a transform file (using AdminStudio > Installshield) and applying it to the the msi (Its the first time I've > done > anything with transform files so it took a while to get right). The > transform file just took out the custom action that ran the > Alchemi.ExecutorServiceController.exe. > > The command line to apply the transform file is simply msiexec /i > "C:\Winnt\Installer\Alchemi.msi" TRANSFORMS="C:\temp\Alchemi.mst" /passive > > > > ------------------------- > Reece Arnott > Learning Environments Specialist > School of Business > University of Otago > Dunedin > New Zealand > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > alchemi-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alchemi-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ alchemi-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alchemi-users
