Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Monday 09 January 2006 01:42 pm, Mathias Bauer wrote: > >> I think you are wrong here. Especially on Windows the new installer is a >> big step into the right direction. And AFAIK it *is* possible to create >> response files. > > I asked about that about a week ago on the install list and am still waiting > for an answer. While I admit that is not proof, a lot of Googling turned up > nothing. Other than your statement and one other reference, I have yet to > find anything to tell me how to do this without using Orca to edit the .msi > file. I tried all the command options I could find for the setup program > (/r, /saveinf, and a few others I found) and all any options ever did was > cause the help window to open -- with no information in it on creating > response files. I did find I could at lest specify a parameter to set in the > command line, which lets me specify what directory to install to. For now > I'm using that.
I must confess that I mixed a few things up. Indeed the only way to create response files out-of-the-box is Orca. We have a "Customization Wizard" on the *StarOffice* Enterprise CD that allows to do that in an easier way. Nevertheless the new Windows installation *is* a step into the right direction. We didn't want to maintain our own installer anymore (that BTW looked like an alien on *all* platforms) and we decided to be nice players on all platforms and on Windows this includes using MSI. There are some drawbacks, yes, but losing the simple way to create response files and network installations is something that will not bother the majority of OOo users. It is still possible to do both but this either requires to do some own work or to buy the complete solution from Sun with StarOffice (where both features are available on the Enterprise CD). Sorry for the confusion. Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
