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Silently Installing combustion ❚❘❘ To run the AdLM manually: 1. Insert the combustion 4 program installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. If AutoPlay is enabled on your system, the combustionSetup.exe begins automatically. 2. Hold down the Shift key or right-click to prevent AutoPlay from starting the installation of combustion. If AutoPlay is not enabled, proceed to the next step. 3. On the combustion 4 program installation CD, go to the Network Licensing folder and run the setup.exe to install the AdLM. You can run the setup.exe as necessary to create varied client deployment images to meet user requirements and company needs. Creating a Deployment Image Creating a deployment image enables you to deploy combustion on a network. Deployment images must be located on a network share that is accessible by all client workstations that require combustion. 1. Copy the contents of the combustion 4 program installation CD to a shared folder. 2. Create a combustion Settings.ini file and copy it to a shared folder. See the information after the next table. 3. Inform the users that the network deployment is complete and provide them with instructions. 4. Do one of the following: • Ask each user to run the combustionSetup.exe file from the shared folder. • Create a script to install combustion automatically on all machines. See the next section. Silently Installing combustion You can choose to silently deploy combustion on a network using the command-line interface. The following command silently installs combustion 4 on a network: %Comspec% /c combustionSetup.exe -s %Comspec% is an environment variable provided by Windows. It points to the command interpreter, cmd.exe. /c is a switch passed to cmd.exe telling the shell to wait until the command completes before proceeding. Without this switch, the shell executes subsequent commands before the current command finishes. combustionSetup.exe is the combustion installer. -s instructs the installer to run silently, without user interface. You can specify options by using an .ini file. By default, the combustion installer looks for the Settings.ini file located in the same directory as the combustionSetup.exe file. Following are the properties and their default values. If a property is not set, the installer uses the default values. Options TargetDir LicenseType Default Values C:\Program Files\Discreet\ combustion 4 1 SerialNumber - ShortDesktop 1 InstallBackburner 1 InstallHelp 1 InstallDirectX 1 Description combustion install directory 1=standalone license, 0=network license Product serial number 1 or 0 to install or not a shortcut on the desktop 1 or 0 to install or not backburner 1 or 0 to install or not the Help files 1 or 0 to install or not DirectX 15

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Silently Installing combustion
15
❚❘❘
To run the AdLM manually:
1.
Insert the
combustion
4
program installation
CD into the CD-ROM drive.
If AutoPlay is enabled on your system, the
combustionSetup.exe
begins automatically.
2.
Hold down the Shift key or right-click to prevent
AutoPlay from starting the installation of
combustion
. If AutoPlay is not enabled, proceed
to the next step.
3.
On the
combustion
4
program installation CD,
go to the Network Licensing folder and run the
setup.exe to install the AdLM.
You can run the
setup.exe
as necessary to create
varied client deployment images to meet user
requirements and company needs.
Creating a Deployment Image
Creating a deployment image enables you to deploy
combustion on a network. Deployment images must
be located on a network share that is accessible by all
client workstations that require
combustion
.
1.
Copy the contents of the
combustion
4
program
installation CD to a shared folder.
2.
Create a
combustion
Settings.ini
file and copy it
to a shared folder. See the information after the
next table.
3.
Inform the users that the network deployment is
complete and provide them with instructions.
4.
Do one of the following:
•
Ask each user to run the
combustionSetup.exe
file
from the shared folder.
•
Create a script to install
combustion
automatically
on all machines. See the next section.
Silently Installing combustion
You can choose to silently deploy
combustion
on a
network using the command-line interface.
The following command silently installs
combustion
4
on a network:
%Comspec% /c combustionSetup.exe -s
%Comspec%
is an environment variable provided by
Windows. It points to the command interpreter,
cmd.exe
.
/c
is a switch passed to
cmd.exe
telling the shell to
wait until the command completes before
proceeding. Without this switch, the shell executes
subsequent commands before the current command
finishes.
combustionSetup.exe
is the
combustion
installer.
-s
instructs the installer to run silently, without user
interface.
You can specify options by using an
.ini
file. By
default, the
combustion
installer looks for the
Settings.ini
file located in the same directory as the
combustionSetup.exe
file.
Following are the properties and their default values.
If a property is not set, the installer uses the default
values.
Options
Default Values
Description
TargetDir
C:\Program
Files\Discreet\
combustion 4
combustion install
directory
LicenseType
1
1=standalone
license, 0=network
license
SerialNumber
—
Product serial
number
ShortDesktop
1
1 or 0 to install or not
a shortcut on the
desktop
InstallBackburner
1
1 or 0 to install or not
backburner
InstallHelp
1
1 or 0 to install or not
the Help files
InstallDirectX
1
1 or 0 to install or not
DirectX