Acrobat 9 standard deployment always Italian

Report · Mar 15, 2011

Hello,

First of all, this is the most worst deployment system i have ever seen.

The AIP or Bootstrap way; why is there not one total update why do i need to install about 5 patches to get to the latest update?

This way the total installation time for the installation is going to be very long.

I need to deploy Acrobat 9 standard to clients using MDT 2010.

I try to use the msi with an .mst file: msiexec /L*v c:\Log.txt /i AcroStan.msi TRANSFORM="AcroStan.mst" /q

It does not install anything and the log file is in Italian. When i run the installation without /q (silent) i get a Italian interface.

Within the setup.ini and within the AcroStan.mst i have dutch selected using Adobe Customization Wizard 9.

When i run the setp.exe i will get dutch interface, just the way i wanted.

Probally i am doing something wrong

I intend to deploy several single licenses installation on several clients, so i need to make different .mst files with the different product keys in it.

Otherwise i would have used the setup.exe to deploy and i do not want to have 5 copies of the installation of Acrobat 9.

Anyone who can help me?

Regards,

Francis

Report · Mar 15, 2011

Hi Francis,

Any deployment method simply involves putting any needed update installers in a single dir and chaining them together. Both AIP and bootstrapper work. You don't need the wizard to preserialize the licenses or select the language. Download the admin guide and see if that helps: http://www.adobe.com/go/acrobatitinfo.

Perhaps you could restate your problem if this info doesn't help.

Ben

Report · Mar 16, 2011

Hi Broqers 1,

I have read the documentation and followed the chapter about the Administrative Installation Point. I have now patched my installation to version 9.43.

After that i made a .mst file using the wizard, for pproductkey, username, language (dutch) and automatic updates (off). At our deployment system (mdt2010) i execute the msiexec method like this: msiexec /i AcroStan.msi TRANSFORM="AcroStan.mst" /qn. It give me an error so i manually typed the msiexec command into a command box: msiexec /live c:\logadobe.txt /i AcroStan.msi TRANSFORM="AcroStan.mst" /qf.

I will get a log but parts are written in Italian language (the most important parts..) So i can not find out what the problem is.

Also is see with switch /gf that the installation dialog in in Italian language.

On the update part, i know that deployments need update patches, but like Microsoft i think the software develops should make cummaltiv update packages, so the updat string is shorter then it is now with Acrobat (like a Service Pack).

Any help is appriciated

Francis

Report · Mar 18, 2011

Hi Francis,

The language mst files provided with the setup for your installer do not automatically get copied to the Administrative Install Point (AIP) that is created using the msiexec utility. If you are running your setup through the patched AIP (for 9.4.3), the installer will install it in the default language which is Italian (For Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Portugese group installer).

You should follow the steps listed below to create the AIP and install from it.

1. Create the AIP for 9.0 Acrobat ISDP installer using the following command line

2. CD to AIP and patch it till the version you want (9.4.3)

3. Copy the language mst files (e.g. 1034.mst-Spanish, 1040.mst-Italian, 1043.mst-Dutch & 1046.mst-Portugese) available in the orignial installer to the AIP folder.

4. Create the custom .mst file for all the customizations you require and copy this also to the AIP folder.

5. Deploy from the AIP using the following commmand line:

msiexec /i AcroStan.msi TRANSFORM="1043.mst";"Custom.mst" /qf.

This should work and you shoould see the Dutch UI as well as your customizations should also apply.

Let me know if you find any issues.

Thanks,

Vinod

Report · Mar 18, 2011

Hi Vinod,

I followed your instructions, but it did not work.

When i run your msiexec instruction ill get a popup window from the misexec with all the possible switches, indicating that the command is somehow wrong.

I also tested it by running setup.exe /sPB, thats installing as it should with the right language.

But then i need to make several install points for every license i bought.

Regards,

Francis

Report · Mar 18, 2011

Sorry it was a typo, it should be:

msiexec /i AcroStan.msi TRANSFORMS="1043.mst";"Custom.mst" /qf.

Add an extra 'S' after TRANSFORM.

Report · Mar 18, 2011

Hi Venod,

Same result, window popup from msiexec.

If i only use TRANSFROMS="Custom.mst" it does not give me error.

regards,

Francis

Report · Mar 21, 2011

Ok, i used the following command and the custom.mst is set on dutch language.

msiexec /i AcroStan.msi TRANSFORMS="custom.mst" /qn

The installer is Italian if i do not use the /qn silent switch but the installation it self is dutch.

Its still little bit strange but i a m glad its works...

cheers,

Francis

Report · Mar 22, 2011

Do this small modification to your command line and your problem will be solved -

msiexec /i AcroStan.msi TRANSFORMS="1043.mst;Custom.mst" /qf

NOTE:

All mst files should be separated by semicolon ( ; )

Whole mst string along with separators must be enclosed in " ".

Example-

"<mst1>;<mst2>" - Correct

"<mst1>";"<mst2>" - Incorrect

Report · Mar 22, 2011

Did you spell the property correctly? I can see that you have specified 'TRANSFROMS' instead of 'TRANSFORMS'. There might be a similar typo while executing this on command line. This works and I have tried this out. Did you also copy all the language mst and the custom (AcroStan.mst) mst at the AIP location and running from the same location?

Thanks,

Vinod