German Admin Install ACROPRO.MSI

[cbarth]

Hi,

i have a multilanguage Installation Disc of Acrobat Pro 9.0

Unfortunately only the SETUP.EXE allows me to install in german.

I have to create an admin install of the MSI to integrate the hotfixes to 9.3.2.

If I  do so i get an english version. How can I get the german one?

Cheers

Carsten

[EnterpriseHelp]

Can't you just get it from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?platform=windows&product=1?

Ben

[cbarth]

Hi Ben,

thats unfortunately the same file. Only with the Setup.exe you have the possibility to select German, MSI is in English. There has to be a way... thats really a mess...

[EnterpriseHelp]

Hi,

You're right. There is a way since admins the world over do this every day! As you can tell by the release notes, every update supports many languages: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83708.html.

However, I've never been asked this question before and so don't know the answer. I will get one for you.

Ben

[EnterpriseHelp]

The application language is selected at the time of installing the initial major version using Setup.exe. The language selected at that time is stored on the system. For example, on Windows, it’s in:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\<product name>\<version>\Language]"UI"="ENU"

Note that Adobe uses standard MSI technology for installation on Windows, so patches and updates are language agnostic and they are applied to whatever language-specific install is already present. Therefore, application language selection is not pertinent to updates: Patches are simply applied in the language that has been selected during original installation.

As noted in http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/507/cpsid_50720.html, it is possible to apply patches during an initial installation. For multi-lingual installers, use the selected language transform (for example, 1036.mst for the French language) in the command line. Transforms in the installer media directory do not require fully qualified paths in the command. Patches do require fully qualified paths.

[vdobhal]

Hi,

You can install AcroPro in German using the following steps:

1. Create an AIP for Acrobat 9x using the command: msiexec /a <Path of AcroPro.msi> /p <Path of patch_file>

2. Copy the "1031.mst" from the installation disc to the machine

3. Run the installation using the following command:

msiexec /i <path of Acroat 9 msi present inside the AIP> TRANSFORMS="<path of .mst file>"

Thanks,

Vinod