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Acrobat 9.1 patch

Edward
Registered: May 8 2006
Posts: 4

Hi,

I ran the "AcroProStdUpd910_T1T2_incr.msp" on my Admin install by this CMD

msiexec /a "R:\location of\AcroPro.msi" /p "R:\Location of\AcroProStdUpd910_T1T2_incr.msp"

It seemed to work fine. problem is now when I run the install from that location it's not accepting the Lic key that worked for 9.0 Am I missing something? I'm wonderign if there is a better way to update my admin install?

Thanks in advance for any help or assistance you might be able to offer.
Ed

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1, Windows
dthanna
ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 28 2005
Posts: 248
Edward,

To see farther we must stand on the shoulders of giants - including myself. Thanks "TLo!"

I checked with one of our corporate msiexec packaging expert regarding this. He is saying that the syntax looks good.

However, he made two suggestions in this regards:

1) Cross check the patch by installing it on a test box without using and Admin Install Pt. (AIP) - just to make sure that the patch applies correctly.

2) Try Using UNC based pathing rather than mapped drives. Mapped drives are always relative to the current mapping. R:\ this time may be the equivalent of R:\Foo next time. UNC's are always absolute... well... unless you change the root server name.... or utilize multiple servers in your application deployment enviroment (such as we do), which means mapped drives would be better.

Your last ditch effort would be to rebuild and redeploy the package. Yea, not a pleasant thought.

I hope this helps.

Thanks.

-Doug Hanna & Tom LoMastro
Hewitt Associates.

Douglas Hanna is a member of the Production Print Technology team at Aon.
www.aonhewitt.com

Edward
Registered: May 8 2006
Posts: 4
The following steps worked, Thanks for your response

Modify setup.ini to include the patch into the main installer. This modification will add the .msp to the installation run by setup.exe. The additional required line is below in red – this is an example. The patch filename given in this example was for 9.0.1, the contents of the ini was for EFG Standard. The filename will be different in 9.1 and may vary based on SKU, and the ini file contents vary based on SKU.

Note that the only changes required are to:
1. Add the .msp to the installer media folder
2. Add the “PATCH=…” line to the product section of setup.ini

Thanks,
Tim

Contents of INI file (example – EFG Std)
[Startup]
RequireOS=Windows XP
RequireMSI=3.0
RequireIE=6.0.2600.0
CmdLine=/sAll

[Product]
msi=AcroStan.msi
Languages=1033;1031;1036
1033=English (United States)
1031=German (Germany)
1036=French (France)
CmdLine=TRANSFORMS="AcroStan.mst"
PATCH=AcrobatUpd901_all_incr.msp

[Windows XP]
PlatformID=2
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
ServicePackMajor=2

[MSI Updater]
Path=WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe