Adobe's AAMEE Installer Creator and InstallAware

[Carob]

Hello.

I am hoping someone can answer a question for me regarding your InstallAware product.

I am in an organization that needs to deploy Adobe CS6 and am using their AAMEE product to create the installation packages. The problem is the end result makes .msi files and the actual install is done silently through a command line. Not something we can have our users do.

So, my question is whether or not the InstallAware product can take the files that AAMEE creates and somehow make a normal installer (preferably an .exe) that makes sense to the users.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[FrancescoT]

Dear Carob,

honesltly I don't have any knowledge of Adobe AAMEE product, but for what you tell me its creates an installation package.

Supposing this, you could create with InstallAware a setup process that doesn't run a real install but just executes your AAMEE package.
So in this case the InstallAware setup process it is just a container of your package and of course can be an EXE file.

Obviously with the above method you can create as you prefer the installation Dialogs sequence, including any possible customization.

... hoping to have satisfied your question.

Regards

[Carob]

I'm not sure it can be customized though because Adobe's stuff already puts everything together. Customizing splash screens, pre-dialog boxes, etc. is something else entirely. I'm not sure if that's what you are referring to or not but that's the only choices I would see. The AAMEE product is for sure a weird thing.

[FrancescoT]

Dear Carob,

I repeat that I don't have any knowledge about Adobe AAMEE product but, ...

... if the package can be executed silently from command line, you can embed it in InstallAware.
If this is possible you can do what you want with InstallAware interface.

However it can be included anyway, but it will show Adobe AAMEE interface if in silent mode can be executed.

Otherwise you can also try if the AAMEE setup package can be captured with PackageAware (available with Studio Admin edition).
Its creates a complete IA setup project from the captured one.

Regards

[FrancescoT]

Dear User,

in addition to my previuos post, I missed that your Adobe AAMEE already produces an MSI file.
So I forgot to tell you about a more powerfull use of InstallAware that you could use.

The (Un)Install MSI Setup plug-in (included in every InstallAware setup by
default using even the minimum setup option) can run any MSI to install it
or remove it; and even capture the progress feedback and display it natively
inside the InstallAware setup dialogs as if it were its own.

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Example:
Install/Remove MSI Package myfile.msi[ADDLOCAL=ALL] (get result into variable MYRESULT)


Just adding the above code line in your script you have a very easy way of
running that file, which doesn't involve ugly/opaque command line methods at
all.

Using the (Un)Install MSI Setup provided command you can installs, re-installs, or uninstalls a Windows Installer setup.
A full Windows Installer setup command line may be specified and the progress of the Windows Installer setup will be captured and displayed as part of the installation progress (*See below screenshot).

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As example this is the captured progress running a net runtime msi file.

Hope this helps you.

Regards

[Carob]

Is it possible I can demo this?

[FrancescoT]

Dear Carob,

I'm sorry, probably I missed your question,

do you mean if it is possible to test it with InstallAware trial?

Regards

[Carob]

I guess so. Is a trial version available?
If so, can the above item you are talking about be tested with that? If so I may need you to walk me through doing this the first time.

[FrancescoT]

Dear Carob,

yes, of course it can be tested.

Just download the trial from InstallAware Download page.

If you need further help just post to me.

Regards