Personal Communications provides an optional method of customization that allows
property values and feature installation choices made during one installation
to be automatically applied during subsequent installations. The initialization
file (.ini) contains the properties and options for Windows Installer to use
as initialization choices so that subsequent installations do not
require users to provide installation input using dialogs. Then, future
installations can be set to run silently using an initialization file.
Administrators create, save, and implement initialization files
using command-line parameters.
Personal Communications provides four command-line
parameters:
- SAVEINI
- ONLYINI
- USEINI
- REMOVEINI
Each parameter, with a corresponding usage description, is described
in the following sections.
Two sample initialization files are included on
the
Personal Communications installation image. These sample initialization files
can be used during the installation if your workstation configuration
matches the definitions in the sample.
Personal Communications includes the following
sample .ini files:
- typical.ini installs a typical setup
- custom.ini installs a custom setup to a
user-defined path and includes the installation
of French in addition to English
The samples are defined for a first-time installation of
Personal Communications.
If you already have Personal Communications, AnyNet®,
or Microsoft® SNA Server previously installed,
the samples will not work; you will need to create a unique initialization
file to match your workstation.
Note: To ensure successful initialization file processing,
use all syntax examples exactly as described.
Personal Communications provides two methods of customizing installation
processes:
- Initialization file processing
- Transform file processing
Through customization, administrators determine what features
and settings are available for users to install based on initialization
files or transform files. Once customization has been completed, users
silently install
Personal Communications on their workstations with the predetermined
settings.
Note: Previous versions of Personal Communications used response
files for customization and silent installation. However, in Personal Communications Version 16.0,
the term initialization file is used to refer
to the .ini files which are used for customization and silent installation
procedures.
If you want to use transform files for
customization, refer to http://www.msdn.microsoft.com for more information
and specific usage examples.