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Hi all,

I'm upgrading my users from TM1 9.0 SP 2 to 9.1 SP 4 because of an upgrade to excel 2007
Operation system of the clients is Windows XP SP2

I'm trying to create a batch file wich will silently install the product on my client pc's, but i'm finding it very hard to find ANY information about this topic.

Thanks to the ' old applix ' forum i've been able to retrieve some information, but after numereous trials i am on 'my limit'

What i have now is this :

%SOURCEDIR%\setup.exe %SILENT1% %LANG% /V "INSTALLLEVEL=0 INSTALLDIR=\"c:\program files\Cognos\TDK\TM1\" %ADDLOCAL% %TM1CLIENTADMHOST% "
with %SILENT1% = /s
with %LANG%= english
etc

As far that i understand the information of the old forum you have to startup the setup.exe in silent mode, pass it the language code, and than , after the /v parameter, pass it the different installation parameters for the 'Cognos TM1.msi' package.

Running this .bat file starts up the installer, and it seems to run fine , untill i reach an error :
Windows Installer Error 2753 : 'setup.exe' is not marked for installation.

Has anyone be able to perform this kind of operation ( i.e. silent install of clients ) ? I would really appreciate a respons on this matter because i believe today my hair has become more gray than ever ....

Thax VERY MUCH for help on this matter

Tom

tomdekuyffer wrote:Hi all,

I'm upgrading my users from TM1 9.0 SP 2 to 9.1 SP 4 because of an upgrade to excel 2007

offtopic: (sorry!)
9.1 SP4 supports office 2007 ? i only know a tech bulletin pdf were they speak from "limited" support.. does somebody knows more?

ontopic:

clientinst 4 Perspectives,Architect,TM1_OLEDB_Provider,Manuals,PDFCAMP,DocLibrary,TM1API,TM1_NETAPI:
change Perspectives to TM1Client if you want to install the tm1client .. i hope the feature is really called TM1Client.
the 9.1 installer is bugged so he maybe won't create a shortcut to the xla if you only install client - create your own shortcut and copy it with the batchfile..
maybe you also have to change PRODUCTCHOOSEN="TM1P" to TM1

Thx for the information,

but i tried invoking the setup in this way and i still run into the error of the .msi package ...

robbed from the interweb;

Windows Installer Error 2753
The File '[2]' is not marked for installation.

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This often means there is a missing "Not Installed" or "Not REMOVE" condition on a
custom action. Causing the setup to try to run something that may not exist as part of its installation. Further, this error may be encountered if attempting to execute a file as part of the installation, that is not included in the installation.

Maybe one of the parameters you are throwing it isn't recognised and windows is coming up with a not quite accurate enough error message?

offtopic: (sorry!)
9.1 SP4 supports office 2007 ? i only know a tech bulletin pdf were they speak from "limited" support.. does somebody knows more?


Yes*. We are using 9.1sp4 as well because on the client side we are having a mix of office 2000 and office 2007 clients.


* as in. we have not noticed any problems between office 2K7 and 9.1sp4 so far - been using this combination for several months now.