Dreamweaver 4, Fireworks 4 Question

[klepeska]

Right now I'm tiring to do a silent install of Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 and Fireworks 4. The problem I'm facing is that the setup.iss does not have the serial number in it. When I re-run setup /s, it prompts me for the Serialization.

Here are the steps I've taken...

1. Extract Dreamweaver4 and Fireworks4 files in Winrar and put the files in the appropriate directory.

2. From Start | Run enter C:\XP-CD\$OEM$\$1\Install\Applications\Fireworks4\setup /r /f1c:\setup.iss

3. Finish install of Fireworks 4 and place the c:\setup.iss file in the Fireworks directory.

4. Uninstall Fireworks4

5. From Start | Run enter C:\XP-CD\$OEM$\$1\Install\Applications\Fireworks4\setup /s

6. At this point, setup will PROMPT me to enter Serialization

Here is a copy of my setup.iss file for Fireworks4:

[installShield Silent]Version=v6.00.000File=Response File[File Transfer]OverwrittenReadOnly=NoToAll[{A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-DlgOrder]Dlg0={A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdWelcome-0Count=6Dlg1={A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdLicense-0Dlg2={A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdAskDestPath-0Dlg3={A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdSelectFolder-0Dlg4={A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdStartCopy-0Dlg5={A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdFinish-0[{A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdWelcome-0]Result=1[{A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdLicense-0]Result=1[{A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdAskDestPath-0]szDir=C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Fireworks 4Result=1[{A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdSelectFolder-0]szFolder=Macromedia Fireworks 4Result=1[{A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdStartCopy-0]Result=1[Application]Name=FireworksVersion=4Company=MacromediaLang=0009[{A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdFinish-0]Result=1bOpt1=0bOpt2=0

The weird thing is that the setup.iss for Dreamweaver 4, it does not have the serial number in it as well, but when I run the setup /s command, I do not get the Serialization prompt and it installs silently. Who knows if it will work when I burn the DVD....?

I should also mention that I have manually tried to enter my serial number below the [{A8833100-1481-11D4-9731-00C04F8EEB39}-SdLicense-0] line using "szSerial=XXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX". Unfortunately, this will not install.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks.

Kevin

[arnageddon]

Don´t waste your time on this stuff....

Macromedia is well known to , let me say abuse the Installshield functions. The Dialog you mention is not build from Installshield tools it´s embedded in the installer and so the recording won´t capture these settings sorry.....

But on the other Hand its quite easy to repack this stuff with your favorite repacking tools. For myself i´ve used masai editor and it works great nicer than the original installer.

Best Regards

[klepeska]

Wow, Masai editor is an awesome program. This really helped me out! Thanks for the link.

P.S. I even got my HP Deskjet 932c drivers to silently install.

[Chris Lee]

I am planning to install Dreamweaver 04 and Flash 04 on my CD, how would I go about to repackage it? Thank you

[arnageddon]

I am planning to install Dreamweaver 04 and Flash 04 on my CD, how would I go about to repackage it? Thank you

First of all repacking is a very critical operaton. So be aware of problems.

The best way is to install a fresh operating system (If you have some Virtual Machine at hand like VMware this will reduce your work a lot) install your favorite repacking tool (for me is masai editor becase of his great feature "IT´s free" ). Now start the repacking tool and make sure that the snapshot or capturing options are set to your install path. For example Masai Editor looks only on c:\ as standard and if you would like to install on d: or something else....) Than do your Installation and make the systemchanges to an msi file. This should be it and you can produce some mst file instruction sets with it for your resulting msi package.

Installing is with msiexec /QB /I your.msi /T your.mst

Best Wishes

[Sabrewulf165]

why not just export the registry key and then reimport it during the start.cmd/runonceex process?

[Chris Lee]

Wow, arnageddon, That looks complicated..