Office 2003 & MST with Chained Install for MUI

[3duser]

Hi there,

Sorry for the length of the problem description. I have been searching through the forums and the Microsoft site but can't find an explanation to help with my specific problem.

I am building a reference machine using the BDD CIS method and have setup a SETUPPRO.INI file with ChainedInstalls for multiple MUIs. The command I am using is as follows in BDD.

Setuppro.exe TRANSFORMS=M:\Applications\Office2003\Office2003.MST /qb-

All runs fine until it gets to the [ChainedIntall_n] section where it fails with the following error:

DEBUG: Error 2760: Transform C:\DOCUME~1\*****\LOCALS~1\Temp\1761e2c.mst invalid for package C:\DOCUME~1\*****\LOCALS~1\Temp\1761e2b.msi. Expected upgrade code {00110000-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}, found {001E0000-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}.

1: 2760 2: C:\DOCUME~1\*****\LOCALS~1\Temp\1761e2c.mst 3: C:\DOCUME~1\*****\LOCALS~1\Temp\1761e2b.msi 4: {00110000-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9} 5: {001E0000-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}

Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.

This is from the log file. The only error that comes up on screen is the "Error applying transforms..." message. I know that the Office2003.MST is working since the settings I have selected are implemented. The [ChainedInstall_n] section in the INI looks like the following. I have a total of 18 languages being installed since this build will be used in multiple countries. This will probably be broken down to regional builds to make it smaller but who knows for now.

[ChainedInstall_1]

; This section installs the Multilingual User Interface MSI files.

Path=\\ausyd028\Unattend\Applications\Office2003MUI\2052\mui.msi

TaskType=msi

Display=None

[ChainedInstall_2]

; This section installs the Multilingual User Interface MSI files.

Path=\\ausyd028\Unattend\Applications\Office2003MUI\1028\mui.msi

TaskType=msi

Display=None

I created a basic batch file which worked without a problem, so the paths are OK, but I just can't see what I am doing wrong. Batch file detail below.

M:\Applications\Office2003MUI\2052\mui.msi /qb

M:\Applications\Office2003MUI\1028\mui.msi /qb

M:\Applications\Office2003MUI\1043\mui.msi /qb

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[3duser]

Found a solution.

Just create an MST for each ChainedInstall. You can create one and just copy paste for each language. Doing that I got no TRANSFORMS error but I still need to check that it is all OK with the specified settings.