How to write install script for network setup?

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Hi,

does anyone know how to write install script to do network setup, i.e.
to double click setup.exe on one workstation and install the
applications on another workstation? Where can I get samples for this?

Thanks.

Danielle

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I'm looking for this as well - see the discussion "Network Installation" in
the file-transfer group. Haven't found anything yet, and I'm currently
thinking about how to do it. It would be nice if there was a HOWTO on it in
the KB, but I haven't found any yet ;)
-tsb

Danielle Sun wrote in message <35350759.D3721091@BerkeleyNet.com>...
>Hi,
>
>does anyone know how to write install script to do network setup, i.e.
>to double click setup.exe on one workstation and install the
>applications on another workstation? Where can I get samples for this?

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Danielle,

A workstation installation script is really no different than a regular
installation script that you would run from a CD or a Floppy Diskette.

Create the project and components, and write your script. Build your
media as a CD-ROM. All of the resulting files that show up in the
"..\Media\<build name>\Disk Images\Disk1" directory need to be installed
along with your application.

You can make all of those files a part of a "Netsetup" component in your
main installation program. So what you're really doing is installing an
installation script along with your program!

// Doug

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Thank you for the advice. I still have another question: how can I write an
install script which would connet to a remote machine and copy netsetup.exe
to it and launch the process from the remote machine?

Danielle

Douglas Massman-Smalley wrote:

> Danielle,
>
> A workstation installation script is really no different than a regular
> installation script that you would run from a CD or a Floppy Diskette.
>
> Create the project and components, and write your script. Build your
> media as a CD-ROM. All of the resulting files that show up in the
> "..\Media\<build name>\Disk Images\Disk1" directory need to be installed
> along with your application.
>
> You can make all of those files a part of a "Netsetup" component in your
> main installation program. So what you're really doing is installing an
> installation script along with your program!
>
> // Doug

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Thank you for the advice. I still have another question: how can I write an
install script which would connet to a remote machine and copy netsetup.exe
to it and launch the process from the remote machine?

Danielle

Douglas Massman-Smalley wrote:

> Danielle,
>
> A workstation installation script is really no different than a regular
> installation script that you would run from a CD or a Floppy Diskette.
>
> Create the project and components, and write your script. Build your
> media as a CD-ROM. All of the resulting files that show up in the
> "..\Media\<build name>\Disk Images\Disk1" directory need to be installed
> along with your application.
>
> You can make all of those files a part of a "Netsetup" component in your
> main installation program. So what you're really doing is installing an
> installation script along with your program!
>
> // Doug