Setup Administrator Mode Readme

1. Introduction

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Prerequisites offers an administrator mode setup, which facilitates deployment to field clients. The administrator initially runs setup to select which components will be deployed. An .INI file is created based on this selection, and is then deployed by running setup in unattend mode, pointing to the generated .INI file. When run in unattend mode, setup silently installs the designated options. If there are any errors, setup exits silently with failure. This allows deployment through Microsoft Systems Management Server.

2. Running Administrator Mode Setup

To create the deployment .INI file
  1. Insert the Visual FoxPro CD and ignore the autorun startup page.
  2. From the Start menu, click Run.
  3. In the Run dialog box, type the following:
    n:\Setup.exe /createunattend <path to .INI file>

    For example:
    D:\Setup.exe /createunattend c:\bsln_deployment.ini
To run setup with the deployment .INI file
  1. Verify that the Prerequisites are available on the network (see Creating a Network Image later in this readme).
  2. From the Start menu, click Run.
  3. In the Run dialog box, type the following:
    \\<computer>\<share>\...\Setup.exe /unattendfile <path to .INI file>

    For example:
    \\products\VisualFoxPro\Setup.exe /unattendfile \\computer\share\bsln_deployment.ini

3. Creating a Network Image

Administrator setup is designed to run from a network image, rather than CDs.

To prepare a network image of the Visual FoxPro CDs
  1. Insert the Visual FoxPro 8.0 CD into your CD-ROM or DVD drive.
  2. Open the CD drive in Windows Explorer.
  3. Press CTRL+A to select all, and then copy the selection to a folder of your choice.
  4. When the copy is complete, remove the CD from your drive.

4. Required Baseline Components

The following is a list of components required for Visual FoxPro 8.0. It is recommended that you choose the default list of components in the administrator mode of setup, as they are required by before Visual FoxPro setup. Components in the list are optional however, as you may wish to deploy some components using alternative methods.  When you run setup in createunattend mode, only the components required for the operating system you are currently running are listed.  If you wish to deploy the system component updates to multiple operating systems, you must run createunattend for each operating system.

4.1. Language Version Conflict

When installing on an operating system with a different language from Visual FoxPro, some components must be installed in the same language version as the operating system.  These components are not available for installation on this disk, and must be downloaded and deployed separately. See Local.htm in the same directory as this readme for more information.

5. Known Installation Issues

5.1. Data file cannot be created

When running setup in createunattend mode with a file that already exists, you will see an error "The data file <filename> cannot be created. Setup cannot continue." Either delete the existing file, or provide a unique file name.