Difference between revisions of "Adobe Reader"

Revision as of 09:54, 11 July 2007

Download and install Adobe Reader.

In, for example, %PROGRAMFILES%\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Setup FilesRdrBig708\ENU_ (and also ENU, though this probably comes from the Enterprise Edition installer) are Adobe Reader 7.0.8.msi and Data1.cab. Copy these files to your server and use them to deploy Adobe Reader on other workstations.

Take care of the language version, the one below is English. A package in a different language will also have a different ID for the remove command. If you previously have a package called acrobat7, increment the revision number - the upgrade command comes into effect and obsoletes 7.0 and 7.0.1 to 7.0.4 packages.

<package
  id="adobe-reader"
  name="Adobe Reader 7.0.5"
  revision="5"
  priority="10">

<check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Adobe Reader 7.0.5" />

<install cmd='msiexec /q /i "%SOFTWARE%\Adobe Reader 7.0.5.msi" allusers=1' />

<remove cmd='MsiExec.exe /q /x{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A70500000002}' />

<upgrade cmd='msiexec /q /i "%SOFTWARE%\Adobe Reader 7.0.5.msi" allusers=1'>
 <exit code="0" />
 <exit code="3010" reboot="true" />
</upgrade>

</package>

Exit code 3010 means "reboot"; see the corresponding reboot flag.

In the 'remove' section, change the third part of the alphanumeric chain (i.e. the '1033' in 'AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A70500000002') into the correct locale ID (LCID) / National Language Support (NLS) code, for example:

• Chinese (Traditional): 1028
• German: 1031
• English (US): 1033
• French: 1036
• Japanese: 1041
• Korean: 1042
• Polish: 1045
• Chinese (Simplified): 2052
• Italian: 1040

There is a list of locale IDs at http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/lcid-all.mspx.

See Talk:Adobe_Reader for some more info on uninstalling.

Removing desktop shortcut

del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE\Desktop\Adobe Reader 7.0.lnk"