Difference between revisions of "Pro/ENGINEER"

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Performing a silent installation of PTC's Pro/ENGINEER[1] software is time-consuming task. One way to do this is below, and the methods used are general enough to work for any version and release code of Pro/ENGINEER.

The basic steps are:

1. Create a customer installer of the PTC installation media. To do this, use click on Other Products in the PTC.Setup program and choose Custom Installer. Select the components you want to install output the results to an appropriate directory within your WPKG software folder.

2. From a command prompt, run "setup.exe -uilog" in the directory you created in Step 1 above. Input all the configuration parameters that you want to use on your silent installation. The setup program will write a trail file (named ps_trl.txt.1) that contains these parameters. (See PTC TPI 103331 for an details about using trail files to automate installations[2].)

3. Copy the trail file to your WPKG software area. You will need it during installations.

4. Create batch files for the installation and removal of Pro/ENGINEER. The installation files should copy installer data (including the trail file) to the local drive, run the installer as "setup.exe -nographics -uitrail setup.txt", wait a fixed period of time for the installer to complete, and then exit.

5. Define the WPKG package, which will run the aforementioned batch files.

WPKG Packages:

<package
     id="proewf2"
     name="Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0"
     revision="280"
     reboot="false"
     priority="100">
	 
	<check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Pro/ENGINEER Release Wildfire 2.0 Datecode M280" />

	<install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\install-silent.bat" 2 M280 4GB' />
		
	<upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\install-silent.bat" 2 M280 4GB' />

	<remove  cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\remove-silent.bat" 2' />

</package>

<package
     id="proewf3"
     name="Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0"
     revision="150"
     reboot="false"
     priority="100">

	<check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Pro/ENGINEER Release Wildfire 3.0 Datecode M150" />

	<install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\install-silent.bat" 3 M150 4GB' />

	<upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\install-silent.bat" 3 M150 4GB' />
	
	<remove  cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\remove-silent.bat" 3' />

</package>

<package
     id="proewf4"
     name="Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0"
     revision="040"
     reboot="false"
     priority="100">

	<check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Pro/ENGINEER Release Wildfire 4.0 Datecode M040" />

	<install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\install-silent.bat" 4 M040 8GB' />

	<upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\install-silent.bat" 4 M040 8GB' />
		
	<remove  cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\PTC\ProENGINEER\remove-silent.bat" 4' />

</package>