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STAC NOTE STAC NOTE
INSTALLATION SCRIPTS
(Applies to ReachOut versions 4.04, 5.X)
STAC FAX 8102 (01/96)
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Installing ReachOut using a script file to answer Install
questions.
This documentation discusses developing an installation script
for ReachOut. It is intended for the person responsible for
installing software on the network or on individual workstations
for multiple users. A script can be used with ReachOut's Install
Public utility, or from the floppy disk. If the script will be
used from a floppy disk, copy the script file to all the ReachOut
disks. If the script is being used with a network installation,
also see StacFax 8101. Most of the references in this document
assume a network installation.
Note: Version 5.X users should see the ReachOut on-line Help for
additional features and syntax. Open ReachOut Help, search for
Install, and select To Create an Installation Script. All the
keywords as well as a sample script are also provided in the on-
line Help. The version 5-unique keywords are also at the end of
this document. Where there is a conflict between the ReachOut
User's Guide and the on-line Help, rely on Help. Manuals must be
written before product release, and may not incorporate all the
latest updates to the software.
The use of a Script File allows you or your users to run INSTALL
without being asked any questions, thus reducing errors. In
addition, certain switches added to the INSTALL command allow for
customized installations.
Any answers that are left blank in the Script File will be asked
during the installation. Thus, if all of your users had similar
configurations, you might make up a Script File called ME. Put
the files on a shared network drive along with the Script File,
ME, and tell your users to log on to that drive and type:
INSTALL ME
There is a default script file named 'ROINST' that, if found in
the directory that INSTALL is run from, will automatically be run
without specifying it on the command line. Important! If you are
installing from diskette or from multiple network directories,
the script file must be copied to each diskette or network
directory. Each module that runs during the installation needs
the file.
First, a copy of ReachOut should be installed to a network drive.
This will be the shared copy of the executables. From DOS, run
SECURITY, and select Dissallow Private Password Directory, save
and exit. This will prevent users from creating their own
passwords, and locking you out. This will allow a Viewer to
connect to a Host using any of the passords from the shared
password list. Note: If you will be running the Windows Host do
NOT use the Supervisor Security option 'Use Supervisor Directory
for Passwords.'
The answers are not all required. Not all answers apply to both
the network and modem product (version 4.04.)
To use a Script File, using any text editor, create a file using
the following answers;
type=host / viewer / both
mode=Windows / DOS / both
network=NetBIOS / IPX / BANYAN /SAP / FTP
server=xxxxx (NetWare IPX server name) <blank = none>
source=xxxx (source path, for executables, install from path)
target=xxxx (private users path, install to path)
name=xxxx (user name or %1) <blank = none>
(%1 allows install <script file name> <machine name>)
auto (auto-load these responses without asking the user to
verify the information)
hidden (to not display the installation process)
raserver (to add Remote Access RASERVER to the batch files)
raclient (to add Remote Access RACLIENT to the batch files)
ranone (to NOT add Remote Access to the batch files)
public (to share the executable files from a network drive)
nogroup (will not create Windows group)
group=Reachout (to create group name)
icons=Viewmenu.exe, Viewer Menu; Hostmenu.exe, Host Menu;
(to create icons, <program name>, <program description>;
etc...)
graphics=yes / no (for DOS Graphics)
nopassword (to skip entering passwords)
noreadme (to skip readme)
nomodem (to skip asking for a modem configuration)
nocomm (to skip asking for a comm port or ACS configuration)
execute=<filename.ext> (at end of install, exit Windows,
execute program, then run Windows, Can not do a batch file)
exit (to exit windows after the Install)
A sample script that would allow a user to install by typing;
INSTALL ME TEST
Would run the installation using the script file ME, and the name
TEST would be would be passed to the script for the machine name.
The variables %1 and %2 can be used.
type=both
mode=both
network=IPX
server=TECH
source=p:\reachout
target=h:\home\%1
name=%1
auto
raserver
raclient
graphics=yes
nopassword
noreadme
public
icons=Viewmenu.exe, Viewer Menu; Hostmenu.exe, Host Menu;
Keywords valid with ReachOut version 5 only
autostarthost=yes/no
comm=ACS/Direct/Modem/Network
companyname=company/[blank]
file=no/1/2/4/8 (background ReachOut file manager on host, # is
buffer size in KB)
int=hexadecimal_integer (interrupt vector for FTP TCP/IP, from
32 to FF)
restartwindows
username=username
exit (to exit windows after the Installation) should be
EXITWINDOWS
network=NetBIOS / IPX / BANYAN /SAP / FTP has new options SPX
(same as IPX) and Winsock
If REACHOUT.INI is in the same directory that INSTALL is run
from, then it will be copied to the Windows directory at
installation time. This allows the system administrator to pre-
configure ReachOut Windows settings in REACHOUT.INI.
A pre-configured MODEM.RCH and EMULATOR.RCH can also be copied
during installation by adding them to REACHOUT.INS (ver 5) or
SERIAL.INS (ver 4). Edit the INS, and add them after File
"PHONEBK.MDM" 146 28 (ver 5) or "PHONEBK.MDM" 146 15 (ver 4).
This entry is filename, file size, and the group number (28 in
ver 5 and 15 in ver 4). Any file can be copied during the
installation by this method.
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Copyright 1995 Stac, Inc.