TechNote

Issue

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How to do a silent install of FrameMaker 9.0 on Windows.

Solution

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You must perform silent installations of Adobe FrameMaker 9 from the command line. The executable has a "/Silent" switch but it also has several parameters which may be useful if you are considering customizing the FrameMaker 9 installation.

Syntax Usage of the Command Line

Setup.exe /InstallDir="<value>" /Silent="true"


Installation Parameters

Note: All the command line parameters are optional and not case-sensitive.

/InstallDir - Install directory

Example: /InstallDir "C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker 9\"

 

/TargetDir - Target directory during Administrative install

Example: /TargetDir "\\companyserver.corp.companyname.com\AdminInstall\InstallDirectory\"

 

/SerialNumber - Serial number

Example: /SerialNumber "1234-5678-9012-3456"

/UserName - User name

Example: /UserName "DemoUser"

 

/CompanyName - Company name

Example: /CompanyName "The Name Of Your Company"

 

/AdminInstall - Installer does an Administrative Install.

• "true" - Installer does an Administrative install.
• "false" - Adobe FrameMaker 9 is installed on your machine.

Example: /AdminInstall "false"

 

/Interface_Lang - Language for installing Adobe FrameMaker 9 templates.

Note: Interface_Lang option is valid only when Adobe FrameMaker 9 is installed in English.

• "US" - To Install templates in US English.
• "UK" - To Install templates in International English.
• "ja_jp" - To install Japanese templates.

Example: /Interface_Lang "US"

 

/Silent - If set to "true", no UI is shown.

• "true" - Silent mode
• "false" - Full UI mode

Example: /Silent "true"

 

/Air - Adobe Air\Adobe Help Viewer is not installed.

• "true" - Adobe Air\Adobe Help Viewer is not installed.
• "false" - Adobe Air\Adobe Help Viewer is installed.

Example: /Air "true"

 

/Language - Language in which you want to install Adobe FrameMaker 9.

• "en_us" for English
• "fr_fr" for French
• "de_de" for German
• "ja_jp" for Japanese

Example: /Language "en_us"

 

/Retain_Preferences - To retain Adobe FrameMaker 8 preferences.

• "true" - Adobe Framemaker 8 preferences are retained.
• "false" -Adobe Framemaker 8 preferences are not retained.

Example: /Retain_Preferences "true"

 

Silent Installation Example

The example below is configured to silently install FrameMaker with the following options:

• The installation directory will be "C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker 9\"
• The serial number will be "1234-5678-9012-3456"
• The name of your company
• This will not an perform an Admin installation
• The installation will be silent
• AIR will not be installed
• The language is US English
• It will not retain previous FrameMaker installation preferences

Setup.exe /InstallDir="C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker 9\"
/SerialNumber="1234-5678-9012-3456" /CompanyName="The Name Of Your Company"
/AdminInstall="false" /Interface_Lang="US" /Air="false" /Silent="true"
/Language="en_us" /Retain_Preferences="false"