[THIN] Re: webinterface.exe to .zip

  • From: "Andrew Wood" <andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:37:53 -0000

Just as one final thing - yes, you can now run the webinterface.exe directly
from the network - so no need to copy locally.

 

As a minor tip grumble tho' the j#2 installation doesn't run well within a
script 

 

The 'normal' unattended installation using vjredist.exe /qa /c:"install.exe
/q" spawns a sub process that doesn't sit well in a script - so I've had to
split it into two commands - one to extract, then the other to launch the
install.

 

:?

 

From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Joe Shonk
Sent: 19 March 2007 18:30
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: webinterface.exe to .zip

 

Hello,

 

It appears Citrix is using a different packaging method for Web Interface
4.5 and 4.5.1 as I am unable to expand the file as well.  However, this
method does work for 4.0 and 4.2.

 

That being said, it is not necessary to extract the files in order to create
a silent install.  Further down the CTX article (ctx106114) you'll notice
that you can pass arguments to the WebInterface.exe installer by setting the
WI_COMMAND_LINE variable.

 

Here is an example:

 

copy /y WebInterface.exe "%temp%\WebInterface.exe"

set WI_COMMAND_LINE=-noasc -l en -c
"WIDest=1:/Citrix/MetaFrame,PNADest=1:/Citrix/PNAgent,MCMDest=1:/Citrix/MCM,
Config=Local,XMLService=MyServer:8080,WIDefaultSite=Yes,FarmName=MyFarm"

"%temp%\WebInterface.exe"

del /q /f "%temp%\WebInterface.exe"

 

You'll notice that I copy the file first because older versions of the setup
did not like to run from network share.  Not sure if this is still true for
4.5.x, but this process works regardless.


Joe

 

From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Andrew Wood
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:51 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] webinterface.exe to .zip

 

Hi,

In the instructions for an unattended installation, the first step is to
extract the files from webinterface.exe for v4.5.1

"To get started, unzip the WebInterface.exe package to a directory. If
WinZip is not installed on a Windows 2003 server, you can simply rename the
WebInterface.exe program to WebInterface.zip and then expand it using
Windows' built-in zip handler. The unzipped contents will include the file
WebInterfaceSetup.exe:"

Whenever I perform this step I get an 'unexpected end of archive' error.
Anyone else having this problem?

Andrew

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