Dialogs View Vs. Command-Line Options; Dialog Suppression Issues; Configuring Additional Server Locations - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Dialogs View vs. Command-Line Options

Generally, you should use the Dialogs View when you are still planning on displaying some panels during UI
sequences. Typically, you may want to remove the License Agreement panel or the ability for a user to perform a
custom setup, and these can both be accomplished easily from the Dialogs View.
However, consider using the Windows Installer command-line options (particularly
the user interface entirely.

Dialog Suppression Issues

When suppressing dialog box display, it is important to consider some implications of your actions. Particularly,
when removing a dialog from a user interface sequence, there may be properties normally set by that dialog. For
example, the LicenseAgreement dialog has a radio button which can set a property to Yes or No, depending on
whether you agree to the terms in the license. The value of this property also determines whether the installation
should continue. Therefore, if you remove the LicenseAgreement dialog from a sequence, you need to use the
Dialog Properties dialog box to set the value of this property so the installation can continue.
Beyond setting necessary properties, you also should consider how features are displayed. For example, you may
want to disable custom setups via the transform file. However, you must ensure each feature you want installed is
configured to be installed; your end users will have no way to override the choices by performing a custom setup.

Configuring Additional Server Locations

If you install from a network server, and if you install features to run from the server or that will be advertised for
installation on their first use, the applications may need access to the server sometime after the initial installation.
The applications may also require access to the server if a file is deleted or becomes corrupt, as the application
can copy the problematic file(s) automatically from the server.
Topics in this section include the following:
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Adding Additional Server Locations
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Modifying Server Locations
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Removing Server Locations
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Reordering Server Locations
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Configuring Additional Server Locations
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