Preparing Clients for Installation

After creating the administrative image and before notifying clients, you must install Microsoft Windows components that cannot be installed by the administrative image:

• Office Web Components.  Contains COM controls that are needed for DriveWorks.

• InstallScript Installer.  Contains files needed to run the installation of COSMOSWorks Advanced Professional.

• VCRedist.  Contains the runtime components for Microsoft Visual C++.

• .NET Framework 3.0.  Contains the common language runtime and .NET Framework components that are necessary to run .NET Framework applications.

• Windows Desktop Search (optional).  Supports fast searches of files and data across different data sources and locations, including the local computer and shared networks.  

These components are included in subdirectories of the administrative image directory.

VCRedist and .NET Framework 3.0 are required for all SolidWorks products, not just the core SolidWorks product.

The following table identifies the files that are required for the supported operating systems.

 Windows Desktop Search files are language specific.

* Installation on Windows 2003 is only supported for PDMWorks Workgroup Server and SolidNetWork License (SNL) Server.

To install multiple components in one install operation, create a batch file with the commands provided in the following procedures and use it to push the components to the client computers.

To install on 32-bit editions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 2003:

1. Ensure that the target computer has at least 290 MB of available disk space and a valid TEMP directory.

2. Install Office Web Components by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\OfficeWeb_11\owc11.exe

3. Install InstallScript Installer by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\InstallShield_8\isscript8.msi

4. Install VCRedist by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable\vcredist_x86.exe /Q

5. For Windows XP or Windows 2003, install the .NET Framework image by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\.Net_Framework_3.0\dotnetfx3.exe /Q:a /c:"install /L /qb"

It is not necessary to install the .NET framework on Windows Vista.

6. Optionally, install Windows Desktop Search by running one of the following commands:

• Windows XP

<administrative image directory>SolidWorks\Temp\WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-XP-x86-<lang>.exe /Q

• Windows 2003

<administrative image directory>SolidWorks\Temp\WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3-x86-<lang>.exe /Q

To install on 64-bit editions of Windows XP:

1. Ensure that the target computer has at least 620 MB of available disk space and a valid TEMP directory.

2. Install Office Web Components by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\OfficeWeb_11\owc11.exe

3. Install InstallScript Installer by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\InstallShield_8\isscript8.msi

4. Install VCRedist by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable\vcredist_x64.exe /Q

If you are installing the 32-bit version of SolidWorks, you must also run the following command:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable\vcredist_x86.exe /Q

5. Install the .NET Framework image by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\.Net_Framework_3.0_(x64)\dotnetfx3_x64.exe /Q:a /c:"install /L /qb"

6. Optionally, install Windows Desktop Search by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>SolidWorks\Temp\WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-XP-x86-<lang>.exe /Q

Deploying through Active Directory

In the following processes, use the command that is appropriate to the version of SolidWorks 2008 you are deploying.

To extract the VCRedist installer files and install them:

1. Run one of the following commands:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable\vcredist_x86.exe /C /T:{<C++target directory>}

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable(64)\vcredist_x64.exe /C /T:{<C++target directory>}

2. Create a policy to install the Microsoft C++ 2005 redistributable module:

{<C++target directory>}\vcredist.msi �

No transform file is needed for this installation

To extract the .NetFramework installer files and install them:

1. Run one of the following commands:

<administrative image directory>\.Net_Framework_3.0\dotnetfx3.exe /x:{<.NET Installation directory>}

<administrative image directory>\.Net_Framework_3.0_(x64) \dotnetfx3_x64.exe /x:{<.NET Installation directory>}

2. Create a policy to install the .net Framework

{<.NET Installation directory>}\vs_setup.MSI

No transform file is needed for this installation

To extract the Office Web Components files and install them:

1. Run the following command:

<administrative image directory>\OfficeWeb_11\owc11.exe /extract:{<Office Web Components directory>}

2. Create a policy to install the Office Web Components:

{<Office Web Components directory>}\owc11.MSI

No transform file is needed for this installation