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Installation Guide for
System Administrators
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Corel® PDF Fusion™ Installation Guide
The Corel® PDF Fusion™ Installation Guide documents installation
options so system administrators can carry out an unattended (or silent)
installation and specify custom settings, such as installation folder, serial
number, and more.
Corel PDF Fusion supports Setup.exe command lines and most Windows
Installer command lines using Setup.msi. Each sample command line
provides examples of both Setup.exe and Setup.msi command lines. Use
the one that best suits your installation requirements.
Preparing for the installation
In preparation for the installation, there are a couple of things you can do
to simplify the process:
• verify the version of .NET Framework you have installed
• modify system properties to speed up installation of the Corel PDF
Creator virtual printer driver (Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 only)
Verifying the .NET Framework version
You must have .NET Framework 4.0 or later installed before you can install
Corel PDF Fusion. If you’re installing from a CD, .NET Framework 4.0 is
included in the installation package. If you’re using electronic software
distribution (ESD), you must ensure that you have .NET Framework 4.0 or
later installed. If you don’t, you can download .NET Framework from
http://www.microsoft.com/net/download.
Installing the virtual printer driver on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
When installing the Corel PDF Creator virtual printer driver on Windows XP
or Windows Server 2003, the Hardware Installation dialog box might
appear because the operating system can’t verify the driver. You can
prevent the display of this dialog box.
1 Click the Start button.
2 Right-click My Computer, and choose Properties from the menu that
appears.
3 In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab.
4 In the Drivers area, click Driver Signing.
5 In the Driver Signing Options dialog box, enable the Ignore option,
click OK, and click OK again.
Running the full installer
You can run the full installer (Setup.exe or Setup.msi) to install Corel
PDF Fusion with the user interface (UI) visible for an attended installation,
or without any UI for a silent installation.
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Accessing Help during the installation
You can access Help for the setup using either /? or /help.
Performing a silent installation
The /q switch can be used to perform “silent installations” to restrict the
amount of the user interface (UI) that appears during installation.
Parameters
You can specify one of the following parameters for the /q switch. The
default parameter for
/q is n.
For installations using
preceded by
Parameter Effect
n
r Reduced UI: A progress bar, along with a page containing
b
CHAINER_CMD=
No UI whatsoever. Errors are logged in a file that you
can control by using /l. This is the default parameter.
information about the installation.
Basic UI: The user sees only a progress bar.
Setup.msi, the parameter switch needs to be
For example:
Setup.exe /qn
or
msiexec /i "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi" CHAINER_CMD="/qn"
Installing with a pre-defined serial number
To install with a serial number, use the following command:
Setup.exe /qn SERIALNUMBER=<valid serial number>
or
msiexec /i "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi" CHAINER_CMD="/qn"
SERIALNUMBER=<valid serial number>
SERIALNUMBER
syntax xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx. Public properties, such as
is a property that defines the serial number that uses the
SERIALNUMBER,
are case-sensitive and must be typed in capital letters. For example:
SERIALNUMBER=YK93-DY87-V3LN-K3UJ
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The serial number specified by SERIALNUMBER must be valid. If it isn’t, the
silent installation continues, but Corel PDF Fusion will start up in trial
mode, as if no serial number had been entered. The validation failure is
logged by Windows Installer.
If you’ve entered a serial number incorrectly and Corel PDF Fusion is in
trial mode, click Help Enter Serial Number, enter your serial number in
the Serial Number dialog box, and click OK.
Installing at a user-defined location
The default location for installation is the path Program Files\Corel\Corel
PDF Fusion, but you can use the
the software at a specific location on the workstations. The value for this
property is the desired installation path. If there are spaces in the path, you
must enclose the path in quotation marks. Here’s the command-line syntax
(which also shows a silent installation):
Setup.exe /qn INSTALLDIR="C:\Custom_Install_Path"
or
msiexec /i "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi"
INSTALLDIR="C:\Custom_Install_Path"
INSTALLDIR public property to install
When using the INSTALLDIR property in a msiexec installation, the path
cannot end with a backslash (/).
Controlling file associations for the software
You can control whether PDF and XPS files are associated with Corel PDF
Fusion. To associate PDF or XPS files, here’s the command-line syntax:
Setup.exe ASSOCIATE_PDF_FILES=1
Setup.exe ASSOCIATE_XPS_FILES=1
or
msiexec /i "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi" ASSOCIATE_PDF_FILES=1
msiexec /i "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi" ASSOCIATE_XPS_FILES=1
You can disable these file associations by specifying a value of 0.
For installations on Windows® 8, these command lines will be ignored,
and any existing file associations with PDF and XPS files will remain
unchanged. If the user hasn’t specified file associations for those file
formats, they will be prompted to choose an application when they open a
PDF or XPS file.
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Using logging options
You can request the creation of logs at a specified location using the /l
switch with various modifiers. The default parameters for the
iwearmo.
/l switch are
You can specify one or more of the following parameters for the
Parameter Effect
i
w Logs nonfatal warnings
e Logs all error messages
a Logs initiated actions
r Logs action-specific records
u Logs user requests
c
m Logs error messages about out-of-memory warnings or
Logs status messages
Logs initial user-interface parameters
/l switch.
fatal exits
o Logs error messages resulting from insufficient hard disk
space during installation to a server
p Logs terminal properties
v Logs very detailed information
x
Logs extra debugging information
+
!
* Applies all parameters except v and x, recording all
Appends to existing log file
Flushes each line to the log
information in a single log file
/log <LogFile>
Location and filename of log file
Can be used in place of /l*
The /l switch can take an additional parameter: the location and filename
of the log file. Type
/l followed by a space; followed by an opening
quotation mark, the path to the log file, the filename of the log file, and a
closing quotation mark. Here’s the command-line syntax (where
log_file
is the location and filename of the log file):
Setup.exe /l "Log_file"
or
msiexec /i "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi" /l "Log_file"
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If you do not specify a path and filename, the log file is created in the
current user’s Temp folder.
Syntax
The following sample command line uses the default parameters of the
/l switch to log information in the file C:\Logs\My_Log.txt during
installation:
Setup.exe /l "C:\Logs\My_Log.txt"
or
msiexec /i "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi" /l "C:\Logs\My_Log.txt"
Using the /qn switch with /l
You can use the /qn and /l switches together. The following sample
command line uses
/qn to suppress the user interface during installation
and record errors in the specified log file:
Setup.exe /qn /l "C:\Logs\My_Log.txt"
or
msiexec /i "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi" CHAINER_CMD="/qn" /l
"C:\Logs\My_Log.txt"
Combining command line elements
You can combine command line elements, such as properties, switches, and
parameters. The following sample command line shows a silent installation
from a UNC path (rather than a normal map drive) with a predefined serial
number. As well, PDF files are associated with Corel PDF F usion, and XPS
file are not. The command line also shows installation to a custom path and
the creation of a log file to a specified folder.
"\\PathTo\Setup.exe" /qn SERIALNUMBER=YK93-DY87-V3LN-K3UJ
ASSOCIATE_PDF_FILES=1 ASSOCIATE_XPS_FILES=0 INSTALLDIR=
"C:\Custom_Install_Path" /l "C:\Logs\My_Log.txt"
or
msiexec /i "\\PathTo\Setup.msi" CHAINER_CMD="/qn"
SERIALNUMBER=YK93-DY87-V3LN-K3UJ ASSOCIATE_PDF_FILES=1
ASSOCIATE_XPS_FILES=0 INSTALLDIR="C:\Custom_Install_Path"
/l "C:\Logs\My_Log.txt"
Repairing the software
You can use the command-line switch /f to repair the software. When
using the command-line switch
parameters for
/f are oums.
/f, you must also use /qn. The default
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Here’s the command-line syntax:
Setup.exe /f /qn
In this version of Corel PDF Fusion, repairing the software using
Setup.msi is not supported.
You can specify one or more of the following parameters for the /f switch.
Parameter Effect
p
o Reinstalls missing files and files older than current
Reinstalls missing files
version
e Reinstalls missing files and files equal to or older than
current version
d Reinstalls missing files and files different from current
version
c Repairs the software if a file is missing or checksum does
not match the calculated value
a Reinstalls all files
u
Reinstalls all required user-specific registry (default):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_USERS
m Reinstalls all required computer-specific registry keys
(default): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
s
Reinstalls all existing shortcuts (default)
Removing the software
You can use the command-line switch /x or /uninstall to remove the
software.
Using the
/x or /uninstall command line with Setup.exe removes the
entire suite. For msiexec, you must uninstall each MSI separately.
Here’s the command-line syntax:
Setup.exe /x
or
msiexec /x "Z:\PathTo\CorelPDFCreator.msi"
msiexec /x "Z:\PathTo\CorelPDFCreatorx64.msi"
msiexec /x "Z:\PathTo\CorelPDFFusionInstaller_x86.msi"
msiexec /x "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi"
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Silent removal
You can include the /qn switch in your command line if you want to
silently remove the software:
Setup.exe /x /qn
or
msiexec /x "Z:\PathTo\CorelPDFCreator.msi" CHAINER_CMD="/qn"
msiexec /x "Z:\PathTo\CorelPDFCreatorx64.msi"
CHAINER_CMD="/qn"
msiexec /x "Z:\PathTo\CorelPDFFusionInstaller_x86.msi"
CHAINER_CMD="/qn"
msiexec /x "Z:\PathTo\Setup.msi" CHAINER_CMD="/qn"
Accessing additional resources
For more information, see the following web resources.
Web resource Description
Corel® website:
www.corel.com
Corel® Support Services website:
www.corel.com/support
Corel® Knowledge Base™:
www.corel.com/kb
Information about Corel Corporation and
its portfolio of software products
Information about product features,
specifications, pricing, availability,
services, and technical support
A searchable repository of articles written
by the Corel Support Services team
For help with the Microsoft® W indows® Installer (MSI) technology that is
used to install the software, please refer to the Microsoft® website.
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