TrueView 2024 and the new dwgviewr.adix

[bgraham247]

I've done some research and haven't seen anything on how to edit the new adix.  For many years, the msi installer has had a few software packages that you could edit or create an mst to go along with the install.  This made it very easy to add additional search paths in the options of TrueView.  Curious if folks out there have found a way to customize the install of TrueView 2024.

[m_latz]

Took a short look to this ".adix" packages. And I think it is the "Autodesk version" of a MSIX installation package.

Here you can find info from Microsoft about MSIX

regards

Markus

[_Camilla_]

Hi

Did you figure out how to edit the .adix?

We also use to create an mst file with modifications to the options paths.

BR

Camilla

[bgraham247]

I'm glad to see others curious about how to modify the installation of TrueView 2024 with the change from msi installation files.  My priorities have switched, and I have yet to get back to researching this solution.  However, I have installed the MicroSoft MSIX Packing Tool but have not had time to start investigating.  I'd love to hear from others if this is the right path and one would rename the adix to msix to modify the installation.  Any help from the members out there would be appreciated by all.

[_Camilla_]

So I looked a bit more in to it. And this is how fare I got so fare.

I tried renaming the .adix file to msix and then able to open at have a look with Microsoft MSIZ Packing Tool. I can see the stuff being written to Local Machine in it but not what is written to Current User, which is what I'm after. If you open the .adix file as a zip you will find a Registry.dat but also a User.dat. Opening the User.dat in Notepad (not notepad++) you can find some stuff you can read, and it looks like what you would find in Current user after the program have been started for the first time. 

I also found the User.dat file here: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2024 - English\UserDataCache.

But I don't know if its possible to edit it.

So if anyone else has figured something out please share, it would be much appreciated 🙂 

[scott.reijersen-thomas]

Folks, I tried renaming the adix to msix and editing using Infopulse Pace Suite. When I tried using the installer it wouldn't install because the certificate wasn't valid anymore. I ended up creating an MSI file with the settings I wanted, called the original installer in a batch file, and then installed the msi. 

[_Camilla_]

This has nothing to do with the topic. You are just annoying!

[bgraham247]

Could you expand on what you've found? Have you found that editing (or adding additional search paths) the registry allows you to have an installation package that writes in a default fashion. Meaning when new users launch TV.2024 the added search paths in the registry gets written under new users' profiles? An area where I normally add search paths:
PlotLogPath, PrinterConfigDir, PrinterDescDir, PrinterSytleSheetDir & Support
In testing I have yet to determine where to add these edits or to create new.

[_Camilla_]

I have an IT guy who helped me, I don't exactly know what or how he did it but he added the paths in the User.dat file. It is installed here: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2024 - English\UserDataCache
He did 'Load Hive' in the Reg DB to see the stuff in the User.dat file. But I don't know enough to mess around with that 🙂
When we now install TrueView though our installation system that file is then replaced in the end.
So when the user start TrueView the path in PrinterConfigDir, PrinterDescDir and PrinterStyleSheetDir are already added, and they can print a PDF without having to do anything 🙂