Hi Acad community,
I am sure some other people have this question. How would you include a patch in a .ini file for Autocad deployment?
The bold section is where I am modifying. This is where I think I would have to put the patches into the ini. The application manager on the local machine is an option but in administered enviornments you have to be an admin to run an update.
When including the service packs and hot packs with the applicatiion manager I get a notification that makes me press ok.
Cant silence the .exe for that
I am left with .MSP files, This article references how to extract .msp from msi
It would be like this line here.
AutoCAD_2013_SP2_64bit.exe /e ./AutoCAD_2013_SP2_64bit.msp
http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/06/installing-autocad-service-packs-silently.html
little more context
This is the command that the install .lnk uses. So it passes the 2016.ini file
\\network\netshare$\Autodesk\AutoCAD\2016\Img\Setup.exe /qb /I \\sccm\sccM$\Autodesk\AutoCAD\2016\Img\2016.ini /language en-us
Here is the .ini section
I also attached the .ini
#============================= ACAD =============================
[ACAD]
PLATFORM=NATIVE
PRODUCT_NAME=AutoCAD 2016 Core
SHAREDPROPERTIES_REQUIRED=INSTALLDIR;ACADSERIALPREFIX;ACADSERIALNUMBER;ACADSTANDALONENETWORKTYPE;ADSK_LAUNCH_MODE;LOCKSECURITYSETTINGS;LEGACYCODESEARCH;
EXE_PATH=%platform%\acad\acad.msi
EXE_PARAM=
EXTRA_FILES=acad;acad\*.ico
LOG=%tmp%\Autodesk AutoCAD 2016 Core Install.log
ROLLBACKABLE=YES
HIDDEN=YES
ADMIN_INSTALL=YES
DEPLOYMENTLANGUAGE=
ACTION=INSTALL
REMOVE_PATH=
USE_EXTERNAL_UI=YES
UI_SEQUENCE=PathCustomizationPage_ACAD
CanSpan=1
AVAILABLELANGUAGES=en-US
UPI2_x64={550B3898-CAAD-4AC6-97F0-4FA0C87AC877}
PREREQUISITE=
SHAREDREQUISITE=
POSTREQUISITE=
EULA_INDEX=-1
EULA_STATE=
CONFIG_TRANSFORM=acad-2016.mst
EMBEDDED_TRANSFORMS=
STOCK_TRANSFORMS=
TRANSFORMS=
PATCHES=%platform%\acad\AutoCAD_2016_Hotfix_3_x64.msp:%platform%\acad\AutocCAD_2016_SP1_64bit.msp
UPI=ACD&2016&{5783F2D7-F001-0000-0102-0060B0CE6BBA}&20.1.49.0.0
[ACAD_en-US]
DISK_LABEL=acad2016
DISK_PROMPT=AcSetupRes.dll;11
This method feels really easy but Im not sure where I am going wrong with it.
I was hoping I could get one answer from the so called answer day. Im not sure if the time is up for that.
Thank you again,
Nicholas
