Is There a Client MSI? Can the client Files Be Pre-Installed on End User Workstations?

Is there a client MSI? Can the client files be pre-installed on end user workstations?

Yes, there are two ways that this can be performed:

1. IGC distributes a client .MSI that you can host for download and installation by a Systems Administrator. In a default install of Brava Enterprise (using Tomcat as the application server) you can find this file at C:\Program Files (x86)\IGC\Brava!\Brava! Enterprise X Client.msi, where X is the version number for Brava Enterprise.

2. IGC distributes a .ZIP file that contains the decompressed .CAB file contents, along with a .BAT file. The contents of this .ZIP can be copied to each workstation and then the .BAT file executed for installation. In a default install, this .ZIP file can be found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\ROOT\IGC\ClientInstallScript.zip .

If you have created a custom integration.dll (typically named generic_ENU.bin) for use by your integration, it is important that this file be included in either distribution. (You would re-build the .MSI to include this, or include it in the .ZIP distribution.)

A couple of considerations for the System Administrator performing the installation:

1. The MSI or ZIP should be run so that it uses the user's profile directory for directory paths and not the System Administrator's login.

2. As an alternative to #1, if multiple users on the same workstation will be using the viewer, install the components to a shared location (based on network policy permissions). As an example, you might run: msiexec /qn /i "Brava x.x Client.msi" INSTALLDIR="C:\Brava_AllUsers\" TARGETDIR="C:\Brava_AllUsers\"

3. With Windows Vista, the Brava Server machine must be added to an IE Security Zone that does not have Protected Mode enabled.

4. More information about using Group Policy to remotely install software in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 can be seen in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102 .