Updating the InstallManager.htm File

To install a database or the Development Client onto a Development Client machine, the user runs this program:

\\<deployment server name>\<release>\OneWorld Client Install\InstallManager.exe

This program displays a Graphical User Interface that provides several options for the user to perform. The options that InstallManager.exe displays are read from the file InstallManager.htm that resides in the same directory as InstallManager.exe.

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne administrator can edit this file to rename the options or to add new options. Instructions are inside the file.

Caution: Although InstallManager.htm is in HTML format, it is a restricted HTML that the InstallManager.exe can read. Some text file editing programs add extraneous HTML tags that InstallManager.exe cannot recognize. The Microsoft Windows program Notepad.exe is an example of a program that is known to not add these extra tags, making it safe to use. Before you make any changes to the file, it is good practice to save a copy in case any changes that you make are not recognized by InstallManager.exe when it reads it.

Note that the installation path of the Development Client's installer (setup.exe) changed with Tools Release 9.1. This means that you will need to change the path of the Development Client's installer in the InstallManager.htm when you first install Tools Release 9.1 and greater onto a Deployment Server that has a tools release prior to 9.1 installed.

The following is an example of a line in a pre-9.1 InstallManager.htm that creates the link to install the Development Client (this should be on a single line):

<a class="sectionItem" id="LaunchLink" link="setup.exe" href="InstallManager.htm">EnterpriseOne Client</a>

The Development Client's installer prior to Tools Release 9.1 is called setup.exe. It should be in the same directory as InstallManager.exe and InstallManager.htm. The value of the link in the above line should be a path and executable for the installer. If a relative path is used (for example, the path starts with neither a drive letter followed by a colon nor a backslash), the path is relative to the location of InstallManager.exe. If no path is given, Setup.exe and InstallManager.exe are in the same directory.

Here is an example of a similar line for Tools Release 9.1 and greater (this should be on a single line):

<a class="sectionItem" id="LaunchLink" link="install\setup.exe" href="InstallManager.htm">EnterpriseOne Client</a>

Note the addition of this relative path: install. With Tools Release 9.1 and greater, the Development Client's installer (which, is also called setup.exe) is now located in a subdirectory called install under the path where InstallManager.exe resides.