29.1 Installing Supporting Applications

Before you distribute the GroupWise Windows client software, the following files must be distributed to GroupWise users’ workstations:

To prepare workstations for installation of the GroupWise Windows client:

  1. Create a NAL Application object for each file that you need to distribute:

    1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the container where you want to create the NAL Application object, then click New > Object > Application.

    2. (Conditional) When you are creating the object for dotnetfx.exe, select A simple application, then click Next.

      or

      (Conditional) When you are creating the object for a .msi file, select An application that has an .MSI file.

    3. Click Next.

    4. Specify the path to the file, then click Next.

    5. Specify the name for the NAL Application object, such as DOTNETFX, WSE3, MSXML, or GroupWise Windows Client, then click Next.

    6. Finish creating each NAL Application object as usual.

    7. Repeat Step 1 for each file that you need to distribute.

  2. (Conditional) When you are installing dotnetfx.exe:

    1. Right-click the DOTNETFX NAL Application object that you created in Step 1.b, then click Properties.

    2. Click the Run Options tab, then click Application.

    3. In the Parameters field, specify:

      /q:a /c:"install /q"
      
    4. Click OK.

  3. Select Force Cache for each NAL Application object.

  4. Assign each NAL Application object to the appropriate GroupWise users.

  5. Create a schedule for each NAL Application object so that the applications are installed in the following order:

    • dotnetfx.exe

    • wse3.msi

    • msxml.msi

    • groupwise.msi