Software Deployment

Thanks for the reply Santro.

I've just downloaded Orca, but it will only open the MSI file, rather than the MST file. Can you confirm again what you did?

Cheers,

Nick

Open adobe msi file and apply the transform using these steps-
1. Goto Transform menu --> Apply Transform and browse to your MST.
OR
2. Drag & Drop your MST to ORCA after opening MSI on it.

Then do the necessary changes to the tables and save the MST.

Cheers!
Santro

Thanks again Santro.

Sorry for being a bit thick, but it's very early days for me with MSI and MST files :)

I've now got the MST loaded in Orca and I can see the entries under EnterpriseRegistries and cTrustedSites as below:

cExternalStream
cSilentPrint

Are you saying even those these entries exist in the MST, they're not created in the registry when you install? Are you adding a new row with the string you posted above? If so, what entry do you put in the EnterpriseRegistry field?

Thanks again.

Nick

Using Adobe Customization Wizard won't put the required setting directly. Actually it creates a external table "EnterpriseRegistries" and creates a property "SetupCacheExport=Enterprise.mnt" which actually executes at runtime and create all the required registry entires. Manually doing so is just to avoid this automatic way and directly modifying registry entries. I exactly dont know how the data available in "EnterpriseRegistries" is getting missed and hence the registry entry wont appear.
Manul Step: -
1. Goto registry table to add row.
2. Provide details for the respective Fields. Such as Registry="A Unique Name", ROOT = "1", Key = "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\TrustManager\cTrustedSites\cCrossdomain", Name="t2", Value="Your Domain Name", Component = "Use any component from your MSI which can be copied from other rows in registry table".
NOTE- These steps is to add only one registry entry. So it again to add more registry entires.

Hope this will help you a lot.
Cheers!
Santro

I think it just clicked!

The entries I'm seeing in 'EnterpriseRegistries' aren't being applied, so I need to copy them from there to 'Registry'.

Is that right?

Thanks once again Santro.

Nick

I think it has changed the format which might create problem for you.
Try this
http://groups.google.co.in/group/windows-installer-technology/web/appdeploy?hl=en

Thanks for putting that up there Santro, much appreciated.

I've just tried installing it again just adding one entry as you posted. Unfortunately it hasn't worked, but when I browse the registry down to:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\FeatureLockdown\TrustManager\cTrustedSites\

I see all four entries that are under EnterpriseRegistries...

Very annoying.

Nick

I've just done a quick test on my test machine and added a domain manually to the Enhanced Security section. Then searching for the registry for that entry it gets added under HKEY_CURRENT_USERS and HKEY_USERS, but not HKLM.

Nick

Any changes at the runtime from user side goes to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, but if you look at your "EnterpriseRegistries" table it points to HKLM.
If you still face any issue in getting those domain names under Security(Enhanced), you can add those registry under HKCU. This will work fine for all the users.
NOTE: - Don't worry about HKEY_USERS. Thsi particular hive is to capture only changes during logged on which operating uses for its processing.

Cheers!
Santro

Even i have noticed the same.
What i see here is adding torusted domain make changes to registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\TrustManager\cTrustedSites". But when i tried to add the trusted domain using Adobe Customization Wizard it failed to create such registry entry. Solved the issue by manually editing MST using ORCA.

In your case, i suggest you to make other neccessary changes using Adobe Customization Wizard but to achieve this edit your MST manually.

Cheers!
Santro