Control Windows Installer Packages

In addition to the Meridian server setup program, the Meridian distribution package includes Windows Installer (MSI) packages for the Meridian client programs, which can be run from a command line.

The Meridian client installation packages install only client components and cannot be used to install server components or developer components. Use the server setup program to install the server components as described in Install the Server Components and Install the Developer Components.

To install a package with the default options, double-click the file to open it with the Windows Installer program. The program will present an installation wizard for manually choosing available installation options.

If you want to install a package on many computers with Active Directory or another automated deployment method, run the Windows Installer program in a command window with the optional command-line arguments and switches to specify the installation options you need.

The command-line arguments supported by the Meridian installation packages are listed in the following table:

Windows Installer package command-line arguments
Argument	Description
ADDLOCAL	Comma-separated list of product components to install.
EDMSERVERNAME	Default Meridian application server name. Not applicable for PowerWeb installation.
INSTALLDIR	Optional path of the destination application folder. If omitted, the default folder will be used.
LWSFOLDER	Path of the local workspace folder.
OPENID	If set to 1, connect this PC to the site cache server specified by SCURL using the OpenId authentication credentials specified in the configuration of the tenant specified by TENANTNAME. If this value is 0 (default), connect to the site cache server via the logged on Windows account.
OFFLINEMODE	If set to 1 (default if the PowerUser client component is not selected during interactive installation) or omitted, Application Integration (local workspace synchronization) is set to Remote mode. If set to 0, it is set to Online mode. Use this setting in combination with WEBSERVICESMODE.
PUC_ICON	If set to 1 (default) or omitted, creates a PowerUser shortcut on the Windows desktop. If set to 0, the shortcut is not created.
SCURL	URL of the site cache server for use by the client.
TENANTNAME	Name of the Meridian Portal tenancy configuration where the OpenId credentials are specified with which to connect to the site cache server specified by SCURL. Use this setting in combination with OPENID.
TRANSFORMS	Optional language support file name. If omitted, the English language is installed.
WEBACCESSURL	URL of the web server where the PowerWeb components are installed.
WEBSERVICESMODE	If set to 1 (default) or omitted, Application Integration (local workspace synchronization) connects to the vault through the PowerWeb server (Remote mode). If set to 0, it is set to Online (LAN) mode. Use this setting in combination with OFFLINEMODE.
WEB_ICON	If set to 1, creates a PowerWeb shortcut on the Windows desktop. If set to 0 (default) or omitted, the shortcut is not created. If set to 1, the WEBACCESSURL argument must be specified. This argument must be specified as /VWEB_ICON=1 (no spaces) for use with the executable version of the PowerWeb setup package. No special syntax is necessary if the setup package is unpacked as described in Install the Client Components Silently.