Font Installation

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(imported topic written by sebi65)

Can anyone help how i could deploy distributing Font to specific directory through BigFix

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Hi Sebi,

What is the nature of the installation? Is there a file and a command line option to install a font? or do you only need to drop the file somewhere?

Ben

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(imported comment written by sebi65)

Thanks Ben for quick respone

I have two font files (dvdiven.ttf, dvsr0ntt.ttf) which need to deploy in all the systems.

This is just a copy file command.

I read out in this forum, which u had replied on 2007-01-11 14:27:17

But how do I make the the share folder set up as a “null session share”.

I would be grateful, if you could help me on this

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Hi Sebi,

You can use file shares, but windows file sharing tends to have certain issues (reliability, no download restart, difficult to monitor, etc.) which make them a less desirable method for distributing files than a good old HTTP download… BigFix has a built in ability to host files and the easiest way to get them to the server in a nice little package.

Try this:

  1. Make a file on your desktop and put the two .ttf files in the folder.

  2. In the BES Console, go to the “Wizards” menu and choose “Windows Software Distribution Wizard”.

  3. For the name of the application to deploy, use “Fonts”, next.

  4. Choose the folder option and browse to the folder on the desktop, next, next, next, next, next.

  5. Click the “Show Custom Task Dialog before creating this task”. Click “Create”.

  6. The files in the folder will automatically be compressed and shipped to the BES Server and the “Create Task” dialog will appear.

  7. (Now the slightly tricky part)… In the actions tab, modify the Action Script. Remove the line “wait __Download\setup.exe” replace it with 2 lines:

copy __Download\dvdiven.ttf "C:\WhereverYouWantTheFile\dvdiven.ttf"
copy __Download\dvsr0ntt.ttf “C:\WhereverYouWantTheFile\dvsr0ntt.ttf”

So you have no created an action that will deploy the files to the computer and copy them to the right location. If you click OK, you will have a nice new Task ready to roll… but if you want to get even more fancy:

In the relevance tab of the “Create Task” dialog, erase the relevance and type:

not exists file “C:\WhereverYouWantTheFile\dvdiven.ttf” AND not exists file “C:\WhereverYouWantTheFile\dvsr0ntt.ttf”

Now the Task will only be relevant on systems that don’t already have the fonts.

Ben