Rookie big fix user .MSI install using Transform

Usage and Config
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(imported topic written by tmcgrath91)

Greetings,

I am new to bigfix, loving it so far. We have recently started deploying 3rd apps with bigfix and I am having some trouble using a .mst file to customize the install. I use the software deploy and select the folder with my .msi file and .mst file. In the command line of the wizard I enter msiexec /i “package.msi” Transform=package.mst /q I assuming that this may not be the correct way to do this since the package installs but the changes in the .mst file do not take affect. I was able to get this to run in a test environment using a null share session (not how I want to do a live install) and using the .mst file from a network share and running the msiexec from a command line on the computer. So I am assuming it’s my lack of experience right now with bigfix deployments. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Hey tmcgrath,

What happens if you try to run that manually from the command line?

Ben

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(imported comment written by tmcgrath91)

Ben,

sorry for the late response.

If I run it from a command line it works perfect.

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Can you please post your whole actionscript?

Ben

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(imported comment written by tmcgrath91)

sorry for the delay came down with the flu! Thank you for getting back to me. Here is my action script

download http://10.30.1.27:52311/Uploads/aec7752ead4adab7ab0588baf23297574d4a53be/smartnotebooksoftware.tmp

continue if {(size of it = 137241410 AND sha1 of it = “aec7752ead4adab7ab0588baf23297574d4a53be”) of file “smartnotebooksoftware.tmp” of folder “__Download”}

extract smartnotebooksoftware.tmp

wait “{pathname of system folder & “\msiexec.exe”}” /i “{(pathname of client folder of current site) & “__Download\notebook software.msi”}” Transform=install.mst /q

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(imported comment written by tmcgrath91)

Ok, this was a dumb mistake on my part. Changed “Transfom” to TRANSFORMS= and everything worked.

Thank you fro your comments.