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Customizing Adobe Application Through Adobe Customization Wizard 9
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Submitted by Siddram on 25 November, 2008 - 14:50

This article is intended to those of you who are new to Adobe Customization Wizard 9. This article explains in-brief about Adobe Customization Wizard 9 and various option available in it.

Introduction

Adobe Customization Wizard 9. This product gives Information Technology (IT) administrators the ability to customize the installation settings for deploying Adobe Acrobat 9 products (Adobe Reader 9, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, and Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard) across their organization.

In large organizations that employ site licenses and distribute software to multiple users over networks, or in smaller organizations that require IT assistance for installing, registering, and maintaining software on individual systems, IT administrators can streamline the installation process using the following options:

  • Optimize the behavior of the installer by including silent installation, pre-serialization, reboot, multilingual, and custom setup
  • Remove previous versions of Reader and Acrobat 6 and later.
  • Suppress display of the End User License Agreement (EULA) and registration prompts.
  • Customize key application preferences by turning off automatic updates, adding and setting default job options, and customizing collaboration and security settings
  • Remove shortcuts from the desktop and the Start menu
  • Customize Adobe Distiller job options files and Adobe PDF file printer settings
  • Customize security settings for digital signatures and Adobe Rights Management
  • Edit each Adobe Acrobat application's registry and installer tables
  • Customize file attachment handling within PDF files, including specifying which file types you want to block
  • Launch other applications.

Open a Package

To get started, open the package in the installation directory.

On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Adobe Customization Wizard 9.

To edit the package directly, click the File menu, and then click Open Package, or press CTRL+O. Browse to locate the product installation directory, select the .msi file, and then click Open.

Click to view.

Click to view.

The package settings are now accessible in the Customization Wizard workspace.

Personalization Options

The Personalization Options settings allow you to specify a standard user name, organization name, product serial number, and default installation path for the installed product.

The values in the Personalization Options settings also appear on the product's splash screen at startup:

  • User name and organization
  • Serial number
  • Installation path

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User name and organization

You can specify a standard user name and/or organization name that will fill-in automatically when you run the Acrobat Installer and will appear on the product's splash screen at startup.

  • In the User Name box, type a standard user name.
  • In the Organization box, type your company name or department name.

Serial number

The serial number identifies the software for registration and updates. If you have a site license, you can use the same serial number for multiple installations.

  • In the Serial Number box, type the serial number for the product you want to install.

Installation Path

The default installation path specifies the location of the installed product files on the destination system.

In the Installation Path box, do one of the following:

  • Type the path to the product directory.
  • Click Browse, navigate to the directory location, and then click OK.

Installation Options

The Installation Options settings allow you to specify the options for running the Adobe Acrobat 9 family and Adobe Reader 9 (default viewer for PDF files, treatment of previous versions of the software), as well as the non-default options for running the Install program, which you can customize via the Wizard (optimization, caching, silent installation, reboot, language selection):

  • Default viewer for PDF files
  • Remove previous version of Reader
  • Disable optimization
  • Disable caching of installer files on local hard drive
  • Run installation
  • Suppress reboot
  • Specify installation language

Click to view.

Features

The Features settings allow you to enable and disable installation and access for key features, including viewing and creating Adobe PDF files and running Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8:

  • Description
  • Visible
  • Initial state

Click to view.

Files and Folders

The Files and Folders settings allow you to open a directory of files and folders on the source computer that can be copied to the destination system. You can add or remove files from the installation list and modify file records:

  • Modify
  • Summary

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The Customization Wizard contains a list of files to be installed by Acrobat Installer. You can add or remove files from the installation list. Files are stored in the transform (.mst) file associated with the project. Any changes you make are recorded in the EnterpriseFiles table.

The Summary tab contains a list of files on the source computer that you have added to or removed from the destination directory.

Registry

The Registry feature opens a directory of registry keys on the source computer that can be dragged to the destination system. You can add, modify, or remove registry keys from the installation list and modify registry keys and registry key strings:

  • Modify
  • Summary

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The Customization Wizard contains a list of registry keys to be installed by Acrobat Installer. You can add, modify, or remove registry keys from the installation list.

The Summary tab contains a list of registry keys you have added, modified, or removed from the destination directory.

Shortcuts

The Shortcuts settings allow you to open a directory of program shortcuts available from the Windows Start menu and on the desktop. You can remove or restore shortcuts to installed programs on the destination system:

  • Remove or restore

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Server Locations

The Server Locations settings allow you to configure additional server location paths to ensure source resiliency for the Windows Installer package. You can add, rearrange, or remove locations.

  • Add location
  • Rearrange locations
  • Remove location

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Distiller

The Distiller settings allow you to specify options for the Adobe PDF creation settings (.joboptions). You can add or remove PDF creation settings and change the default selection:

  • Add job option
  • Set as default
  • Remove job option

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Adobe PDF Printer

The Adobe PDF Printer settings allow you to display the printer options for Adobe PDF output and PostScript files, and specifies the default PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file:

  • Printer settings

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Security

The Security settings allow you to set the directory server, trusted identity, trust manager, and examine document options:

  • Directory servers
  • Trusted identities
  • Trust Manager
  • Examine document

Click to view.

Digital Signature

The Digital Signature settings allow you to specify the security options (verification, creation, reasons) for digital signatures:

  • Verification
  • Creation
  • Signature details
  • Reasons for signing

Click to view.

Rights Management Servers

To specify the Adobe LifeCycle Rights Management Servers used by the installed application, do one or more of the following:

Click to view.

To add a rights management server, under Add Rights Management Server, type the server name and URL in the Server Name and Server URL text boxes, and then click Add.

  • To remove a rights management server, select the server in the list, and then click Remove.
  • To set a default server, select the server in the list, and then click Set as Default.
  • To suppress user configuration of a rights management server in Acrobat, select the Prevent Rights Management Server from being configured via Acrobat check box.

EULA and Document Status

The EULA and Document Status settings allow you to control the End User License Agreement (EULA) options, license-management options, and visibility of the document message bar:

  • End User License Agreement (EULA)
  • Document Status Information

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Online and Acrobat.com Features

The Online and Acrobat.com Features settings allow you to specify the online and Acrobat.com features that are available in the installed application:

  • Online features
  • Access points to Acrobat.com services

Click to view.

Comments and Forms

The Comments and Forms settings allow you to specify the options for forms auto-complete and shared reviews servers:

  • Forms auto-complete
  • Shared reviews servers

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File Attachments

The File Attachments settings allow you to specify the file-handling options by file type:

  • Prevent opening file attachments
  • Modify file types
  • Add new file type
  • Handle unspecified file types

Click to view.

Header/Footer, Watermark & Background

The Header/Footer, Watermark, & Background settings allow you to specify additional header/footer, watermark, and background settings:

  • Header/Footer
  • Watermark
  • Background

Click to view.

Launch Other Applications

The Launch Other Applications settings allow you to specify additional applications to be installed with Acrobat:

  • Add application
  • Rearrange applications
  • Remove application

Click to view.

Direct Editor

The Direct Editor settings allow you to provide a single access point for advanced users to modify installation settings for the Adobe Acrobat 9 product installation.

When you select an installer table on the left, you see the available options on the right:

  • Modify installer tables
  • Edit text
  • Add, edit, and delete rows

Click to view.

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Save settings in Transform file

Once everything is complete save the project, which will save all your settings in .mst (Transform file)

Click to view.

The Adobe Customization Wizard modifies following three files:

  • Project file (.msi) - enables the executable file (setup.exe) associated with the application you are installing. The .msi file is also referred to as the package.
  • Transform file (.mst) - contains your modifications to the installation settings and any files added to the .msi file. The Customization Wizard creates or updates a transform file every time you save an .msi file.
  • Setup.ini file - contains initialization data for the package.

I hope this will help.

Thanks,
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Good Post

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Submitted by sskuma5 on 26 November, 2008 - 12:27.

I'm not able to open PDF documents directly from web browser/internet site directly with latest version of Adobe Acrobat 9 (reader, Prof. and std.) applications. But I am able to open after saving them to local system.

Thanks,

Chose One of the following

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Submitted by Siddram on 26 November, 2008 - 12:33.

Here is the resolution to your problem, you can choose one of the following option as appropriate.

CASE 1: On the system make following changes if you want to change manually follow the following steps.

Open Reader/Acrobat Go To -> EDIT -> PREFFERENCES -> INTERNET -> and Uncheck (UnTick) “Display PDF in Browser” Option.

CASE 2: If you want make similar changes to large number of Users, then probably you can automate the process by adding following registry with the help of script.

Edit the following registry

For Acrobat:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\ Adobe Acrobat\9.0\Original]
'bBrowserIntegration'=dword:0000

For Reader:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Originals]
'bBrowserIntegration'=dword:00000000

CASE 3: If you are using Adobe Customization Wizard 9 to Customize the application then make the following changes

Open Adobe Customization Wizard 9 Go To -> Online & Acrobat.com Features -> Online Features --> Display PDF in browser -> Select "Disable"

I hope this will help.

Thanks,
Sid

Need Wise Script or Vbscript

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Submitted by AltirisUser on 1 December, 2008 - 12:21.

I need the script to make the necessary changs to integrate PDF in Web-browser. Could anyone help me.

Thanks.

Here is the Vbscript for adobe reader

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Submitted by Siddram on 1 December, 2008 - 12:33.

Copy following lines to your VBScript.
This setting is Userspecific, so choose suitable methood(like active setup) as you want, so that it is run for alluser.

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Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Reader 
oShell.RegWrite "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Originals\bBrowserIntegration","0","REG_DWORD"

Thanks
Sid

Here is the Vbscript for adobe acrobat std./prof.

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Submitted by Siddram on 2 December, 2008 - 01:44.

Copy following lines to your VBScript.
This setting is Userspecific, so choose suitable method(like active setup) or as you want, so that it is run for alluser.

'***************
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Acrobat Std./Prof.
oShell.RegWrite "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Adobe\ Adobe Acrobat\9.0\Original\bBrowserIntegration","0","REG_DWORD"

'**************

Thanks
Sid

Wise Script for Adobe Reader

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Submitted by Siddram on 2 December, 2008 - 10:00.

Following is the Wise Script code implement Webbrowser integration settings for Adobe Reader.

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Document Type: WSE
item: Global
  Version=9.02
  Flags=00000100
  Languages=65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Copy Default=1
  Japanese Font Name=MS Gothic
  Japanese Font Size=9
  Start Gradient=0 0 255
  End Gradient=0 0 0
  Windows Flags=00000100000000000010110000001010
  Message Font=MS Sans Serif
  Font Size=8
  Pages Modified=00001000011000000000000000000000
  Extra Pages=00000000000000000000000000010000
  Disk Label=Default
  Disk Filename=SETUP
  Patch Flags=0000000000000001
  Patch Threshold=85
  Patch Memory=4000
  MIF PDF Version=1.0
  MIF SMS Version=2.0
  FTP Cluster Size=20
  Per-User Version ID=1
  Dialogs Version=7
  Crystal Format=10111100101100000010001001001001
  Variable Name1=_INIT_WINDOW_
  Variable Default1=HIDE
  Variable Flags1=00001000
  Variable Name2=_SYS_
  Variable Default2=C:\WINDOWS\system32
  Variable Flags2=00001000
  Variable Name3=_WIN_
  Variable Default3=C:\WINDOWS
  Variable Flags3=00001000
  Variable Name4=_WISE_
  Variable Default4=C:\PROGRA~1\Altiris\WISEPA~1\WISESC~1
  Variable Flags4=00001000
end
remarked item: Remark
  Text=This will Integrate PDF in Webbrowser
end
item: Edit Registry
  Total Keys=1
  Key=Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Originals
  New Value=0
  Value Name=bBrowserIntegration
  Root=1
  Data Type=3
end


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Thanks

Wise Script for Adobe adobe acrobat std./prof.

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Submitted by Siddram on 2 December, 2008 - 10:03.

Following is the Wise Script code to implement Webbrowser integration settings for adobe acrobat std./prof.

*************

Document Type: WSE
item: Global
  Version=9.02
  Flags=00000100
  Languages=65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Copy Default=1
  Japanese Font Name=MS Gothic
  Japanese Font Size=9
  Start Gradient=0 0 255
  End Gradient=0 0 0
  Windows Flags=00000100000000000010110000001010
  Message Font=MS Sans Serif
  Font Size=8
  Pages Modified=00001000011000000000000000000000
  Extra Pages=00000000000000000000000000010000
  Disk Label=Default
  Disk Filename=SETUP
  Patch Flags=0000000000000001
  Patch Threshold=85
  Patch Memory=4000
  MIF PDF Version=1.0
  MIF SMS Version=2.0
  FTP Cluster Size=20
  Per-User Version ID=1
  Dialogs Version=7
  Crystal Format=10111100101100000010001001001001
  Variable Name1=_INIT_WINDOW_
  Variable Default1=HIDE
  Variable Flags1=00001000
  Variable Name2=_SYS_
  Variable Default2=C:\WINDOWS\system32
  Variable Flags2=00001000
  Variable Name3=_WIN_
  Variable Default3=C:\WINDOWS
  Variable Flags3=00001000
  Variable Name4=_WISE_
  Variable Default4=C:\PROGRA~1\Altiris\WISEPA~1\WISESC~1
  Variable Flags4=00001000
end
remarked item: Remark
  Text=This will Integrate PDF in Webbrowser
end
item: Edit Registry
  Total Keys=1
  Key=Software\Adobe\ Adobe Acrobat\9.0\Original
  New Value=0
  Value Name=bBrowserIntegration
  Root=1
  Data Type=3
end

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Thanks,

Thanks! It's a wonderful

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Submitted by Neozen on 21 December, 2008 - 23:47.

Thanks! It's a wonderful article and surely going to help me in future.

Thanks,
Neozen


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