PASSPORT Knowledge Base
PASSPORT PC to Host Installation

Date Published: July 20, 2004

Date Updated: August 20, 2014

Title

MSI Package

Product

PASSPORT PC to Host

Emulation Types

TN3270, TN5250, VT, SCO ANSI, Wyse 60

Issue

Does Rocket Software have an MSI version of the setup program available?

Solution

Yes. PASSPORT PC to Host Version 21.1 and later has a zipped executable that contains the MSI package. The zipped executable is available for download at http://www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-passport/downloads.

Command Line Installation Options

• To install PASSPORT PC to Host through the command line, you must extract the MSI package from the zipped executable file. Save the .exe file to the desktop, and use one of the following commands to extract the package:
  

  Operating system	Extraction command
  32-bit	%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\pc2host32.exe /T:"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\PC2H\" /C
  64-bit	%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\pc2host64.exe /T:"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\PC2H\" /C

• Due to security settings, you must run the command line installation as an administrator. If you do not do this, the installation fails, and you do not receive any notification that it has failed.
  
  To run the command line installation as an administrator, click Start>All Programs>Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.

• Issue one of the following commands as an administrator to install PASSPORT PC to Host:

• To perform an automatic installation using the MSI package, use the following command:
  
  msiexec.exe /qb /i "\\ServerName\ShareName\PC2HOST.msi" LICENSE="XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

• To perform a silent installation, use the following command:
  
  msiexec.exe /qn /i "\\ServerName\ShareName\PC2HOST.msi" LICENSE="XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"
  
  Where XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX is the license code provided by Rocket Software.
  
  For more information on the command line parameters available for msiexec.exe, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314881.

Group Policy and Active Directory

To deploy PASSPORT using Group Policy and Active Directory you must apply a transform (.MST) file to the MSI package, that contains the license code. Without this transform file you will receive an "Unable to find Passport.key" error.

When creating your transform file, modify the passport.key file listed in the IniFile table so that the value matches the license code provided by Rocket Software.

More Information

• Creating an MST with Wise

• Creating an MST with Install Shield

Keywords

install, installation, msi, mst, active directory, group policy, unattended, automatic