Install SAPGUI 720 using package (MSI)

[Former Member]

Hello friends,

We have SAPGUI 710 installed on our machines.

I would like to upgrade to 720 using SAPGUI package. MSI.

Identified in the directory (\ GUI \ WINDOWS \ WIN32 \ system) the following files:

DhtmlEd.msi

msxml4.msi

vc9_redist_x86.msi

vcredist_x86.msi

Which one should I choose to silently install SAPGUI 720?

Best regards,

Ricardo Arriado

[jude_bradley]

Hello Ricardo,

The msi files you refer to are not SAPGui installation .msi files but are dependency files.

Creating your own .msi installation scenario is not supported or recommended.

Refer to SAPNote 507996 SAP front-end installation - integration possibilities.

extract below:

We would ADVISE AGAINST using other installation programs to install the

Sapgui without SapSetup. 'Repacking' the software frontend into other

installation programs may cause unforeseen problems and we will be

unable to provide support if you experience such problems.

This also applies to those tools based on MSI, SMS Installer, Win

install, Tivoli and so on. The option to start Sapsetup from the

corresponding tools exists for all of these tools and you should use

this option.

SAP does not deliver an MSI file containing the installation information

for SAP frontend software.

An upgrade using the installation server (refer to the guide in the NW_7.0_Presentation\PRES1\DOCU\ folder

on how to recreate an installation server.) willl automatically uninstall the 7.10 gui in the process if installing the 7.20 Gui.

Hope this helps.

[Former Member]

I guess you are looking for a single file installer? In this case you have to set up an installation server first (run file \GUI\WINDOWS\WIN32\setup\NwCreateInstServer.exe). After you complete the installation, you can create a package the server that contains the components you want to install on the clients. After you defined your package, you are able to create a single file installation .exe (Packages -> Compress to single file-installer) of this package.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

Regards,

Jann