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These are instructions for administrators who want to automate the installation of Simplebim.
You can automate activating Simplebim in the following way
- Installing
- Install Simplebim on all target computers.
- You can run the Simplebim exe installer with the /quiet switch.
- License
- Create a license file
- The license file is a simple ASCII file containing only one line with your activation key.
- The file extension of the license file is .lic
- The name of the license file can be anything (except Simplebim.lic). Simplebim only reads the first valid .lic file it finds.
- Copy the license file to the installation folder of Simplebim on each target computer.
- The actual installation folder is written into the registry by the installer
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Datacubist\Simplebim\9\Location
- The default installation folder is: C:\Program Files\Datacubist\Simplebim 9
- Proxy
- Create a proxy file if you are using a proxy server
- The proxy file is a simple ASCII file with 4 lines
- Proxy domain
- Proxy Port
- Proxy User
- Proxy Password
- User and password are optional. If you are not using a authenticating proxy, create a proxy file with only 2 lines.
- The file extension of the proxy file is .proxy
- The name of the proxy file can be anything. Simplebim only reads the first valid .proxy file it finds.
- Copy the proxy file to the installation folder of Simplebim on each target computer.
- See license instructions above for the installation folder
- Starting Simplebim
- When Simplebim is started the first time, the application reads the activation key and proxy information from the .lic and .proxy files and tries to make a silent activation.
- If successful the application starts and that’s it.
- If not successful, the user gets the normal activation dialog and there is a free trial period during which to figure out what went wrong.