Quest Installer
Version 4.0
Release Notes
September 2009
These release notes cover changes to version 4.0 of the Quest Installer. They identify requirements, new features, and known issues for this release.
If you have purchased a new copy of Toad for Oracle, purchased an
upgrade of Toad for Oracle or you are about to install a Trial version
of Toad for Oracle, you will have received a single license key which
activates ALL the components of Toad for Xpert Edition, Development
Suite and DBA Suite.
For a new install - launch Toad for Oracle. You will be prompted to
enter your license key. If you purchased Toad Xpert Edition or any of
the Toad Suites, all components will be licensed from the same key.
For an upgrade to a different edition - launch Toad for Oracle. Select
Help | Licensing and enter your new license key. Any new features will
be switched on automatically and any additional Toad Suite components
will be licensed from the same key.
New Features in Quest Installer 4.0
The Quest Installer can be used to extract the MSI files from within the bundled software.
If you are in the situation where you cannot run the Quest Installer to deploy your software, and require the individual MSI installers to deploy silent installation, the Quest Installer can be launched in 'Extract' mode. This allows the user to extract the various MSI files from within the bundled software.
The MSI files can then be run independently of the Quest Installer to deploy the various Quest applications.
Information on how to use the Quest Installer to extract the product MSI files, is available at: http://toadsoft.com/silentinstall/ToadBundleSilentInstall.pdfThe following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of the Quest Installer 4.0 release.
|
Component |
Known Issues |
Change Request |
| Knowledge Xpert Installation: If you use the <Back and Forwad> buttons during a fresh installation into a Unicode location |
When installing Knowledge Xpert, if you
navigate to the 'Product Selection' page and then use the <Back
button to return to the *Install location (see Note below) and change the default directory to include a
path with Unicode character(s) then navigate Next> to the
product selection page again, you will be prompted to remove the Unicode
characters from the install location. This will cause the Knowledge Xpert
“Engine” to be installed incorrectly, causing an installation error. If you do observe this behaviour in the product selection page either: • Uncheck Knowledge Xpert and continue installing your other selected products, then re-run the Toad bundle and install Knowledge Xpert into a non Unicode directory or • Cancel the install and re-run the Toad bundle and install Knowledge Xpert to a non Unicode directory *Note: The 'Install Location' screen is only visible when installing a Toad bundle onto a clean machine (i.e. no previous installation of Toad are on it). If you already have a previous version of Toad on the machine, then this Unicode installation issue is not applicable to you. |
8022 |
| Unicode Installation: When installing into certain Unicode environments |
A 'Range Check' error may be displayed when running the Quest Installer in certain foreign language environments (for example: Russian, French and German). Workaround: You can ignore this error and continue. The software installation(s) will not be affected. |
7764 |
| Installation: The Installation error report may be incorrect |
When more than one products installation fails the error report is incorrect: If a product installation fails, the user will be given the options to cancel, retry or ignore.
If the user selects retry and the 2nd attempt is sucessful, but a
different product in the bundle then subsequetly fails to
install... the error report on the last page of the Quest Installer
will list both products as failing, even though the 1st product
suceeded on the retry. Workaround: If you are unsure as to whether a product installed sucessfuly... re-launch the bundle installer and the Quest Installer will list all Installed products in the product selection page. |
8243 |
| Toad for Data Analysts Installation: TDA can only be installed into a directory containing English characters |
If a non English character is used in the installation directory the
Toad for Data Analysts installation will fail with a fatal error. |
66330 |
| Installation: Toad for Data Analysis |
TDA will abort the install if it detects a DB2 Version 7 client: TDA will exit the install if it detects that a DB2 client of Version 7 or
lower is currently installed, and will return the error code 200. Workaround: If the installation of TDA aborts with a 200 error code, rerun the installer and deselect TDA in the 'Product Selection' screen. All other applications should install correctly. Other error codes that TDA may return (and will also abort the install process): 100 - MDAC version is older than 2.6. 256 - The internal command passed to msiexec exceeds 255 characters. 500 - MSI execution failure. |
N/A |
| Installation: Windows 64 bit Operating System |
Unable to install products under C:\Program Files in 64 bit Windows. When
a user tries to install an application into the 'C:\Program Files'
directory in a 64 bit operating system, the OS/MSI will convert it to
'C:\Program Files (x86)'. In this case the install location path
in QI is different from the actual location. This will mean that the
customer will not be able to uninstall the application using the Quest
Installer. Workaround: Use the 'Add and Remove Programs' option within the Control Panel to uninstall the application. |
N/A |
| Installation: Performance issue related to digital signing |
If the signed installer is located on a network share then
the entire file needs to be transmitted (to the local machine) before
installation can commence. This is because the entire file needs to be
read in order to verify the digital signature. Workaround: If you plan to run the quest installer frequently it is advised to copy the installation bundle to a local hard drive. |
N/A |
| Installation: The format of the file 'ToadStudioAdapter30.dll' is invalid |
The format of the file 'ToadStudioAdapter30.dll' is invalid. This is related to having previously installed a version of 'Toad Studio' that included an old version of QAIT. Workaround: This can be easily overcome by installing the latest version of QAIT. Please contact Quest Support for information on where you can obtain the newer QAIT version. |
N/A |
| Installation: Notification of insufficient space |
Notification for insufficient space. The Quest Installer provides a warning
during installation if insufficient disk space exists for the installation. |
58400 |
Note: System requirements can vary depending on what applications/bundles the Quest Installer is deploying.
Please refer to the actual product installation guide(s) for specific hardware requirements and
operating system support.
(The Quest installer has been tested on XP and Vista (using the latest available service packs.)
Before installing Quest Installer, ensure your system meets the following requirements:
| Quest Installer requirements |
Administrator privileges. You must be logged in with administrator privileges to perform the installation. Tahoma font CD-ROM drive (required for installation only). Internet connection (required for downloading software only). VGA monitor, 1024x768 resolution, small fonts. Printer (optional) for printing graphs and reports. Sound card and speakers (optional) for receiving audible alerts. Mouse (required to access all features.) |
This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.
This release supports any single-byte character set. Double-byte or multi-byte character sets are not supported. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: Individual components may also include more specific information in the Globalization section of their readme or release notes. This product was tested and is supported with the Latin-1 (WE8ISO8859P1) character encoding. Other encodings, including most single-byte and Western European character encodings may work correctly, but they are untested and may not be fully supported.
Refer to the Installation Guide for the product(s) you are installing:
- Toad for Oracle Base Edition Installation Guide
- Toad for Oracle Xpert Edition Installation Guide
- Toad for Oracle Professional Edition Installation Guide
- Toad for Oracle Development Suite Installation Guide
- Toad for Oracle DBA Suite Installation Guide
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