Quest Installer
Version 4.3
Release Notes
September 07, 2010
These release notes cover changes to version 4.3 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 enabled automatically, and any additional Toad Suite components will be licensed from the same key.
New Features in Quest Installer 4.3
This release of Quest Installer is a patch release, so there are no new features.
The Quest Installer can be used to extract the MSI files from within the bundled software.
If 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 you 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/ToadforOracleEditions_Silent_Installation_Guide.pdfThe following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of the Quest Installer 4.3 release.
|
Component |
Known Issues |
Defect ID |
| Spotlight on Oracle Uninstall | Having upgraded to Spotlight on Oracle
7.1 from an earlier release of Spotlight on Oracle Standard Edition
(for example via Toad 10.0), if you uninstall Spotlight with the Quest
Installer, only part of Spotlight will be uninstalled. This is due
to RAC diagnostics and Predictive Diagnostics being added to Spotlight on
Oracle 7.1.
|
N/A |
| Knowledge Xpert Installation: If you use the <Back and Forward> 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
page
(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 behavior in the product selection page, either:
*Note: The 'Install Location' page is only visible when installing a Toad bundle onto a clean machine (i.e. no previous installations of Toad are on it). If you already have a previous version of Toad on the machine, this Unicode installation issue is not applicable to you. |
8022 |
| Running the Quest Installer in 'Extract' mode when Toad 10.0 is installed | If you perform an MSI extraction on a computer that has Toad for Oracle
10.0.0.41 installed on it, the silent installation parameters
provided are for an upgrade.
|
7976 |
| Toad for Data Analysts Installation: 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.
In the Product Selection page of the Quest Installer, only use a destination directory that contains English characters for the Toad for Data Analysts product. |
66330 |
| Toad for Data Analysts Installation | Toad for Data Analysts will exit the installation if it detects
that a DB2 client of Version 7 or earlier is currently installed, and will
return the error code 200.
Workaround:
|
N/A |
| Installation: Windows 64-bit Operating System |
If you attempt to install an
application into the 'C:\Program Files' directory in a 64-bit operating
system, the OS/MSI converts it to 'C:\Program Files (x86)'. In
this case, the install location path in Quest Installer is different from the actual
location. This means that you will not be able to uninstall
the application using the Quest Installer.
|
N/A |
| Installation: Windows 64-bit Operating System - Oracle Client Issue |
The application supports a Windows 64-bit OS. However, changes will need to be made to the installation path during installation. The default install directory for 32-bit applications on a 64-bit OS includes parenthesis as shown in the following example: C:\Program Files(x86)\Quest Software\ According to Oracle Metalink, Doc ID 334528, there is a network error that results causing any path with a parenthesis to have an issue. Toad will have to be installed into a different folder without the parenthesis as shown in the following example: C:\Quest Software\
|
N/A |
| Installation: Performance issue related to digital signing |
If the signed installer is located on a network share, 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.
|
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.
|
N/A |
| Installation: Notification of 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 guides 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 DVD-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 products 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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