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Service Pack 1 for ToolBook Instructor 9.5

Article: P724

SERVICE PACK 1
for
TOOLBOOK INSTRUCTOR 9.5

February 18, 2009

Updates in Service Pack 1
Several issues were addressed in the Service Pack 1 release of ToolBook.

• Fixed issue where ToolBook seemed to freeze, or was sluggish with the Book Explorer open
  ToolBook can appear to freeze or be very sluggish when the Book Explorer is open. Read more
• Fixed the Registry Access error that occurred when Publishing to Web (DHTML) while not logged in as an Administrator
  Are you experiencing a Registry Access error trying to Publish your lesson to DHTML? Read more
• Fixed the transparency of a PNG image in Internet Explorer 6
  Inernet Explorer 6 requires special logic in order for PNG files to properly as transparent. Read more
  One of the side effects of this fix, is that there is no longer an IE5 folder created during the web export process, instead an IE6 and IE7 folder will be created.
• There is now a way to silently install and activate ToolBook
  See the Use the MSI Installer section at the bottom of the article.

Compatibility with ToolBook 9.5
Books created in ToolBook 9.5 will run in 9.5 SP1 without using the Version Updater.

The ToolBook Instructor 9.5 SP1 release is backward compatible with the 9.5 release. ToolBook files created in 9.5 do not have to go through any conversion process in order to work in the 9.5 SP1 release. Once saved in version 9.5 SP1, your ToolBook files can still be opened by any ToolBook 9.5 user.

How to tell if you've already installed the Service Pack
If you are trying to determine if your installation of ToolBook 9.5 already includes the service pack, here are a few things to help you figure that out.

• The Trial version of ToolBook 9.5 does not include the Service Pack, so you will need to install it.
• The Shipping version of ToolBook 9.5 (the CD version and the Downloadable version) does not include the Service Pack, so you will need to install it.

You can tell if you have the Service Pack installed by looking in the About ToolBook dialog, available from your Help menu.

• 9.50.244
  This identifies the original 9.5 installation (no Service Pack)
• 9.50.247
  This identifies an problematic release of 9.5 Service Pack 1 in January 2009. A major flaw (read more) was identified and this release was withdrawn after 1 week. You can install this latest SP1 over the top of the old SP1.
• 9.50.250
  This identifies the final 9.5 Service Pack 1 release, made available in February 2009.

How to Move to Version 9.5 SP1
There are two ways to get ToolBook 9.5 Service Pack 1 installed onto your system:

   Use the 9.5 SP1 Updater utility

This utility will upgrade your 9.5 installation to 9.5 SP1. You can download and install the Instructor 9.5 SP1 Updater by clicking on this link:

  
   ftp://ftp.sumtotalsystems.com/pub/tb2/instructor/95/tb95sp1updater.exe
   [~28 Megs] 2/18/2009

After you download the Updater to your hard drive, double-click the downloaded tb95sp1updater.exe file to start the installation process.

The updater will only update an existing installation of ToolBook 9.5, and you must be an Administrator of your machine in order to install this service pack.

Once installed, the Service Pack cannot be removed by itself. Fully uninstalling ToolBook 9.5 is the only way to remove the service pack, which will of course remove ToolBook as well.

   Use the MSI Installer - For IT Department Use Only

This is a complete installer in .MSI format that installs 9.5 with the SP1 changes. It has the ability to install silently and the ability to activate silently. The MSI installer is intended to facilitate remote installations of ToolBook.

 
   ftp://ftp.sumtotalsystems.com/pub/tb2/instructor/95/ToolBookInstructor95SP1.msi 
   [~192 Megs] 2/18/2008

In order to run it silently, use the following command. The /qn flag tells msiexec to run the installer silently.

 msiexec /i"C:\ToolBookInstructor95SP1.msi" /qn

To pass in an activation key, use the following command. LICENSEKEY is the command line variable that should hold the activation code you want to use. The actual key is case sensitive.

 msiexec /i"C:\ToolBookInstructor95SP1.msi" LICENSEKEY="xxxx-xxxxxxx"

You can combine the two to have a silent installer that specifies an activation code.

 msiexec /i"C:\ToolBookInstructor95SP1.msi" /qn LICENSEKEY="xxxx-xxxxxxx"

If you need to specify a Proxy Server in order for the Activation routine to utilize your Internet connection, you can add an additional PROXYSERVER command line variable as shown below:

 msiexec /i"C:\ToolBookInstructor95SP1.msi" /qn LICENSEKEY="xxxx-xxxxxxx" 
         PROXYSERVER="xyz.abc.com:899"

NOTES

• Since activation requires an Internet connection, silent activation will only work if an Internet connection is present on the client machine.
• Version 11.5 of the MSI Scripting Engine is required.
• Silent installation will not install the SumTotal Publish to ToolBook add-in for PowerPoint 2007 nor will it install the Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (which is needed for the Publish to Web (DHTML) process to work.
• You must be an Administrator of your machine in order to install this MSI installer, and UAC must be turned off.

 

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