Installation guide

EXAM 5.2

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Erstellungs- / Änderungsvermerke:
Name Datum Version Änderungsgrund
Thomas Reinicke 30.11.2017 1V0 Neuerstellung
Thomas Reinicke 07.12.2021 1V1 Anpassung an EXAM 5.0
Thomas Reinicke 01.07.2022 1V2 Anpassung an EXAM 5.1

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 Inhaltsverzeichnis
Seite

1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 4

2 EXAM installation ........................................................................................... 4

2.1 GUI-mode ..................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Silent-mode .................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Parallel installation ......................................................................................... 8

3 EXAM uninstall .............................................................................................. 8

A Configuration file (EXAM) ................................................................................ 8

B Configuration file (EXAM uninstall) ..................................................................10

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Figure 1: language ........................................................................................................ 4
Figure 2: license agreement............................................................................................ 4
Figure 3: installation path ............................................................................................... 5
Figure 4: start menu ...................................................................................................... 5
Figure 5: components .................................................................................................... 5
Figure 6: user data ........................................................................................................ 6
Figure 7: installation progress ......................................................................................... 6
Figure 8: end page ........................................................................................................ 6
Figure 9: no ini-file found ............................................................................................... 7
Figure 10: installation end .............................................................................................. 7
Figure 11: installation with admin parameter .................................................................... 7

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1 Introduction
In this section is described, how to install the EXAM-Software. The screenshots are made with
EXAM 5.0 and serve as example.

2 EXAM installation

2.1 GUI-mode
At the first page you can choose one of the
following languages:
• Deutsch (german)
• English

Figure 1: language
EXAM License Agreement

Figure 2: license agreement

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 Choose the folder in which to install. It will
be created a subfolder „EXAM“, where the
program files were installed.
This site will be skipped, if this version of
EXAM is allready installed. The following
popup will be shown:

Figure 3: installation path

Choose a Start Menu folder.

Figure 4: start menu

Check the components you want to

overwrite.
At the dropins are located 3rd-party tools.

Figure 5: components

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 The EXAM installation distinguishes
between program data and user data. On
this page you can choose the path of the
user data.
It is possible to reuse the location of an old
installation.

Figure 6: user data

This page shows the installation progress.

Figure 7: installation progress

At the end of the installation this page is
shown.

Figure 8: end page

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2.2 Silent-mode
If the EXAM installer is running in silent mode, the data of the „installer.ini“ file is used. The
installation is running in background and no GUI is shown. The silent mode can be started by
using the command line parameter „/S“ (case sensitive). If there is no installer.ini file at the
silent start, it will be generated and the installation process is aborted. The content of the ini
file can be seen at „A Configuration file“.

Figure 9: no ini-file found

At the end of the installation a popup is shown.

Figure 10: installation end

To skip the dialogue in Figure 10 during silent installation, the additional parameter "/admin"
can be specified in silent mode.

Figure 11: installation with admin parameter

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2.3 Parallel installation
The installer can perform a parallel installation to the previous product. Please note that for a
successful parallel installation the following parameters must be different from the previous
installation:
• the installation path (instDir)
• the path for the user data (userDataDir)
• the path in the start menu (startmenue)

3 EXAM uninstall
The uninstall can be ran from command line in silent mode. The uninstall.exe is located at the
subfolder EXAM at the install path. In the uninstaller.ini file (B Configuration file (EXAM
uninstall)) ca be configured, which components will be uninstalled. This file is generated and
preconfigured by the installation.

Comand line: < install path >\EXAM\uninstall.exe /S _?=< install path >
Example: C:\Program Files\EXAM_50\EXAM\uninstall.exe /S _? C:\Program
Files\EXAM_50\EXAM

A Configuration file (EXAM)

The „installer.ini“ file contains all configurations, which could be done at the GUI of the
installer. On the one hand the file can be used to define default values for the GUI and on the
other hand the data are necessary for the silent mode (2.2 Silent).

The file is organized into following sections:

ALL: values shared with all EXAM-installer
EXAM: values of the EXAM-installation
APPFILES: additional driver
RSS_FEED: Urls of the rss-feeds
SERVICE_IMPORT: values of the Service Import

If the file does not exist at the start of the installer in silent mode, it will be created with the
following content. Lines beginning with „#“ are comments.

#################################################################
[ALL]
# path where to save the logfiles
logDir="c:\temp\EXAM_logs"

#################################################################
[EXAM]
# install path of program data
instDir="C:\Programme\EXAM\"

# path to store user data

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userDataDir="C:\ProgramData\EXAM\userData"

# overwrite existing installation (no=0/yes=1)

overwrite=0
# delete existing workspace (no=0/yes=1) - requires overwrite=1
# this parameter is ignored by the GUI
deleteWorkspace=0
# delete existing dropins (no=0/yes=1) - requires overwrite=1
deleteDropins=0

# startmenu path
startmenue=EXAM

# create desctop icon (no=0/yes=1)

desktopicons=0

#################################################################
[APPFILES]
#install appfiles (no=0/yes=1)
install_appfiles=1
#overwrite appfiles (no=0/yes=1)
overwrite_appfiles=1

#################################################################
[RSS_FEED]
# url to the BETRIEB RSS-feed
BETRIEB=https://group-
wiki.wob.vw.vwg/wikis/download/attachments/201203077/rss_exam_betrieb.xml
# url to the PROGRAM RSS-feed
PROGRAM=https://group-
wiki.wob.vw.vwg/wikis/download/attachments/201203077/rss_exam_programm.xml
# url to the DEPARTMENT RSS-feed
DEPARTMENT=

#################################################################
[SERVICE_IMPORT]
# madel specification for the service import feature
modelName=EXAMMODNETWORKDATA
targetEndpoint=https://msg-
exam.audi.de/audi/b2e/exam/v50/server/4/ExamModelerService
parentPackageUUID=b858ca18-1664-4528-a017-c9bc80f06014

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B Configuration file (EXAM uninstall)
The „installer.ini“ file located at the installation folder contains all configurations, which could
be done at the GUI of the uninstaller. Only the with EXAM installed software will be selected for
the uninstall.

[UNINSTALL]
exam=1
appFiles=1
userData=1

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