Hi,
I have still problems to install the latest update of the BTS2004 help file 
(see postings below). It's also very strange, that the publishing dates of t
he help file has changed three times within a week (7/23/2004, 7/27/2004, 7/
28/2004). For the latest ve
rsion (7/28/2004) there seems to exist an additional problem: The different 
language versions are all the same English version (File Name BTS2004(EN).ex
e).
Thanks for any help!
--
Ewald

"Ewald" wrote (7/27/2004):
Thanks for your answer. The value of that reg key is "m;1;D:\GERMAN\BTS2004D
EV\Msi\". This path points to my local DVD volume from which I installed BTS
2004. The MSI-File is located in this directory. So I don't really know what
 to change. I could install
the former Help Update from April 2004 without problems.
Any more ideas ?
Thanks!
--
Ewald


"Jack Blalock" wrote (7/27/2004):

> Go to the below reg key:
>
>  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Inst
aller\Products\79404B104ADDBA247B7
C3
> 4F226033AE9\SourceList
>
> The key contains a path, modify this path to match the path to wherever th
e
> Original Biztalk MSI is located on a share or on a local drive.
>
> MSI needs the original MSI to patch the local cached MSI in the
> windows\installer directory .
>
> Jack Blalock [MSFT]
> This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no right
s.
>

"Ewald" wrote (07/26/2004):
Hi,
I just downloaded the latest update (7/23/2004) of the BTS2004 Product Docum
entation (BTS2004 Help) and tried to install it. During installation I was p
rompted to insert a data volume, but no further information was displayed (t
he position where this info
rmation should be displayed is blank!). I tried already to insert the BTS200
4 DVD, but no chance to resolve this problem - I can only cancel the install
ation.
Thanks for any help!

Ewald

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I'm was having this very same problem. I can't tell you *why* this worked,
but I did finally get this in.

I kept getting the same dialog you described that asked me to insert a disk,
with just an "OK" and "Cancel". No way to tell it where to look.

I changed the registry key below, as described by Jack, but I had to copy
the MSI directory to my hard drive and rename the .MSI file.

Here are the steps --

Registry Before:

LastUsedSource="m;1;D:\ENGLISH\BTS2004DEV\Msi\"
PackageName="MICROSOFT BIZTALK SERVER 2004.MSI"

Registry After:

LastUsedSource="m;1:C:\DATA\MSI\"
PackageName="BTS2004.MSI"

I then copied the *entire* MSI directory to "C:\DATA\MSI" and renamed
"MICROSOFT BIZTALK SERVER 2004.MSI" to "BTS2004.MSI", just in case it didn't
like the spaces.

I reran the patch and while it still didn't run correctly, this time I got a
different dialog which had a "Browse" button that allowed me to go point it
at the BTS2004.MSI. Everything ran to completion. Note to Microsoft --
pretty damn sloppy coding.

This is obviously a hack, so proceed at your own risk.

Regards,

M.

"em" <nix@nix.nix> wrote in message
news:4CF11EBC-50AF-4FA5-B24B-33D9ADE98648@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have still problems to install the latest update of the BTS2004 help
file (see postings below). It's also very strange, that the publishing dates
of the help file has changed three times within a week (7/23/2004,
7/27/2004, 7/28/2004). For the latest version (7/28/2004) there seems to
exist an additional problem: The different language versions are all the
same English version (File Name BTS2004(EN).exe).
> Thanks for any help!
> --
> Ewald
>
> "Ewald" wrote (7/27/2004):
> Thanks for your answer. The value of that reg key is
"m;1;D:\GERMAN\BTS2004DEV\Msi\". This path points to my local DVD volume
from which I installed BTS2004. The MSI-File is located in this directory.
So I don't really know what to change. I could install the former Help
Update from April 2004 without problems.
> Any more ideas ?
> Thanks!
> --
> Ewald
>
>
> "Jack Blalock" wrote (7/27/2004):
> 
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Inst
 aller\Products\79404B104ADDBA247B7C3[vbc
ol=seagreen]
 
the[vbcol=seagreen] 
rights.[vbcol=seagreen] 
>
> "Ewald" wrote (07/26/2004):
> Hi,
> I just downloaded the latest update (7/23/2004) of the BTS2004 Product
Documentation (BTS2004 Help) and tried to install it. During installation I
was prompted to insert a data volume, but no further information was
displayed (the position where this information should be displayed is
blank!). I tried already to insert the BTS2004 DVD, but no chance to resolve
this problem - I can only cancel the installation.
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Ewald
>

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Many thanks for this detailed advice!
--
Ewald


"Michael K. Vrazel" wrote:

> I'm was having this very same problem. I can't tell you *why* this worked,
> but I did finally get this in.
>
> I kept getting the same dialog you described that asked me to insert a dis
k,
> with just an "OK" and "Cancel". No way to tell it where to look.
>
> I changed the registry key below, as described by Jack, but I had to copy
> the MSI directory to my hard drive and rename the .MSI file.
>
> Here are the steps --
>
> Registry Before:
>
> LastUsedSource="m;1;D:\ENGLISH\BTS2004DEV\Msi\"
> PackageName="MICROSOFT BIZTALK SERVER 2004.MSI"
>
> Registry After:
>
> LastUsedSource="m;1:C:\DATA\MSI\"
> PackageName="BTS2004.MSI"
>
> I then copied the *entire* MSI directory to "C:\DATA\MSI" and renamed
> "MICROSOFT BIZTALK SERVER 2004.MSI" to "BTS2004.MSI", just in case it didn
't
> like the spaces.
>
> I reran the patch and while it still didn't run correctly, this time I got
 a
> different dialog which had a "Browse" button that allowed me to go point i
t
> at the BTS2004.MSI. Everything ran to completion. Note to Microsoft --
> pretty damn sloppy coding.
>
> This is obviously a hack, so proceed at your own risk.
>
> Regards,
>
> M.
>
> "em" <nix@nix.nix> wrote in message
> news:4CF11EBC-50AF-4FA5-B24B-33D9ADE98648@microsoft.com... 
> file (see postings below). It's also very strange, that the publishing dat
es
> of the help file has changed three times within a week (7/23/2004,
> 7/27/2004, 7/28/2004). For the latest version (7/28/2004) there seems to
> exist an additional problem: The different language versions are all the
> same English version (File Name BTS2004(EN).exe). 
> "m;1;D:\GERMAN\BTS2004DEV\Msi\". This path points to my local DVD volume
> from which I installed BTS2004. The MSI-File is located in this directory.
> So I don't really know what to change. I could install the former Help
> Update from April 2004 without problems. 
>  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Inst
aller\Products\79404B104ADDBA247B7
C3 
> the 
> rights. 
> Documentation (BTS2004 Help) and tried to install it. During installation 
I
> was prompted to insert a data volume, but no further information was
> displayed (the position where this information should be displayed is
> blank!). I tried already to insert the BTS2004 DVD, but no chance to resol
ve
> this problem - I can only cancel the installation. 
>
>
>

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Hi Michael,Ewald,

I've had the same problem installing the 28-July version of the help
update. The installer prompted me to 'Insert The Disk', despite it
being there. The registry hack and msi-copy solved the problem, but it
still reported afterwards the installation had failed. However, after
examining the log files, it's just because it tried to delete a file
from c:\windows\installer which doesn't exist. Apart from that, it
went smoothly. I must agree it's surprising Microsoft haven't tested
this properly.

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