The documentation for deploying the help files locally is noted here:
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/installing_autodesk_alias_2014_help.html
To ensure that it will work correctly, please follow these steps [which is slightly different from the documentation]:
1. Create an Alias Automotive 2014 Deployment. The example path used in our tests was:
\\TOR2UA13809X0\Deploy\Alias2014b
2. Create an ALIASHELP folder the Img folder and not AdminImage folder mentioned in the documention.
3. Place the help installer file [autodesk_alias_2014_help.exe] in ALIASHELP folder.
When you edit the DEPLOYMENTNAME.ini file that is in the Img folder, the value is:
[ALIASHELP]
PLATFORM=NATIVE
PRODUCT_NAME=Autodesk Alias 2014 Help
EXE_PATH=AliasHelp\autodesk_alias_2014_help.exe
EXE_PARAM=s -a -s
ACTION=INSTALL
The documentation states the following which is incorrect.
[ALIASHELP]
PLATFORM=NATIVE
PRODUCT_NAME=Autodesk Alias 2014 Help
EXE_PATH=AliasHelp\Alias_help_2014.exe
EXE_PARAM=s -a -s
ACTION=INSTALL
For comparision, we have included the default .ini file and the edited .ini file for your reference, using a Text Editor [Notepad], open both files and search for ALIASHELP.
Hack [installs help files]: TEST.ini
Default: TEST-default.ini
If you try to use the Include Addtional Software in the installation wizard noted below:
Your installation will still require input when you get to the autodesk_alias_2014_help.exe file even if your deployment is set to silent.
To get around the extraction wizard interaction, our expert from the Autodesk Japan office [Osamu Motoyama] added this flag in the command line parameter section of the wizard: s -a -s via the EXE_PARAM value noted above.
Bonus tip:
http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/09/quick-start-suite-deployment-tips.html
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