Re: Cross-platform installer package?
Steven J. Sobol wrote:
In article <1158141810.154278.81220@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>, Andrew Thompson wrote:
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What does IJ offer when no suitable JRE is found?
<http://www.installjammer.com/docs/index.html?LocateJavaRuntime>
..which ends with an option to 'Prompt User'.
JWS has a simple little web-page to check for WebStart availability
and prompt installation. As I understand it, the JRE can come from
the 'same disk as the web-page' (better for off-line install) - or from
Sun.
Well, that's a good point, but I believe I made the point that it's not
a Java-specific program. On the other hand, most installers that claim
to find JRE's only do a few specific things like checking the Registry
(on Windows), or checking the system path. That could be added in easily
enough.
No. IJ already offers all the usual 'find Java to best version'
automatically (or you can tell the script to do so, according
to that page) - it is just that failing finding a suitable JRE
by the automated method, you (the deployer) can choose
to offer the 'Prompt for Java' as a last ditch effort.
[ As an aside - I prefer that approach to attempts to
'bundle' a JVM with each application. ]
Anyhow, IJ is a great general-purpose installer. This does not mean it's
going to be great for everyone, and I would expect that many people
(especially in this newsgroup) would prefer a solution like JWS. I was
just putting the suggestion out there...
Good points. There are sure things that JWS either
cannot do, or has significant trouble with.
No deployment solution fits every situation.
Andrew T.