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Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone had any preferences for distributing java apps.
I have seen a couple today was wondering what others thought were the best/have more features.
I have seen:
Launch4j
MiniInstaller
both of which I could not get the desired result.
I think it is because I have native code in my app.
What do you think.
Regards
Richard
On a quick not to this,
I have been doing some more research, and I have found a nice application:
Advanced Installer
Loads of functionality, provides windows app installers and java installer which can compile to a native windows app and mac osx.
Regards
Richard
Also have a look at IzPack (sorry, no link); it's free and it works for me.
kind regards,
Jos
Hmmm, Lunch4j works fine in most of the cases.
More importantly why don't you distribute your application as a JAR package, which could be use in any platform.
Cheers,
I'l have a look in to IzPack, sounds promising.
The reason I do not distribute as a Jar is for 2 reasons, I have Native C++ code for Mac and PC and I also require that the installer checks wheather the users system has Java installed and is up to the correct version.
I didn't have much luck with Launch4J, I will have another look at some point.
Cheers
Richard
IzPack can do that (according to the documentation); I've never used it because the computers I install the stuff on are all offline (they're located in factories near huge machines etc.) Those people are so stupid, I even had to take out the 'Licence Agreement' panel because they forget to mark the 'I Agree' radio button and then they're stuck ;-) I simply ship a JRE and its installer on the same CD. IzPack is quite flexible when you get the hang of writing its xml installation description file.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJRichC
kind regards,
Jos
I'm always distributing JAR packages, easy to work around. Only few I've use installers with multiple OSs.