But Winzip won't know which drive to install to, nor will it know if the
user installed to non-default directories. Installshield unfortunately
costs a small fortune.
I'd like to see documentation of how to detect where the user has Java
installed. Then it wouldn't be too tough to write something to check
for Java 3D, perhaps even compare file sizes and dates (for version
checking) and install the files ourselves. But I feel unless you go to
a professional installer like Installshield you might as well just
provide the user with Sun's installer and let it do it's thing.
- John
"J. Lee Dixon" wrote:
>
> WinZip is free, and you can specify the default directory, but it is
> true that the user can override and screw this up. It does not have a
> method for uninstall either... hmmm, I wish Sun would make this
> installer once and for all.
>
> -Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Flagg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 8:40 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)
>
> That only gives you an self extracting archive. It won't necessarily
> but
> the DLLs and JAR files in the correct directories. InstallShield might
> be a
> better solution. I believe they have demos and trial versions at
> http://www.installshield.com/.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Lee Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:47 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)
>
> The answer to your question is WinZip. You use it to first make the
> .zip file, then it also has an option to change the .zip to a
> self-extracting .exe file.
>
> -Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mohammed Akacem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:34 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)
>
> Hi,
>
> I read the FAQ at
> http://www.j3d.org/tutorials/quick_fix/auto_install.html. on how to
> create a custom java3d installer.
> Ok I want that my_ java3d_installer.exe the following files in the jre
> directory of the user :
>
> bin/j3daudio.dll
> bin/J3D.dll
> lib/ext/j3daudio.jar
> lib/ext/j3dcore.jar
> lib/ext/vecmath.jar
> lib/ext/utils.jar
>
> Is there a tool which could help me do this?( I mean to produce the
> my_java3d_installer.exe).
>
> Thanks for any hint
>
> Mohammed
>
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