Zaraza wrote:
> Alan Hudson wrote:
>
>> I've seen at least one post about this topic but I can't find a
>> definitive answer. I'm looking at using XPInstall to install an
>> application unrelated to Mozilla(at least for now). Its an X3D/VRML
>> browser which is currently a standalone Java application.
>>
>> From my reading of the documentation I feel that this should be
>> possible, but I haven't seen many folks who have done this. Generally
>> it feels like I will just need to rewrite the install scripts, without
>> needing to modify the XPInstall code itself.
>>
>> My question is whether it will be that simple. Have others used
>> XPInstall for this task? I'm tired of using InstallShield. For this
>> release a standalone windows installer is all I need. Any experiences
>> in this regard?
>
>
> I suggest you use NSIS (www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis).
> It has an extremely small overhead (about 20-30 KB extra) and should be
> more than adequate for your needs. A few Java apps use it already
> (JDictionary, Sun's Java WebStart).
>
> The scripting language is very easy to learn and it creates really small
> installs (especially if you use the bzip2 compression instead of the
> regular zip compression).
>
I am thinking of doing the same for my Java App, however, this time I'm
looking at portability. I am only on Linux and do not have direct access
to a Windows test machine, in such cases, it's kind of easier to use
XPInstall
