Thanks Eddie. I think this would be good to use in conjunction with a check for java in the installer.
Stuart. Edward Kawas wrote: > Hello All, if all that you are trying to do is determine whether java is > installed, would the following work on windows? > > At the top of run.bat > > @ECHO OFF > > :checkJAVA > java -version /? >NUL 2>&1 > IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO noJava > if not errorlevel 1 goto startup > > :noJava > echo Seems like you do not have JAVA installed! > echo Please go to http://java.com/download to obtain JAVA > echo Exiting Taverna startup > pause > exit /B 1 > > :startup > REM Taverna startup script > > ... rest of script ... > > It seems to work on my machine, but I didn't test it too thoroughly. > > Eddie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stian Soiland-Reyes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: June-11-09 8:39 AM > To: List for general discussion and hacking of the Taverna project > Subject: Re: [Taverna-hackers] [MYGRID] Taverna workshop in MIB on 9th June > 2009 > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 08:50, Stian > Soiland-Reyes<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 13:53, Richard Holland<[email protected]> >> > wrote: > >>> There's generic solutions such as Launch4j >>> http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/ which wrap Java apps into native >>> binaries for all platforms, including an embedded JRE or the option to >>> prompt and download one at install time. >>> >> Yes, it's true that launch4j is for all platforms, but the result is a >> Windows EXE. >> >> It is however Windows users that have the biggest issue of not having >> Java by default. >> > > I tested it, and it was quite easy to get to work: > > > http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/wiki/display/scrap/2009-06-11+Launch4j+experime > nt > > This even includes an .exe file you could drop into your Taverna 2.1b1 > installation to try for yourself. :-) > > I say we try to get this into 2.1b2. If we have time we can get the > install wizard (like in 2.0) to also add a link to this .exe file to > the Start menu.. but that's another program to play with. (which I > don't remember the name of!) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ taverna-hackers mailing list [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/taverna-mailing-lists/ Developers Guide: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/tools/developer-information
