Thanks for biting. ;) > How does your application installation (the one with JRE) deploy the JRE?
As a <ComponentGroupRef Id="componentGroupJre" />. The jre.wxs file is generated using heat using the fragment template and fine tuned with XSLT (adding the <DirectoryRef Id="DIR_INSTALL">...</DirectoryRef> and setting the Id of the ComponentGroup. > What specifically is meant by "with embedded Java Runtime Environment"? In contrast to, for example, the dot-net runtime, the JRE works fine when an installed JRE directory is just *copied* to a new machine (without invoking an installer which adds a myriad of registry keys and fully integrates into the target machine). -- Tom John Nannenga wrote: > This seems a little odd, but what the heck, I'll bite. > > However, since I don't know anything about the Java Runtime Environment, I > need more info. How does your application installation (the one with JRE) > deploy the JRE? Merge modules? Components you authored yourself into your > package? MSI chaining? etc... (What specifically is meant by "with > embedded Java Runtime Environment"?) > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Singer [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:36 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Keep optional directory on upgrade > > After I received so good feed-back for the file-gets-overwritten-problem - > does someone have an idea how to handle this issue? > > -- > Tom > > Thomas Singer wrote: >> Our application is available in two different versions - one with embedded >> Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and one without. The JRE is nothing else than >> a directory in the installation directory (no special registry settings). We >> don't provide special update packages (containing just the differences), but >> instead all packages we provide are complete packages (without thinking >> about the JRE). >> >> When a user first installs a version with JRE and later a new version >> without JRE, the jre-directory is removed/uninstalled. What would be the >> best solution to uninstall the JRE only if the user uninstalls the >> application using Add/Remove, but not when installing a newer version on top? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Tom > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
