[izpack-users] Questions on getting up and running with Izpack

[Paul Taylor]

Hi Joseph

Sorry I didnt reply earlier, I tried your solution but it didnt make any 
difference. I then though there might a problem with building it on 
Windows Vista, got distracted and worked on something else. I have since 
found another Izpack installation for a different program, built it and 
deployed on Vista with shortcust successfully,  so thats not the problem 
. Ive made numerous minor modiifications to my build file and shortcut 
file, and then end result is always the same , it always installs but 
NEVER shows the shortcut panel., Im building using ant. My biggest 
confusion is over the Shelllink.dll file , where does it have to be and 
is it distributed with the installtion ? It driving me a bit mad now, 
Ive shown the latest files below, in case anyone can see a problem.

thanks paul

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes" ?>

<!--
    A sample installation file.
    Use it as a base for your own installers :-)
   
    To compile it :
    - go in the bin directory where you installed IzPack
    - call "compile ../sample/install.xml -b ../sample"
-->

<installation version="1.0">

    <!--
        The info section.
        The meaning of the tags should be natural ...
    -->
    <info>
        <appname>Jaikoz</appname>
        <appversion>2.0</appversion>      
        <url>http://www.jthink.net/jaikoz/</url>
        <javaversion>1.6</javaversion>
        <appsubpath>Jthink/Jaikoz</appsubpath>
    </info>
   
    <!--
        The gui preferences indication.
        Sets the installer window to 640x480. It will not be able to 
change the size.
    -->
    <guiprefs width="640" height="480" resizable="no"/>
   
    <!--
        The locale section.
        Asks here to include the English and French langpacks.
    -->
    <locale>
        <langpack iso3="eng"/>
        <langpack iso3="spa"/>
        <langpack iso3="deu"/>
        <langpack iso3="fra"/>
        <langpack iso3="ita"/>
    </locale>

      <native type="izpack" name="ShellLink.dll"/>

    <!--
        The resources section.
        The ids must be these ones if you want to use the LicencePanel 
and/or the InfoPanel.
    -->
    <resources>
        <res id="shortcutSpec.xml" src="shortcutSpec.xml"/>
      <res id="LicencePanel.licence" 
src="../activebuild/buildWindows/license.txt"/>       
    </resources>
   
  
 
    <!--
        The panels section.
        We indicate here which panels we want to use. The order will be 
respected.
    -->
    <panels>
        <panel classname="HelloPanel"/>
        <panel classname="LicencePanel"/>
        <panel classname="TargetPanel"/>
        <panel classname="PacksPanel"/>
        <panel classname="InstallPanel"/>
        <panel classname="ShortcutPanel"/>
        <panel classname="SimpleFinishPanel"/>
    </panels>  
   
    <!--
        The packs section.
        We specify here our packs.
    -->
    <packs>
        <pack name="Base" required="yes" preselected="yes">
            <description>Jaikoz</description>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/lib" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/help" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="jaikoz.exe" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>            
            <file src="../../conf/jaikoz.gif" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>   
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/ident.exe" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>   
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/libexpat.dll" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>    
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/AACTagReader.exe" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>            
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/genpuid.exe" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/mipcore.exe" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/acknowledgement.html" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/ident.exe" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/jaikoz.bat" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/jaikoz.properties" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/jaikoz_de.properties" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/jaikoz_en.properties" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/jaikoz_es.properties" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/layout.properties" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/license.txt" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/settings.jai" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <file src="../activebuild/buildWindows/settingsdefaults.jai" 
targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
            <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/ident.exe" stage="never"/>
            <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/AACTagReader.exe" 
stage="never"/>
            <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/genpuid.exe" 
stage="never"/>
            <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/mipcore.exe" 
stage="never"/>          
            <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/jaikoz.bat" 
stage="never"/>
            <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/jaikoz.exe" 
stage="never"/>                         
        </pack>       
    </packs>
          
</installation>

shortcutSpec.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<shortcuts>
<programGroup defaultName="Jaikoz" location="applications"/>
<shortcut
name="Jaikoz"
target="$INSTALL_PATH\Jaikoz.exe"
commandLine=""
workingDirectory="$INSTALL_PATH\"
description="Jaikoz Audio Tagger"
iconFile="$INSTALL_PATH\jaikoz.gif"
iconIndex="0"
initialState="maximized"
programGroup=yes"
desktop="yes"
applications="yes"
startMenu="no"
startup="no">
<createForPack name='Base'/>
</shortcut>
</shortcuts>


Joseph.Fiedler at l-3com.com wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Try rearranging your install.xml file as follows:
> Also, rename your shortcut specification file to shortcutSpec.xml; I ran
> into some problems when using a different filename and/or extension.
>
>   <native type="izpack" name="Shelllink.dll">
>     <os family="windows"/>
>   </native>
>
>   <resources>
>     <res src="shortcutSpec.xml" id="shortcutSpec.xml"/>
>   </resources>
>
>   <panels>
>     <!-- panel elements -->
>   </panels>
>
>   <packs>
>     <!-- pack elements -->
>   </packs>
>
> - Joseph Fiedler
>
>