[#IZPACK-30] Launch windows native when has file association

IzPack

Launch windows native when has file association

Created: 17/Mar/08 01:49 PM Updated: 15/May/08 02:21 PM

Component/s:

Utilities

Affects Version/s:

3.11.0

Fix Version/s:

4.0.0

Time Tracking:

Not Specified

File Attachments:	1. dist.zip (2.05 Mb) 2. IZPACK-30.patch (0.5 kb)
Environment:	Windows XP

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I downloaded the windows installer from the site
http://dist.codehaus.org/izpack/releases/3.11.0/setup.exe

Run

It extract IzPack-install-3.11.0.jar on my temp directory

Them dont launch the installer, but launch the 7-zip.

Looking at file associations, .jar are associated with 7-zip, not to java. But I have JAVA_HOME and java.exe is on my path.

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Julien Ponge - 22/Mar/08 05:58 AM

In your case the file associations are essentially broken, hence it launches 7-Zip instead of the system default JVM.

Can you please perform those exact steps?

launch a console
type java -version
report to us the output (you can also take a screenshot directly using JIRA).

I'm interested to see this as I need to know if we can improve how Jar installer are launched using izpack2exe, or if this issue is not relevant.

Thanks a lot!

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Marvin Froeder - 22/Mar/08 06:19 AM

C:\Documents and Settings\marvin>java -version
java version "1.5.0_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

C:\Documents and Settings\marvin>

On my file association I have 7-zip as default and java as alternative.

I had already installer (going to temp and open .jar with java), but I believe is a good improvement.

VELO

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Julien Ponge - 22/Mar/08 06:48 AM

Thanks for reporting back. This indeed needs a fix, I think it will just turn down to using java -jar as the command rather than trying to open the Jar.

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Julien Ponge - 27/Mar/08 05:46 PM

Here is a possible patch to fix the problem.

Martin, could you please test it on your side?

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Marvin Froeder - 27/Mar/08 05:51 PM

Where can I download to test?

VELO

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Julien Ponge - 27/Mar/08 06:01 PM

Marvin,

You need to:

apply the patch yourself (attached to this issue in JIRA). It requires a Python environment to work as it patches the izpack2exe.py file.
run izpack2exe over any IzPack-based installer to get a .exe
try it and see if it fixes it.

In case you don't have that, I'll prepare a Win32 executable of izpack2exe for you tomorrow.

Cheers

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Marvin Froeder - 28/Mar/08 06:20 AM

I will need that...

Python 4 me is some kind of snake =D

VELO

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Julien Ponge - 02/Apr/08 02:57 AM

This attachment contains a Python-free Win32 executable to wrap a IzPack installer Jar.

Could you please try it to wrap an installer, and test it on your machine?

Thanks a lot.

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Julien Ponge - 02/Apr/08 03:07 AM

There was a missing file.

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Julien Ponge - 02/Apr/08 03:09 AM

Here what I did:

Downloaded the latest stable IzPack release
Packed with the izpack2exe executable in dist.zip
Tested successfuly.

I just need your confirmation to close the issue

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Julien Ponge - 11/May/08 09:59 AM

On a Windows VISTA box with a normal Java6 installation, it appeared that running 'java -jar installer.jar' would fail. The old behavior (opening the Jar) did not have such problems.

Because this issue is caused by a non-standard file type association, I am re-opening it and will revert the fix in the next few days.

Please comment if you have a better solution.

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Julien Ponge - 15/May/08 02:21 PM

The patch has been reverted.