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by mikejwatts
Mon Jul 15, 2013 4:04 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Installer hangs at WelcomeDlg
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Installer hangs at WelcomeDlg

I have a fairly complex installer but it has worked at some time! Problem I have is that the installer program hangs with a blank dialog. If I try looking at the MS installer log ( using setup.exe /l*v logfile.txt ), at the point of the hang, the log file says InstallValidate has ended with return ...
by mikejwatts
Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:04 am
Forum: Building Installers
Topic: can't find main class
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Re: can't find main class - JavaFX Application

For anyone else coming this way I thought I'd post my experiences.

I have a JavaFX application with a similar MANIFEST.MF contents i.e. it has
JavaFX-Application-Class: <points to the correct class>
Main-Class: com/javafx/main/Main

Double-clicking on the jar file runs it fine, but the .exe created ...
by mikejwatts
Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:28 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Prerequisite needs a patch
Replies: 1
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Prerequisite needs a patch

Unfortunately I don't seem to be able to search for others with this problem because the forum search engine ignores the word 'prerequisite'.

If the prerequisite is not present then the installer needs to run two programs in order: an application installer and its patch.

I tried putting the two ...
by mikejwatts
Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Conditional Prerequisite
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Conditional Prerequisite

I have a prerequisite program ( e.g. which is currently at version 3.0 ) which must be installed if a searched file does not exist or is below a certain version ( say 1.0 ) but is _optionally_ installed if the file is above the minimum ( 1.0 ) but below another level ( say 2.0 ).

I tried having two ...
by mikejwatts
Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:32 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: adding files to current JRE
Replies: 21
Views: 21937
 
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Re: adding files to current JRE

Hi All,
I used the VBS script seen in several pages of this forum and sure enough, the message box pops up with the current JRE home. Problem I have is getting the variable into the installer: it always creates a directory C:\JAVA_HOME!

In the Custom Actions page, the action is set to Immediate and ...

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