Tracing start up of an installed Java application

[Dieter Profos]

I recently purchased Advanced Installer and I am quite happy with it, as I was able to produce several installations after very short time.

My question is not actually aimed at Advanced Installer - it seems to work fine - but rather to the installation process itself:

Two of my installations start as expected while the third - although the EXE of the installer seems to work properly - obviously does not come up. Is there any means to see what is going on, any kind of Java console or output trace tool? How can I verify what environment variables the EXE has set and to which values?

Kind regards

Dieter

[Cata]

Hi Dieter,

I need to understang this better so I can help you find a solution:

First, where exactly do you see the problem, in the install process or in the application start process?

The EXE does not set any environment variables and it gives user messages any time it encounters an issue. If there is a problem with the Java app though, it is that one which may fail silently.

I sugges switching the app type to "console" - this will give you access to all the application output.

Another thing we have in mind is redirecting the application output (stdout and err) to a file so that even GUI apps can be traced. Would that help you?

Best regards,
Cata

[Dieter Profos]

Dear Cata,

many thanks for your hint: I tried to install my app as a console application and indeed got an exception message which cleared up my problem!

With this, I think, my problem has really been solved.

Many thanks!

Dieter