[izpack-users] IzPack hangs while installing a pack on Win98.

[Scott Taylor]

Hi Hal,

I did an "echo %WINDIR%" on the windows 98 machine and it did appear to 
be set correctly. In the worse case I could create a script that copies 
the file, and another to remove it. I'm hoping there's a better 
workaround as it seems a shame to have to create two additional scripts 
just to handle a single file.

/Scott

Hal Vaughan wrote:
> On Monday 13 February 2006 09:43, Scott Taylor wrote:
>   
>> In my install.xml I have defined a pack as follows.
>>
>> <pack name="JavaComm" required="yes" os="Windows">
>>     <singlefile src="javacomm/win32com.dll"
>> target="${ENV[WINDIR]}/system32/win32com.dll" override="true"/>
>>     <description>Java Communications for Windows</description>
>> </pack>
>>
>> The installer works find on Windows XP and 2000, but when I try to
>> install it on Windows 98
>> the installer hangs when it tries to install the pack. If I change the
>> pack to the following
>> by removíng the environment variable the installer no longer hangs.
>>
>> <pack name="JavaComm" required="yes" os="Windows">
>>     <singlefile src="javacomm/win32com.dll"
>> target="c:/windows/system32/win32com.dll" override="true"/>
>>     <description>Java Communications for Windows</description>
>> </pack>
>>
>> Any ideas what's happening? I notice a msdos window flashes on Win98
>> when I use the environment variable
>> and just before it hangs.
>>     
>
> I'm not an MSDOS expert, so first I'd ask if that particular environment 
> variable is used on Win98 normally.  Is it possible it has a different name 
> on Win98?
>
> The other thought is that if it won't work this way, is it possible to have a 
> script that uses an environment variable copy the files to it from a temp 
> directory?
>
> Hal
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