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

[Scott Taylor]

Hi Hal,

I tried your idea out. As soon as I put the WINDIR variable in the batch 
file, the installer hanged while installing the file. I saw an MSDos 
flash just before the program hung. Presumably there is some 
incompatibility with win98 and the environment variable substitution 
code in IzPack. Is there anybody out there using IzPack on win98 with 
environment variable substitution?

/Scott

Hal Vaughan wrote:
> On Monday 13 February 2006 10:57, Scott Taylor wrote:
>   
>> 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
>>     
>
> I was looking on the web and could not find a list of Windows environment 
> variables (I did once, but forgot to bookmark it -- iirc, it had a chart 
> showing which variables are available in which versions).  I found it hard to 
> find one, but several said typing "SET" and <ENTER> will give you a list of 
> supported environment variables.
>
> I'm not clear why this would be a problem.  While I have never gone into and 
> examined the code in the VariableSubstitutor, if it works on Win2k or XP, it 
> should work on Win98.
>
> Here's a possible idea: Use the version of your install.xml that specifies the 
> directory.  Make up a dummy batch file and use the same env variable in there 
> and specify for it to be parsed.  See if it is parsed in the .bat file on 98 
> and on the other versions.  I don't know how much it'll help knowing that, 
> but it may help narrow down what is going on.
>
> Hal
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