[izpack-users] Problems with search field in UserInputPanel

[Bartz, Klaus]

Hi Philip,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>[mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de]On Behalf Of 
>Philip Reimer
>Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:38 PM
>To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
>Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Problems with search field in 
>UserInputPanel
>
>
>Bartz, Klaus schrieb:
>> Hi Philip,
>
>Hi Klaus,
>
>> for the UserInputPanel I can say nothing.
>> For things you need I use the PathInputPanel (or an
>> derived class of it). Some times ago I have written
>> a panel to select a JRE. See above.
>> 
>> You can set a version range in the install.xml using
>> the IzPack variables "JREPathPanel.minVersion" and
>> "JREPathPanel.maxVersion". If the VM which is used by the
>> installation has a version in the range, it will be the default.
>> The question is,where should the VM be? On my box the 1.3 is on
>> c:\jdk1.3, the 1.4 is on f:\j2sdk1.4.2_06, the 1.5 is on
>> F:\Programme\Java\jdk1.5.0_06 and so on. Not so easy to create
>> a search rule.
>> You can add to scan the registry on windows. but this need extended
>> knowledge of java and IzPack.
>
>I don't want to do an extended search. That's not so important. I would
>just look in C:\Programme\Java, C:\Program Files\Java since that is the
>default installation location Sun's windows installer recommends, if I
>recall correctly (at least in all my jre 1.5 versions and my 
>app needs a jre 1.5). 

PathInputPanel does not search in the default path for applications,
else it looks to the VM which drives the installation. If only one
VM exist this is the same. To change this behavior needs changes in
panelActivate.

>I was just wondering, why the JRE was not detected by the
>search field although I copied the code from the documentation.
>
>> If a wrong version will be selected, a warning will be placed.
>> If no VM will be selected, an error will be placed.
>> I think that is what you need.
>
>Yes, that's definetly more important than a successful 
>automatic search.
>Frankly, I haven't been aware of the existence of a 
>PathInputPanel until
>now. So, I'll have a look at that and take a closer look at the
>documentation. BTW, where can I find a more recent version 
>since the one
>mentioned on http://www.izforge.com/izpack/downloads is marked 
>as outdated?
>

Really? Or only the PDF manual? whatever, the project is located at

http://developer.berlios.de/projects/izpack/

Install also the sources. In %IZ_HOME%\src there is build.xml
which is the configuration for building IzPack with Ant. To add
a custom panel to the build.xml and use Ant for rebuilding is the
simplest way to create.
In the docu there is a chapter how to build a custom panel. In the
moment we are work on an extended version.

>> Only that this need to handle creation of custom panels can be
>> a barricade.
>
>Anyway, thanks for the hints.
>
>Greetings, Philip

Cheers

Klaus


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