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[Pedro Duque Vieira]

Yeah.. I forgot to mention. I can generate all this installers (Mac OS,
Windows and Linux) from my windows machine.

Cheers,
 On Apr 11, 2013 6:07 AM, "Mark Howe" <mark.howe at oracle.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the info, just curious does it matter which platform you are
> on, i.e. can you do all 3 from any of the 3 platforms?
>
> On Apr 10, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Pedro Duque Vieira wrote:
>
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > It generates dmg for Mac OS, ".sh" for unix and exe installers for
> windows.
> > In this tool you can generate Mac OS and windows installers that are self
> > contained regarding the jre, i.e. no explicit installation of java is
> > required by the user, it is packaged with the installation file and
> > installed automatically. Only the Linux installers are incapable of being
> > self contained.
> >
> > I don't know how they do it, all I can say is that it works.
> > They've been kind enough to offer me a free license for my free software.
> > It's available for download in the download section of the site:
> > http://modellus.co/ if you want to check them out.
> >
> > The mac version seems to be a little buggy (have to see if I can get more
> > time to fix it) but I guess that is related to problems with the Mac OS
> JRE
> > rather than with the install4j tool.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> How do they legally manage to do this and if they are doing it, why
> won't
> >> Oracle?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://resources.ej-technologies.com/install4j/help/doc/indexRedirect.html?http&&&resources.ej-technologies.com/install4j/help/doc/jreDownload.html
> >>
> >> (this note is suspicious: Note: JRE bundles are not supported on Mac OS
> X
> >> for both technical and legal reasons.)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Using install4j you are able to produce all the deployment bundles
> (msi,
> >>> rpgs, etc) for all the various platforms (windows, mac, etc) on one
> >>> development platform (e.g. on windows or on mac)?
> >>>
> >>> If so I'd be keen to look at what they are doing and how they are doing
> >>> it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
> >>> pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I use install4j to great effect for deploying to Linux, Mac and
> Windows.
> >>>>
> >>>> I find it is a nice tool to use with a GUI to select through the
> several
> >>>> options you want like icons, jar dependencies, jre, download jre on
> >>>> demand
> >>>> or having the jre inside the instalation file, splash screen, etc..
> >>>>
> >>>> The only issue is that it is a proprietary payed tool, perhaps Oracle
> >>>> could
> >>>> create something like this.
> >>>>
> >>>> My 2 cents, cheers,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Pedro Duque Vieira
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Pedro Duque Vieira
>
>