How can I make an installer using Inno Setup?

Question

I have a new application jar file. It works perfect in my dist folder in the project folder. When I am trying to move this to another place it does not work for me.

For the solution of this problem I have created exe file using Launch4j in the dist folder and it also works in that folder only. I cannot move it to another folder.

For installer creation I am using Inno Setup builder. I create and install the application. But it also does not work for me. How can I make an installer using Inno Setup?

Answer 1

The pretty good way is to use JNLP (Java Network Launch Protocol), all sources go to JVM. By this way you don't need any installation process.

About your question "How can I make an installer using Inno Setup?"

See below:

There is a lot of information how to create it.

All examples you can find in documentation that helped me to sort things out.

Here I'll give you example what I used and it worked for me:

[Setup]
AppName=MyApplicationName-O
AppVerName=MyApplicationName-O version 1.5.3.0
AppPublisher=myApplicationSite.com
AppPublisherURL=http://www.myApplicationSite.com
AppSupportURL=http://www.myApplicationSite.com
AppUpdatesURL=http://www.myApplicationSite.com
DefaultDirName={pf}\MyApplicationName-O
DefaultGroupName=MyApplicationName-O
LicenseFile=COPYING
;InfoBeforeFile=README
OutputBaseFilename=setup
Compression=lzma
SolidCompression=yes
ShowLanguageDialog=yes

UninstallDisplayIcon=C:\workspacePrototype\App\sources\myApplicationName\pixmaps\icon.ico
SetupIconFile=C:\workspacePrototype\App\sources\myApplicationName\pixmaps\icon.ico


[Languages]
Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"



[Tasks]
Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked

[Files]
;;#include "myApplicationName-win32.filelist"
; DLL used to check if the target program is running at install time
Source: psvince.dll; flags: dontcopy
; psvince is installed in {app} folder, so it will be loaded at 
; uninstall time to check if the target program is running
Source: psvince.dll; DestDir: {app}
Source: ./bin/avcodec-53.dll; Destdir: {app}; Flags: ignoreversion
Source: ./share/themes/Outcrop/gtk-2.0/Tabs/button_prelight.png; Destdir:    {app}\./share/themes/Outcrop/gtk-2.0/Tabs; Flags: ignoreversion
Source: ./share/themes/Outcrop/gtk-2.0/tooltip.png; Destdir:    {app}\./share/themes/Outcrop/gtk-2.0; Flags: ignoreversion
Source: ./share/themes/Outcrop/gtk-2.0/trans.png; Destdir:    {app}\./share/themes/Outcrop/gtk-2.0; Flags: ignoreversion
Source: ./share/themes/Outcrop/gtk-2.0/trough.png; Destdir:    {app}\./share/themes/Outcrop/gtk-2.0; Flags: ignoreversion
;Source: ./share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc; Destdir: {app}\./share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0; Flags: ignoreversion



[Icons]
Name: "{group}\MyApplicationName-O"; Filename: "{app}\MyApplicationName-O.exe" ; WorkingDir: "{app}"
Name: "{userdesktop}\MyApplicationName-O"; Filename: "{app}\MyApplicationName-O.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}" ; Tasks: desktopicon

[Registry]
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "sip";
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "sip"; ValueData: "URL: SIP protocol" ; ValueType:string
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "sip"; ValueName: "EditFlags"; ValueData: "02 00 00 00" ; ValueType:binary
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "sip"; ValueName: "URL Protocol" ;  ValueType:string
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "sip\DefaultIcon"; ValueData: "{app}\MyApplicationName-O.exe"; ValueType:string ; Flags:uninsdeletekey
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "sip\shell"
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "sip\shell\open"
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "sip\shell\open\command"; ValueType:string ; ValueData: "{app}\MyApplicationName-O.exe --workdir {app} --call %1"; Flags:uninsdeletekey

[Run]
Filename: "{app}\MyApplicationName-O.exe"; Description: "{cm:LaunchProgram,MyApplicationName-O}"; WorkingDir: "{app}" ; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent

; Comment out the following two lines if you don't want a Start Menu program group
; to be created. (You'll need to run the uninstaller's EXE directly from its 
; folder (e.g. "C:\Program Files\Prompt to Close the Program") if you do.)

[Icons]
Name: "{group}\Uninstall this application"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}"

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You can run this script from Inno sSetup 5 or from command-line:

ISCC.exe myApplication.iss
Inno Setup 5 Command-Line Compiler
Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Jordan Russell. All rights reserved.
Portions Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Martijn Laan
Inno Setup Preprocessor
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Alex Yackimoff. All rights reserved.

Compiler engine version: Inno Setup 5.5.2 (a)

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