Software Deployment

ORIGINAL: blade2
not entirely sure it is a pre-requisite There's an easy way to find out: just monitor the Javasoft folder, normally 'C:\Program Files\Java'. If a new folder appears there, a new JRE is being installed. It ain't rocket science! :)

Cheers, will have a look at that, i am off to sleep.

Thanks

I think it is caused by the application that installs some java runtime file in its own folder. I am assuming here that you are using Wise, Wise checks for the registration flag inside the dlls and tries to register these files to extract the com registration which then fails, hence the popup. You should turn off Enhanced File and Registry Key Association in the setupcapture configuration screen if you get the popups and try again, or just learn to live with the ghost of java as this Wise option can be usefull.

I see this message a lot when capturing the Hyperion System 9 applications, such as the excel addin, Hyperion Reports, and Hyperion Essbase Administration Services. Reports was basically unpackageable for a lot of reasons, but I was able to get around this with the excel addin and EAS.
Basically i just clicked ok on these, and let it finish.

Don't know if this is related, but in both cases, when trying to install the msi, it gives you an Internal Error 2714 - referencing a strange looking path like ZZ lib\ etc.
If you open your msi, you will probably see a bunch of folders on the root that look like "lib" and "bin" and "zz" etc.
I've found that the only way to address this is to go to the Directory table and remove all the strange INSTALLDIR entries - usually with lib and bin and zz in them - but be careful not to delete necessary ones. I found about 90 INSTALLDIR directories, only 2 were necessary.
Step two would be to then go to the CreateFolder table and get rid of those folders there "they should be hightlighted in red now because of what you did in step 1)
In both cases, the msi installs fine now.

That nailed it.

Thanks pgiesbergen.

and thanks to everyone else for the inputs.

ORIGINAL: pgiesbergen

You should turn off Enhanced File and Registry Key Association in the setupcapture configuration screen if you get the popups and try again, or just learn to live with the ghost of java as this Wise option can be usefull.
I would recommend having this option turned off always, more hassle then happy-endings.

ORIGINAL: DevilsArcade
I see this message a lot when capturing the Hyperion System 9 applications, <snip>

Don't know if this is related, but in both cases, when trying to install the msi, it gives you an Internal Error 2714 - referencing a strange looking path like ZZ lib\ etc.No, it's not related, but SNAP! I found every Hyperion MSI I've encountered to need fixing up in some way or other. Their packaging is a joke and what QA do they do?!? I don't believe they even test their packages before sending them out.

Cheers or the tip about turning that off and keeping it off. And I will keep a wary eye out for Hyperion msi's.

Hello Luke.
Depending on version of java I think it already is a MSI so (usually) no need make a setupcapture on it.
Check out the Package Knowledge Base:
http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/browse.asp?cat=alpha&str=j

/Mackan

Hi, Marcus. I think you misunderstand. I don't think the OP is trying to capture JRE, rather the app he's capturing requires JRE.

@Blade2 - ALWAYS install pre-requisites first BEFORE you start the capture process. Typical 'gotchas' are JRE, MDAC, InstallShield engines...I'm sure I'll think of others as the day progresses. I'm afraid only experience will show you what pre-reqs a package has. In the meantime, be prepared to abandon captures when you realise that the package is putting down pre-reqs.

Hi Ian, well yes, I probably misunderstood, read the question to fast and wanted to help [;)]

/Mackan

NP, Marcus. We've all been there, me perhaps more than most :) Keep your posts coming.

Thanks for the posts guys, not entirely sure it is a pre-requisite as this one showed up in my Last three attempts at a package job, one of which was FireFox3. But the first time this showed up, I installed what it said was missing and several more flavours of Java even the very latest version to no avail.

Any further musings?