The simplest thing is to use QuietExec (a wix custom action, see wix manual) for executing jar.exe. You could fetch the environment variable for JAVA_HOME and execute JAVA_HOME\bin\jar.exe with whatever parameters you need. Schedule the custom actions after InstallFiles in deferred mode.
If someone wants to do a lot of this and believes there's value in a set of java tools in wix, we wrote a table-driven custom action and a wix extension for this. I would share some code snippets gladly. Cheers dB. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kkmca Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:07 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] newby wants to know best way to add java jar step to installation I need to add a java jar step to an existing installer that installs jboss and application wars. this java jar step will run a database schema installer. how can i launch java from within the installer and how can i capture the success or failure of this side process? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/newby-wants-to-know-best-way-to-add-java-jar-step-t o-installation-tp720490p720490.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
