Re: Sneak peak of Installer DeLux

Hello R. Dale Asberry,

> For those that are interested, I've created an
> installer for the
> judy.jini.org project.  The example shows a
> nice-looking Swing-XUL-based
> application can look in six weeks with only about 10
> hours/week.  The
> example does NOT actually install anything and
> several steps are blank...
> but look what can be done with such little effort!
> 
> I've created a jnlp link at
>
http://www.daleasberry.com/code_library/judy/judy-install-example.html
> 
> I'd appreciate hearing your feedback.

   Thanks for bundling up the source in a zip.
Installer DeLux is a fantastic piece of work and a
great real-world example for anybody who wants to get
started using XUL.  
  
  I've tried to launch your installer example using
Web Start. However, it looks like the velocity.jar is
missing in the Web Start XML startup script (JNLP
file).

  I get the following error:

An error occurred while launching/running the
application.

Title: Judy Installer
Vendor: judy.jini.org
Category: Unexpected Error

org/apache/velocity/exception/ParseErrorException

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/apache/velocity/exception/ParseErrorException
	at luxor.XulManager.lookupWindow(XulManager.java:659)
	at luxor.XulManager.createWindow(XulManager.java:374)
	at
delux.installer.GuiManager.createSplash(GuiManager.java:341)
	at
delux.installer.GuiManager.startApp(GuiManager.java:289)
        ...
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

  Anyway, keep up the great work. To promote your
Installer DeLux project I will write up another
Memphis Sun, XUL News Wire, Java Lobby story and so on
once I get a hold on a screenshoot. Let me know if
it's ok to upload your source bundle to the
luxor-contrib download area at sourceforge.

    - Gerald


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