[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Running SWT Outside Eclipse Instructions

["John Huss" <jhuss@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use IzPack for my installer.  It installs a directory in Program Files 
with my application and a "lib" folder that has the swt jars and other jars. 
The installer also makes the shortcuts in the start menu and such.

There's not any compelling reason to have just a single file instead of a 
directory, and in this case, being able to put SWT in your app's directory 
would be an advantage I think.  To prevent the problems you're talking about 
you really need to install SWT somewhere outside of the JRE and the most 
logical place would be to install it in a folder with your application.

John

"Robert B" <oh1226@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> "John Huss" <jhuss@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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>> If you're going to bundle SWT with your application, then why bother 
>> installing it into the java home area, and just put it in your 
>> application directory instead?  This way you don't have to worry about 
>> them updating the JVM and you only have to install SWT once and it always 
>> works.  Plus you don't have to deal with versioning conflicts and you can 
>> even make changes to the SWT that you distribute if you like.  So I would 
>> question the wisdom of this approach.
>
> How do you distribute your program?
>
> I make my programs as a single ".exe" file (using JSmooth, etc.) and 
> install using Inno setup installer!
> It creates Start up and desktop menus with program icons, exactly what 
> Windows users will expect.
> So I don't have application directory. I am not sure whether there is 
> better way than I am doing,
> or I am doing the right way for Windows users.
>
> R.
>