[udig-devel] Turning the SDK into an EXE

[Jesse Eichar]

Hi,

It looks like there was one critical step that isn't clear.

You have to "export" your application.  There are instructions for  
exporting uDig here:
http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Export+Product 
+procedure

The principal is the same.  If you want all your own branding and  
stuff you'll need:

1.  A feature that includes your plugins
2.  A product feature that declares your branding information (splash  
screen icons etc...)
2a) In the product you'll need the eclipse RCP feature, the uDig  
feature and your feature


Once you have those set up and can run your application from the  
product you have to use the export functionality exposed in the  
product editor to export you're custom application.  This will export  
a zip file or to a directory.  The export should have a directory  
called eclipse.  If you run it it "should" run your app (as long as  
everything is configured right).    THIS is what is supposed to be in  
the win-installer directory.  The SDK and original eclipse are NOT  
supposed to be there.  The workspace also is not supposed to be there.

So

win-installer\
	eclipse - the exported application as described above
	jre - the uDig JRE with JAI and Image IO.

I think that is it...

There is some information on the product stuff and application  
branding here:

http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Branding/branding-your- 
application.html

Jesse


On Sep 11, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Andy Cox wrote:

> Jesse,
>
> I have made some progress re my last e-mail. I now have the following
> directory structure:
>
> win-installer\
> 		  eclipse - the standard eclipse IDE (configured to run the
> uDIG sdk & my code)
> 		  jre - the uDIG JRE with Java Advanced Imaging and Image IO
> 		  sdk - the uDIG SDK
> 		  workspace - the additional uDIG Java code that I have
> written
>
> If I run NSIS and open the script uDigInstallScript.nsi all appears  
> to be
> ok. If I then test the installer it all appears to install ok.  
> However, when
> then run the installed exe all I get is an empty eclipse shell. How  
> do I
> integrate my stuff into it ?
>
> Thanks
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: udig-devel-bounces at lists.refractions.net
> [mailto:udig-devel-bounces at lists.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Andy  
> Cox
> Sent: 11 September 2007 13:52
> To: 'User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS'
> Subject: RE: [udig-devel] Turning the SDK into an EXE
>
> Jesse,
>
> Thanks for the info. I presume you mean install NSIS as in
> http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page.
>
> Please could you provide some more details on the other stages:
>
> 1. Where is the win-installer directory?
> 2. I presume with the JRE you mean the one downloaded from uDIG  
> that has
> been extended with Java Advanced Imaging and Image IO?
> 3. How do I export the application if I have the following directory
> structure
> 	UDIG\
> 		Eclipse - the eclipse IDE
> 		SDK - the uDIG SDK
> 		    \configuration
>  		    \features
> 		    \plugins
> 		Workspace - the additional uDIG Java code that I have
> written
>
> 4. Which NSIS script do I need to run.
>
> Sorry but I could do with a bit of an idiots guide.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: udig-devel-bounces at lists.refractions.net
> [mailto:udig-devel-bounces at lists.refractions.net] On Behalf Of  
> Jesse Eichar
> Sent: 30 August 2007 16:49
> To: User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS
> Subject: Re: [udig-devel] Turning the SDK into an EXE
>
> Ok... So In our repository there is a nsis script that will convert
> the eclipse export (and a JRE) to an exe installer.  The http://
> svn.geotools.org/udig/trunk/scripts/releases/bin/ directory has the
> scripts.  The do_release.sh script is to release windows, linux and
> mac all at once.  It requires you have wine installed and sh.
>
> However you don't need that script all you really need is the win-
> installer directory.  The steps basically are:
>
> 1. Install the NSIS program
> 2.  Put the JRE in the win-installer directory (it has to be name jre)
> 3. Put the exported application (unzipped)
> 4.  Run the NSIS script.
>
> Jesse
> On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:29 AM, Andy Cox wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I have download and setup Eclipse using the SDK as per
>>
>> http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/DEV/0+SDK+Quickstart
>>
>> On disk I have the following directory structure:
>>
>> \UDIG\
>> 	  Eclipse
>> 	  UDIG_SDK
>> 	  Workspace
>>
>> Currently I am running my application from within Eclipse. I would
>> like to
>> bundle it all up into a standalone exe. Please can anyone help
>> explain how
>> to do this. I presume this must be similar to the process of
>> creating the
>> release version exe's
>>
>> Thanks
>> Andy
>>
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