Contents

• Getting started
  • Overview
  • First Compilation
  • The IZPACK Architecture
    • The Compilation System
    • How an Installer Works
    • The Different Kinds of Installers
    • Installers for older VM Versions
  
  
• Writing Installation XML Files
  • What You Need
    • Your editor
    • Writing XML
  • Variable Substitution
    • The Built-In Variables
    • Environment Variables
    • Parse Types
  • The IZPACK Elements
    • The Root Element <installation>
    • The Information Element <info>
    • The Variables Element <variables>
    • The GUI Preferences Element <guiprefs>
    • The Localization Element <locale>
    • The Resources Element <resources>
    • The Panels Element <panels>
    • The Packs Element <packs>
    • The Native Element <native>
    • The Jar Merging Element <jar>
  • The Available Panels
    • HelloPanel
    • InfoPanel and HTMLInfoPanel
    • LicencePanel and HTMLLicencePanel
    • PacksPanel
    • ImgPacksPanel
    • TargetPanel
    • InstallPanel
    • XInfoPanel
    • FinishPanel
    • SimpleFinishPanel
    • ShortcutPanel
    • UserInputPanel
    • CompilePanel
    • ProcessPanel
    • JDKPathPanel
  
  
• Advanced Features
  • Ant Integration
  • System properties as variable
  • Automated Installers
  • Picture on the Language Selection Dialog
  • Picture in the installer
  • Web Installers
  • More Internationalization
    • Special resources
    • Packs
  
  
• Desktop Shortcuts
  • Defining Shortcuts
    • Introduction
    • What to Add to the Installer
    • Why Native Code to do the Job on Windows?
    • The Shortcut Specification
    • Shortcut Attributes
    • Selective Creation of Shortcuts
    • Summary
  • Shortcut Tips
    • The Desktop
    • Icons
    • Targets
    • Command Line
  • Trouble Shooting
    • Problems You Can Solve
    • Problems That Have No Solution (yet)
    • A sample shortcut specification file for Unix
  
  
• Creating Your Own Panels
  • How It Works
    • What You Need
    • What You Have To Do
  • The IzPanel Class
    • UML Diagram
    • Description
  
  
• User Input
  • The Basic XML Structure
  • Concepts and XML Elements Common to All Fields
  • Internationalization
  • Panel Title
  • Static Text
  • Visual Separation
  • Text Input
  • Radio Buttons
  • Combo Box
  • Check Box
  • Rule Input
    • Layout and Input Rules
    • Setting Field Content
    • The Output Format
    • Validating the Field Content
    • Processing the Field Content
    • Summary Example
  • Search
    • Specification
    • Example
  
  
• Custom Actions
  • Overview
  • How It Works
    • Custom Action Types
    • Package Path
    • Correlated Stuff
  • What You Have To Do
    • Custom Actions at Packaging (CompilerListener)
    • Custom Actions at Installation Time (InstallerListener)
    • Custom Actions at Uninstallation Time (UninstallerListener)
  • Example
  • Ant Actions (InstallerListener and UninstallerListener)
    • The Basic XML Struture
  
  
• The GNU General Public License
• The Commons Creative Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License