1. Successfully Installing and Configuring Java Software Across Multiple Platforms
Greg Maletic
CTO
Zero G

2. Agenda Overview of deployment issues
How InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition solves these issues
Technical Case Study
Informix/Cloudscape
Q & A

3. Research Research shows: No one likes building installers.
Things developers like to spend time on:
182. Configure Linux OpenGL drivers …
183. Re-install Windows NT 4
184. Listen to installer presentation
185. Build installer
186. Grout shower tile
Our goal: Minimize the time you have to spend with our product.

4. Main Problems Deployment Launching Java software
How do the files get to where they’re needed? On every platform?
…uninstall?
Launching Java software
How do end users or other processes run my Java software?
How does the classpath get set properly?
How do I make sure the right VM is being used?

5. Main Problems System Configuration
How do I detect previous installations?
Install into a special server directory?
Set environment variables?
Create shortcuts and links?
Install services?

6. InstallAnywhere™ Enterprise Edition
Supports virtually all Java technology-enabled platforms
Easy to use
Handles all the platform-specific details
Supports latest Java technologies
Highly customizable
Not just for Java!

7. InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition - Core Features
Installs to Windows 98/NT/2000, Solaris, Linux, Mac OS, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, and more...
Creates LaunchAnywhere™ app launchers for Java software
Optionally installs private VM for app
Automatically detects MAIN class and CLASSPATH
Creates WebInstall to deploy over Web

8. InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition
Custom Code Action & Panel (Open API)
Run actions before and after installation
Build updaters
Set system variables
Serial number/password
Extract archive

9. InstallAnywhere Supports Multiple Deployment Models
Heterogeneous
Web and Application Servers
Development Computer
(any Java-compatible system)
Deployment Server
(HTTP server)
CD-ROMs
Clients
Mac OS
Disconnected
Users
Unix
Windows

10. Case Study

11. Cloudscape Cloudscape (Java ORDBMS)
A 100% Pure Java embeddable Object-Relational Database Management System with Synchronization
Cloudscape
Cloudsync
Cloudconnector
Cloudweb

12. Cloudscape Distributed Internet Application Development Platform
Deployment Landscape
Hundreds of thousands of Eval copies
All conceivable Java platforms
Complexity of Landscape
Deploy variety of products
Deploy large application
Deploy to every platform
Frequent point releases
                                         

13. The Challenge Ease of Use for Customer Large piece of software
Quarter million evaluation copies can add up to an enormous tech support problem
Large piece of software
Thousands of files for our Cloudconnector product
Cross Platform
Windows NT well understood by us
Macintosh… well…

14. Cloudscape Tool Requirements Customization Features
Ease of Use, both in-house and for customers
Supports all platforms
Speed of Installation
Batch mode installer building
Customization Features
Ability to run code at Install time
Ability to perform functions like adding things to Windows Start Menu

15. Cloudscape Project

16. Open API Goals Major classes
Let developers extend the behavior of the installer
Support use of native code
Add GUI into the install wizard
Let developers modify the installer’s behavior at install time
I18N compliant
Major classes
CustomCodeAction
InstallerProxy
CustomCodePanel

17. Open API: CustomCodeAction
Lets you add your own new, reusable behaviors to the installer
How?
Extend CustomCodeAction
Put your action and any supporting classes or resources into a JAR
Add Execute Custom Code Action action into installer project

18. Open API: CustomCodeAction
Override:
void install(InstallerProxy)
Code to be run at install time
Use InstallerProxy to get access to installer environment
String getInstallStatusMessage()
Message to display onscreen during install
void uninstall(UninstallerProxy)
String getUninstallStatusMessage()
Remember: you don't have to use the API--it's just if you want to do something special.

19. Open API: CustomCodeAction
What can you do?
Write your own Java code to perform virtually any action
Log data that can be used at uninstall
Load I18N resources
Use native code
Use InstallAnywhere Variables to pass data
Use progress bar to communicate status
Communicate with InstallerProxy to do this

20. Open API: InstallerProxy
What can you do with InstallerProxy?
void setVariable(String varName, Object) Object getVariable(String varName)
String getLogOutput()
void setProgressPercentage(int percent)
File getTemporaryDirectory()
URL getResource(String archivePath)
void AbortInstallation()

21. Open API: CustomCodePanel
Lets you add your own GUI into the install wizard
How?
Extend CustomCodePanel
Put your panel and any supporting classes or resources into a JAR
Add Show Custom Code Panel action into installer project

22. Open API: CustomCodePanel
What can you do?
Specify your own wizard steps to ask configuration questions
Set InstallAnywhere Variables like USER_INSTALL_DIR
In simple cases, just use Show User Input Panel
Go to demo—show “Show User Input” action under Post-Install.

23. Building the Installer

24. Installing Cloudscape

25. Why should you use InstallAnywhere?
Multi-platform
Designed for Java developers
…but not just for Java
Easy to use
Easy to extend

26. Who Uses InstallAnywhere?
Sun
JFC classes
Beans Development Kit (BDK)
JavaHelp
many others…
Inprise
JBuilder 3.0
IBM, HP, Intel, Lucent, AT&T, and thousands of others

27. InstallAnywhere Editions
Enterprise Edition
$1,995 per developer seat
Standard Edition
$995
InstallAnywhere Express
$495
InstallAnywhere Now!
FREE

28. Zero G DevNet Your resource for software deployment expertise
Online community
Newsgroup
Knowledge Database
Posting area to share custom code actions and panels
Unlimited phone and support
Unlimited upgrades
Early access to latest technologies
Annual subscription
$995 per developer per year
The fastest way to get your installer finished and over with!

29. Conclusion InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition
More users of any multi-platform installer technology
More features and functionality
More platforms
More extensibility
Handles major deployment models
Standalone applications
Rich and thin client-server applications
Mention trial versions on web site

30. What You Can Do Visit the Zero G web site (www.ZeroG.com)
Download a trial edition of Enterprise, et. al.
…or, use InstallAnywhere Now! absolutely free of charge

31. Greg Maletic - greg@ZeroG.com
Q & A
Zero G
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Greg Maletic -

32. Sun Microsystems Java™ Foundation Classes
A Comprehensive Set of Class Libraries
GUI component suite
Pluggable Look and Feel API (PLAF)
Accessibility API
Drag & Drop API
Java 2D™ API
Core to Java™ 2, Standard Edition software
External Package to JDK™ 1.1 Software Environments

33. The Challenge Diverse Platforms, Diverse Requirements
Classpath settings
How to launch the demos
Which Java run-time environment
How to uninstall
Links? Shortcuts? Aliases?
The Customer’s Impression of the Product
Installation is the customer’s first user experience
We are Technology Developers, Not ...

34. Impact of Using an Installer
Great Decrease in s Regarding:
Path, classpath problems
Installing and running the demos on Mac OS
Other Unix systems
Running against wrong run-time environment
Ability to use “Billboards” During Install
Uniform Install Experience on Most Platforms

35. Why Zero G’s InstallAnywhere?
Technology Adopters
InstallAnywhere is written in the Java™ programming language itself
Zero G’s JFC adoption
Application Wrappers
Native user experience
Customization
e.g., which run-time environments, ability to install specific items on specific platforms
Customer Support
You call, they fix it

36. Why Zero G’s InstallAnywhere?
Technology Adopters
InstallAnywhere is written in the Java™ programming language itself
Similar cultures; fast turnaround time on features and point releases
Customization Features
Ability to run code at Install time
Ability to perform functions like adding things to Windows Start Menu
Customer Support