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InstallShield Java™ Edition 2
Evaluation Version, Build 155
26,127 KB (Total)
Last Updated: 1/20/98
Evaluate | Order | Install
CDSource:  Evaluate, Order, Install
Please select the operating system on which you want to install InstallShield Java Edition:
Windows 95 or Windows NT

Note: The installation of InstallShield Java Edition 2 Evaluation Copy has been optimized for Windows 95 or Windows NT. Please visit the Java site at InstallShield.com for installations targeting the following platforms:
 Solaris
 AIX
 OS/2
 Other Unix Platforms

Windows 95 or Windows NT

Choose one of the following options to install Installshield Java Edition:

 InstallShield Installation Applet

If you are running Netscape Communicator 4.04 or later or Internet Explorer 3.02 or later, you can install this product directly from your Web browser (recommended). To do so, simply click the InstallShield Installation Applet link listed above.

An HTML page containing the InstallShield Installation Applet assists you in launching the InstallShield Java Edition installation using your browser.

Note: Java Runtime Environment implementations vary a bit on the vast number of Unix platforms available. This may cause the InstallShield Applet to behave a little differently than what is documented. For a list of known issues please see the release notes.

 Windows Self-extracting Installation

You can install this product by running a self-extracting Windows installation that contains the InstallShield Java Edition installation. To do so:

  1. Click the link above.
  2. Save the file to your system.
  3. Navigate to the file and double-click it to start the installation.

You can also run this from the command line by typing:

  <your CDROM drive>\product\Jshield.exe
  For example: D:\product\Jshield.exe 

For those interested, the self-extracting installation is available at \product\Jshield.exe on your CDROM

 Basic Java Installation

The Basic Java Installation is a Java class file. You can run this file using a Java interpreter on your computer. A copy of this file is also embedded in the self-extracting installation described above. Click the link above to save the .class file to your system.

To launch this installation from the command line, you first must set the CLASSPATH environment variable to the directory which contains this installation (the directory to which you saved the file), then launch it using a Java interpreter (Virtual Machine) on your computer.

Please type the following commands:

  set CLASSPATH= <directory containing your Basic Java Installation>
  <full path to the virtual machine>\<java interpreter> Jshield

If you have JDK 1.1.5 installed on your computer and would like to launch the Basic Java Installation from your CDROM (D:), you must type:

  set CLASSPATH=D:\product
  C:\jdk1.1.5\bin\java Jshield 

If you have Microsoft's Java Interpreter (Virtual Machine) installed on your computer and would like to launch the Basic Java Installation from your CDROM (D:), you must type: C:\Windows\jview Jshield

Please note that Java is case sensitive and you must type 'Jshield' with the proper case.


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