In-Place Setup Package Overview

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You can create setup executables that will install Java applications on Windows platforms with in-place setup packaging. You can package the run-time components generated by a single Java project (class files, gifs, etc.) into a single, self-extracting setup executable with in-place packaging. Since in-place packaging does not require an additional packaging project in the solution, you might find that it is more convenient to use when you only need to install the run-time components generated by a single VJ project. If you select the self-extracting setup package, you can:

• Select the built project outputs and resources to be installed by your setup program, by selecting specific files, or specifying a file extension, or including all the project files.
  
  
• Add external files to the setup package that are not contained in the project.
  
  
• Choose your own title for the setup application you would create.
  
  
• Set the default directory to which your setup application would install components. (This can also be set relative to the Program Files directory.)
  
  
• Select the name and shortcut to be added to the Start menu to run your application, with a name you specify.
  
  
• Include an uninstaller, which uninstalls your application by removing files and the Start menu item, and removing from the registry any entries your setup application created.

Note In-place packaging is effective only when packaging a single project for a single package. For more information on packaging multiple projects or a project into multiple packages, see the Adding a Project to a Solution.

["Adding a Project to a Solution" is not completely documented in this release. If you want to package a project into more than just a setup package, then you can create an additional package project and set those package settings differently. For example, two packages are generated from the same project- one on the solution level, with a package project of its own (set to a .cab or .zip), and one on the project level, with a setup package.]

For step-by-step instructions on creating an in-place setup package, see Creating an In-Place Setup Package.