[kepler-dev] Windows launcher for Kepler

[Christopher Brooks]

Cool!
We use launch4j as part of the Ptolemy Windows installer,
it seems to work ok.

_Christopher
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    Hi All,
        If you update Kepler CVS to get a recent version, there should be a 
    file called "Kepler-launch.exe" inside the base $KEPLER directory. This 
    is a Windows launcher for Kepler built using launch4j (see 
    http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/). [There is now also an ant target for 
    building this exe.]
    
        This executable launcher should start up Kepler on machines using 
    the Windows OS. Note that it does assume/require that the 
    $KEPLER/build/kepler.jar file exists. The file is NOT in a fresh CVS 
    checkout but is built with the 'ant jar' target. The kepler.jar file, 
    once built, contains all the Ptolemy classes used by Kepler and the 
    Kepler base classes.
    
        A lot of developers may not use Windows, but lmany Kepler users do. 
    I am thus interested in testing this open-source launcher on a number of 
    Windows machines. It does seem to work OK for me, but I would like 
    feedback from others on their experiences. One feature is that if Java 
    is not installed, the user should be notified and a web page for 
    downloading Java displayed. So tests on machines without Java would be 
    nice. I would also like to know if this works on machines running Vista.
    
    Thanks for any feedback (and details on the versions of Windows & Java 
    used would be helpful).
    
    Dan Higgins
    
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