[kepler-dev] [Bug 5550] New: Windows installer should be a .exe, not a .jar

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5550

             Bug #: 5550
           Summary: Windows installer should be a .exe, not a .jar
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Kepler
           Version: trunk
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows Server 2008
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: installer
        AssignedTo: barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: cxh at eecs.berkeley.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at kepler-project.org


Downloading and running a .jar file under Windows Server 2008 is tricky.
Basically, the user needs to run a command from a command line, which can be
tricky if there are spaces or parentheses in the file name.

There have been questions about starting the jar file.

https://kepler-project.org/users/faq#under-windows-when-i says:

--start--
Under Windows, when I double click on the installer jar file, the installer
does not start.  What do I do?

Under Windows, the Kepler installer jar file should start the Kepler installer
using Java, it should not unzip.
If it unzips, then see http://www.wikihow.com/Run-a-.Jar-Java-File

or

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/394616/running-jar-file-in-windows
--end--

Rather than shipping a .jar file, we should ship a .exe for the installer.
One way would be to use Launch4J, see http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/

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