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This shows an example of how to use many of the features and advanced features discussed in many of the other sections of this documentation. Look in the sample directory for a more basic example and all the necessary files and instructions to build your first IzPack installer.
Normally, a build process will call IzPack from Ant using something like the following:
<!-- Allows us to use the IzPack Ant task, standalone-compiler.jar added to Ant lib -->
<taskdef name="izpack" classpath="${install.lib}/standalone-compiler.jar"
classname="com.izforge.izpack.ant.IzPackTask"/>
<!-- Run installer build -->
<echo message="Running IzPack to build the installer..."/>
<izpack input="install-definition.xml"
output="${output.dir}/${product.short.name}-${product.version}-install.jar"
installerType="standard"
inheritAll="true"
basedir="${temp.dir}"
compression="deflate"
compressionlevel="9"/>
<!-- Clean working directory -->
<echo message="Cleaning up working directory..."/>
<delete dir="${temp.dir}" quiet="true" includeemptydirs="true"/>
<echo message="Done."/>
install-definition.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes" ?>
<installation version="1.0">
<!-- Ant properties in this file can be referenced with @{},
otherwise use variables below in installer files with ${} -->
<info>
<appname>@{product.name}</appname>
<appversion>@{product.version}</appversion>
<uninstaller name="remove.task" write="yes"/>
</info>
<guiprefs width="600" height="480" resizable="no">
<laf name="kunststoff">
<os family="unix" />
</laf>
<modifier key="useHeadingPanel" value="yes"/>
<modifier key="useHeadingForSummary" value="yes"/>
<modifier key="headingImageOnLeft" value="yes"/>
<modifier key="headingLineCount" value="2"/>
<modifier key="headingFontSize" value="1.5"/>
<modifier key="headingBackgroundColor" value="0x00ffffff"/>
<modifier key="headingPanelCounter" value="text"/>
<modifier key="headingPanelCounterPos" value="inHeading"/>
</guiprefs>
<locale>
<langpack iso3="eng"/>
</locale>
<!-- Need to define ant properties we want to use during install as variables -->
<variables>
<variable name="app.name" value="@{app.name}"/>
<variable name="UserPathPanelVariable" value="@{default.dest.dir.sql}"/>
<variable name="UserPathPanelDependsName" value="Install Database Server"/>
<variable name="jboss.version" value="@{jboss.version}"/>
<variable name="install.jboss.service" value="true"/>
</variables>
<resources>
<res id="box-out-32.png" src="@{install.res}/box-out-32.png"/>
<res id="customicons.xml" src="@{install.res}/custom.icons.xml"/>
<res id="CustomLangpack.xml_eng" src="@{install.res}/custom.eng.xml"/>
<res id="HTMLInfoPanel.info" src="@{install.res}/license-notice.html"/>
<res id="Heading.image" src="@{install.res}/heading-image.png"/>
<res id="Installer.image" src="@{install.res}/side-image.png" />
<res id="ProcessPanel.Spec.xml" src="@{build.dir}/processing-tasks.xml"/>
<res id="userInputSpec.xml" src="@{build.dir}/userInputSpec.xml" />
<res id="uninstaller.warning" src="@{install.res}/uninstall-warn.txt"/>
<!-- default-dir.txt is written by the calling build.xml -->
<res id="TargetPanel.dir" src="@{install.res}/default-dir.txt"/>
</resources>
<panels>
<panel classname="HelloPanel"/>
<panel classname="HTMLInfoPanel"/>
<panel classname="TargetPanel"/>
<panel classname="InstallationGroupPanel"/>
<panel classname="PacksPanel"/>
<panel classname="UserInputPanel" id="UserInputPanel.0"/>
<panel classname="UserInputPanel" id="UserInputPanel.1"/>
<panel classname="UserInputPanel" id="UserInputPanel.2"/>
<panel classname="UserPathPanel"/>
<panel classname="SummaryPanel"/>
<panel classname="InstallPanel"/>
<panel classname="ProcessPanel"/>
<panel classname="SimpleFinishPanel"/>
</panels>
<listeners>
<listener installer="SummaryLoggerInstallerListener">
<os family="windows"/>
</listener>
</listeners>
<packs>
<pack name="Main Application" required="yes" installGroups="New Application" >
<description>The first application deployed in a new JBoss application server.</description>
<file src="@{jboss.version}" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
</pack>
<pack name="Install Database Server" required="no" preselected="yes" os="windows" installGroups="New Application">
<description>New server installation of the selected database as required by the application.</description>
<file src="postgresql" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
<file src="sql" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
<executable
targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/postgresql/postgres_install_windows.bat"
stage="postinstall"
keep="true"
>
<args>
<arg value="${UserPathPanelVariable}"/>
<arg value="$HOST_NAME"/>
<arg value="${db.service.name}"/>
<arg value="${db.service.password}"/>
<arg value="${db.su.password}"/>
</args>
</executable>
</pack>
<pack name="JBoss Source Code" required="no" preselected="no" installGroups="New Application">
<description>The JBoss application server source is available as required by the LGPL.</description>
<file src="src" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/@{jboss.version}" />
</pack>
<pack name="Update Application" required="yes" installGroups="Update Existing Application">
<description>The required application files to update an existing installation.</description>
<file src="update" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
</pack>
<pack name="Post-Install Tasks" required="yes">
<description>Configuration and cleanup required for the installation.</description>
<file src="ant" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
<file src="post-install-tasks.bat" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
<file src="build.xml" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
<file src="Uninstall_PostgreSQL_and_Application.bat" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
<file src="Uninstall_Application_Only.bat" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/post-install-tasks.bat"/>
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/build.xml"/>
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/@{jboss.version}/bin/system.properties"/>
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/Uninstall_PostgreSQL_and_Application.bat"/>
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/Uninstall_Application_Only.bat"/>
</pack>
</packs>
<!-- The native libraries to add. This is required for creating shortcuts on Windows -->
<native type="izpack" name="ShellLink.dll"/>
</installation>
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