problems to deploy a java application

I just finished a Java application to link to Sicstus prolog. Now I need to deploy it but I'm having the following problem, the Sicstus library to link with Java requires that the application be called with the following sintax:

java -classpath=path/to/sicstus/installation/dir -jar /path/to/jarfile.jar

I'm deploying a .sh or .bat file but the user has to edit it manually and state where the sicstus installation directory is. How can I avoid that?

I'm really stuck here. I've tried a couple of installers builders like JSmooth and GlassWorks but those doesn't fix my problem. Any idea?

Joshua.

Solution

Use IzPack in order to create installers. With this you gain the ability to install an application in the desired directory.

http://izpack.org

Furthermore you can also parse the bat file to point the installation directory by doing the following:

Create a bat file like this run.bat:

java -classpath=$INSTALL_PATH/lib/alib.jar  -jar $INSTALL_PATH/bin/myapp.jar

And specify the following in the install.xml:

<pack name="Base" required="yes">
        <file src="run.bat" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH" override="true" />
                <parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/run.bat"/>
</pack>

This will parse the bat and replace it with the installation directory.