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IzPack installation files try to preserve backwards compatibility as much as possible yet version 5.0 introduced some incompatible changes - mostly for consistency:
Version change in install.xml (applies to IzPack-5.0.0-beta-11)
The version attribute has been updated from "1.0" to "5.0".
Native elements
The <native> elements must now be contained in a <natives> wrapping element under 5.0. See the section on Native Libraries.
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Due to refactoring and improvement to the internal workings of IzPack, LateShortcutInstallListener is no longer available. Instead, use the new <lateShortcutInstall/> option in shortcutSpec.xml. See Shortcut Specification for details.
Default installation directories in TargetPanel.dir.*
IZPACK-798 changed TargetPanel.dir.* etc to be variables, rather than resources.
In 4.3.5, the default directory displayed in TargetPanel may be configured in a text file named:
- TargetPanel.dir.<os name>
- TargetPanel.dir
In the <os name> form, the os name has been one of:
- System.getProperty("os.name").replace(' ', '_')
- "windows"
- "mac"
- "unix"
For 4.3.6, IZPACK-798 changed the above to use variables instead of text files, following the same naming convention.
For 5.0, the Platform class is used to determine the appropriate variable (see IZPACK-829).For a more details, see Setting Default Installation Directories.
Change to packselection condition
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See IZPACK-799 for more details.
CompilePanel.Spec.xml (IzPack-5.0.0-beta-11)
The misspelt packdepency element has been renamed to packdependency.
Default installation directories in TargetPanel.dir.*
IZPACK-798 changed TargetPanel.dir.* etc to be variables, rather than resources.
In 4.3.5, the default directory displayed in TargetPanel may be configured in a text file named:
- TargetPanel.dir.<os name>
- TargetPanel.dir
In the <os name> form, the os name has been one of:
- System.getProperty("os.name").replace(' ', '_')
- "windows"
- "mac"
- "unix"
For 4.3.6, IZPACK-798 changed the above to use variables instead of text files, following the same naming convention.
For 5.0, the Platform class is used to determine the appropriate variable (see IZPACK-829).
For a more details, see Setting Default Installation Directories.
Using the IzPack Maven Plugin
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Please note that also the configuration parameters and their default values have drastically changed, so in case you want to port your current maven build script you should consult the mojo class from the source tree for the current paramaters until a new Maven Plugin site has been published.
IzPack XML-Schemas (IzPack-5.0.0-beta-11)
Release 5.0 of IzPack provides an XML-Schema for each of the IzPack xml configuration files.
Specification of the schemas is currently optional; using them may require existing configuration files to be re-ordered.
On completion these will be published to the izpack.org website, under http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/.
To add schema validation, use the following declarations:
Installation:
<izpack:installation version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/installation"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/installation http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-installation-5.0.xsd">
Conditions:
<izpack:conditions version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/conditions"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/conditions http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-conditions-5.0.xsd">
Langpack:
<izpack:langpack version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/langpack"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/langpack http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-langpack-5.0.xsd">
Registry:
<izpack:registry version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/registry"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/registry http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-registry-5.0.xsd">
Shortcuts:
<izpack:shortcuts version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/shortcuts"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/shortcuts http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-shortcuts-5.0.xsd">
Ant Actions:
<izpack:antactions version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/antactions"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/antactions http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-antactions-5.0.xsd">
BSF Actions:
<izpack:bsfactions version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/bsfactions"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/bsfactions http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-bsfactions-5.0.xsd">
Icons:
<izpack:icons version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/icons"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/icons http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-icons-5.0.xsd">
Configuration Actions:
<izpack:configurationactions version="5.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/configurationactions"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/configurationactions http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-configurationactions-5.0.xsd">
User Input
<izpack:userinput version="5.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/userinput" xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/userinput http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-userinput-5.0.xsd">
Processing
<izpack:processing version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/processing"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/processing http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-processing-5.0.xsd">
Compilation
<izpack:compilation version="5.0"
xmlns:izpack="http://izpack.org/schema/compilation"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://izpack.org/schema/compilation http://izpack.org/schema/5.0/izpack-compilation-5.0.xsd">