Problem Installing In Microsoft Vista

[jeejay]

I tried installing my ISMP installer project on Microsoft Vista RC 1 and got this error from the command line:

"The installer is unable to run in graphical mode. Try running the installer with the -console or -silent flag."

Does anyone have a solution for this?

[mslama]

Run with -is:log and give result here. There are 2 problems we know about:
1. Problem with JFileChooser icon resource it was fixed in JDK 6.0 b96. I do not know when it will be fixed in JDK 5.0.
2. Installer exe is run in Compatibility mode by Vista by default. You must switch off compatibility mode manually in Properties -> Compatibility tab.
This is our experience with IS 11 and Vista RC1 b5600

[jeejay]

Thanks for the reply. I tried what you suggested and still does not work. I installed JDK 6.0.0.86 on the system aside from JDK 5.0.09 . Here is an excerpt from the log:

(Oct 3, 2006 9:00:30 AM), Install, com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener, dbg, java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 3136
STACK_TRACE: 13
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 3136
at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2.getFileChooserIcon(Win32ShellFolder2.java:797)
at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2.get(Win32ShellFolderManager2.java:274)
at sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder.get(ShellFolder.java:218)
at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel$LazyWindowsIcon.createValue(WindowsLookAndFeel.java:2036)
at javax.swing.UIDefaults.getFromHashtable(UIDefaults.java:199)
at javax.swing.UIDefaults.get(UIDefaults.java:144)
at javax.swing.MultiUIDefaults.get(MultiUIDefaults.java:44)
at com.installshield.wizard.swing.SwingWizardUI.initialize(Unknown Source)
at com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener.wizardInitializing(Unknown Source)
at com.installshield.wizard.Wizard$WizardListenerInitializer.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

(Oct 3, 2006 9:00:30 AM), Install, com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener, err, could not initialize interface swing

[mslama]

You need newer JDK 6.0 build from https://jdk6.dev.java.net/ Get latest binary snapshot and make sure it is actually used by launcher using -is:javahome

[jeejay]

Thank you for your help. I did download the latest JDK 6 from the site you provided and it worked. I just hope that they would port the fix to JDK 5.

Thanks again. Much appreciated.

[paulraby]

It's fixed in 1.5.11, which is not yet generally available but should be within a few weeks.