Bug 900603 (JBPAPP6-873)

Summary: Installer: Automated Installation with script(xml) is unable to create shortcuts on Windows even though the steps clearly specify Creation of shortcut
Product: [JBoss] JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 Reporter: Madhumita Sadhukhan <msadhukh>
Component: InstallerAssignee: Alex Szczuczko <aszczucz>
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE QA Contact:
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Priority: high    
Version: 6.0.0CC: aszczucz, dmondega, msadhukh, pslavice, tkirby, twells
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Target Release: EAP 6.0.1   
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URL: http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBPAPP6-873
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Last Closed: 2012-10-16 02:55:10 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Blocks: 900553, 900726, 900727    
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Description Madhumita Sadhukhan 2012-06-06 10:07:48 UTC
project_key: JBPAPP6

When I try to install EAp6 Installer on Windows using automated xml I cannot find the shortcuts

Comment 1 Rostislav Svoboda 2012-06-07 11:34:47 UTC
Link: Added: This issue is a dependency of JBPAPP-9188


Comment 2 Danesh Mondegarian 2012-06-13 20:59:12 UTC
Madhumita,

Is it possible for you to provide your automated xml ?

I tried multiple times on windows 7 and it creates shortcuts just fine.

Thanks

Comment 3 Madhumita Sadhukhan 2012-06-14 20:14:11 UTC
Attachment: Added: auto.xml


Comment 4 Madhumita Sadhukhan 2012-06-14 20:24:03 UTC
Hi Danesh,

          Please find attached automated xml used.I verified again that I could not locate the shortcut in Start->All Programs.I tested this on QE lab Windows 2008 R2 machine(Service Pack 1).

Comment 5 Danesh Mondegarian 2012-06-14 20:48:12 UTC
Madhumita,

Seems your auto.xml itself is lacking the shortcut creation.

Can you redo an installation, make sure to select "Create shortcuts", then create an auto.xml
and feed it through that.

Thanks

Comment 6 Madhumita Sadhukhan 2012-06-15 09:06:43 UTC
Danesh,

       I did the reinstallation and it worked with the new automated xml on Windows.but here question comes how I ever got the corrupt automated xml which I uploaded here since I never personally tampered with the xml script.After some probing I found that the problem arises when I try to reuse the automated xml created from the console installation.
It gets generated without the shortcut creation steps.

I agree that we do not see shortcuts created in a console installation probably because any user would only go for  console installation when hey are working on non-GUI system.However should we not provide options for shortcut creation in the automated xml generated as it could be reused in a GUI based system?


Comment 7 Danesh Mondegarian 2012-06-15 14:44:45 UTC
Madhumita,

Ah correct, console mode doesnt not support shortcuts.
We had come across this a while back and just dismissed it with the same reasoning you provided above, that most users in cli will not avail it.

However now that there is a use case in that they can use that automation install in GUI mode, perhaps its worth it to implement this feature.

We are looking into it now and trying to implement it.

Comment 8 Dustin Kut Moy Cheung 2012-07-23 14:39:15 UTC
Link: Added: This issue is a dependency of JBPAPP-9555


Comment 9 Dustin Kut Moy Cheung 2012-07-23 14:39:28 UTC
Link: Added: This issue is a dependency of JBPAPP-9554


Comment 11 Madhumita Sadhukhan 2012-10-01 14:59:30 UTC
verified that shortcuts are created on Windows with EAP 6.0.1.ER2

Comment 12 Tom WELLS 2012-10-04 12:44:39 UTC
Updated the release notes field.

Comment 13 Tom WELLS 2012-10-04 12:44:39 UTC
Release Notes Docs Status: Added: Not Required


Comment 14 Dana Mison 2012-10-16 02:54:50 UTC
Writer: Added: tomwells


Comment 15 Anne-Louise Tangring 2012-11-13 20:07:41 UTC
Release Notes Docs Status: Removed: Not Required 
Writer: Removed: tomwells 
Docs QE Status: Removed: NEW