izpack & launch4j: Invalid uninstaller

Question

When wrapping my izpack installer in a launch4j-generated EXE, everything works fine apart from the uninstaller information. With the JAR installer, the "uninstaller.jar" is being filled as soon as I hit "Quit" in the installer, taking a few seconds before the window actually closes. However, when using the wrapped EXE installer, the window closes immediately and the "uninstaller.jar" file remains at 2KB size and is invalid.

Has anyone had any experience on this? Thanks for your suggestions and best regards

Pascal

PS: Here my full POM:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>ch.diction</groupId>
    <artifactId>dataexchange-viewer</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>Diction data exchange viewer</name>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <java.version>1.7</java.version>
        <java.minimum_version>1.7.0</java.minimum_version>
        <swixml.version>2.5.20110919</swixml.version>
        <swingx.version>1.6.1</swingx.version>
        <izpack.plugin.version>5.0.0-beta11</izpack.plugin.version>
        <izpack.compiler.version>5.0.0-beta11</izpack.compiler.version>
    </properties>

    <build>
        <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
        <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
        <outputDirectory>target/main</outputDirectory>
        <testOutputDirectory>target/test</testOutputDirectory>
        <resources>
            <resource>
                <targetPath>ch/diction/dataexchange/viewer/resources</targetPath>
                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
                <excludes>
                    <exclude>izpack/*</exclude>
                </excludes>
            </resource>
        </resources>
        <testResources>
            <testResource>
                <targetPath>ch/diction/dataexchange/viewer/resources</targetPath>
                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
            </testResource>
        </testResources>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${java.version}</source>
                    <target>${java.version}</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <mainClass>ch.diction.dataexchange.viewer.system.Runner</mainClass>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                    <descriptorRefs>
                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
                    </descriptorRefs>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.bluestemsoftware.open.maven.plugin</groupId>
                <artifactId>launch4j-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.5.0.0</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>l4j-gui</id>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>launch4j</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <headerType>gui</headerType>
                            <outfile>target/${project.artifactId}.exe</outfile>
                            <jar>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-jar-with-dependencies.jar</jar>
                            <classPath>
                                <mainClass>ch.diction.dataexchange.viewer.system.Runner</mainClass>
                            </classPath>
                            <icon>src/main/resources/img/diction-favicon.ico</icon>
                            <jre>
                                <minVersion>${java.minimum_version}</minVersion>
                            </jre>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>l4j-installer</id>
                        <phase>install</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>launch4j</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <headerType>gui</headerType>
                            <outfile>target/${project.artifactId}-setup.exe</outfile>
                            <jar>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</jar>
                            <classPath>
                                <mainClass>com.izforge.izpack.installer.bootstrap.Installer</mainClass>
                            </classPath>
                            <icon>src/main/resources/img/diction-favicon.ico</icon>
                            <jre>
                                <minVersion>${java.minimum_version}</minVersion>
                            </jre>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.izpack</groupId>
                <artifactId>izpack-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${izpack.plugin.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <baseDir>target</baseDir>
                    <installFile>src/main/resources/izpack/install.xml</installFile>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>izpack</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <dependencies>
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.codehaus.izpack</groupId>
                        <artifactId>izpack-compiler</artifactId>
                        <version>${izpack.compiler.version}</version>
                    </dependency>
                </dependencies>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>google-swixml2</id>
            <url>http://swixml2.googlecode.com/svn/mavenrepo</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>ch.diction</groupId>
            <artifactId>dataexchange-base</artifactId>
            <version>${project.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.swixml</groupId>
            <artifactId>swixml</artifactId>
            <version>${swixml.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.swinglabs</groupId>
            <artifactId>swingx</artifactId>
            <version>${swingx.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.izpack</groupId>
            <artifactId>izpack-compiler</artifactId>
            <version>${izpack.compiler.version}</version>
            <type>pom</type>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>

And my izpack install.xml:

<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">
    <info>
        <appname>Diction Data Exchange Viewer</appname>
        <appversion>0.0.1</appversion>
        <appsubpath>Diction/data-exchange-viewer</appsubpath>
        <javaversion>1.7</javaversion>
    </info>

    <guiprefs width="800" height="600" resizable="no">
        <modifier key="useHeadingPanel" value="yes" />
        <splash>../src/main/resources/izpack/diction_logo_rgb.jpg</splash>
    </guiprefs>

    <locale>
        <langpack iso3="eng" />
    </locale>

    <resources>
        <res src="../src/main/resources/izpack/registry-spec.xml" id="RegistrySpec.xml" />
    </resources>

    <listeners>
        <listener classname="RegistryInstallerListener" stage="install" />
        <listener classname="RegistryUninstallerListener" stage="uninstall" />
    </listeners>

    <panels>
        <panel classname="TargetPanel" />
        <panel classname="InstallPanel" />
    </panels>

    <packs>
        <pack name="Diction Data Exchange" required="yes">
            <description>Diction Data Exchange</description>
            <file src="dataexchange-viewer.exe" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH" override="true" />
        </pack>
    </packs>

    <natives>
        <native name="COIOSHelper.dll" type="3rdparty" stage="both" />
    </natives>

</izpack:installation>

Answer 1

I created a working uninstaller using izpack 5.0.0-rc1. So this bug is fixed now in izPack.