| US 7,500,237 B1 | ||
| Installation builder integrated development environment | ||
| Junaid A. Saiyed, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); and Eric Nielsen, Palo Alto, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/919,095. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/45 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 717—174 | 9 Claims |
| 1. A computer implemented method for creating an install program comprising:
dragging a plurality of icons for the install program from a toolkit pane to a workspace pane to create an arrangement of
a plurality of program elements, wherein each of the plurality of icons represents an element of the install program,
wherein the install program is a program for installing an application on a computer system, wherein the plurality of icons
comprises a panel icon, an action icon, and a rule icon, wherein the panel icon represents a panel which defines a screen
to display during installation of the application, wherein the action icon represents an action which defines an installation
function of the panel icon, and wherein the rule icon represents a rule which defines a check to perform before the installation
function is performed;
simulating the install program prior to building the install program into an executable file; and
building the install program into an executable file according to the arrangement to create the install program.
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