Windows Installer with Captive Runtime

vamapaull

How do you create a Windows installer with Captive Runtime?

Flash Builder used to have that option, to pack an installer with Captive Runtime, but now that I'm using IntelliJ to compile my Air apps, I don't see that option.

I have the "Caprive Runtime Bundle" option, but that outputs the Air application with no installer.

Is there any other way to compile the application into an installer? Or should I look at something like NSIS: Nullsoft Scriptable Install System ?

2jfw

You can find it here:
Menu -> Build -> Package AIR Application... -> Desktop application package dropdown -> captive runtime bundle

vamapaull

Please look at what I said earlier: I have the "Captive Runtime Bundle" option, but that outputs the Air application with no installer.

joshtynjala

AIR never had an option for captive runtime that also included an installer. When packaging a captive runtime app, you've always had to create your own installer for it.

You are probably thinking of the "native installer" option, which packaged a shared runtime app, but it created an installer that provided both the app and the AIR shared runtime together, so that you didn't need to install them separately.

vamapaull

Yes, I think you are right. It wasn't Captive Runtime but the installer also included the AIR shared runtime.

Is there a way to compile such an installer today? One that includes the application and the shared runtime?

vamapaull

I've successfully used NSIS to pack the application into an installer.