JExpress Builds Installers and Updaters

Essentials

• Installers: Cross platform and native and JWS
• Uninstaller
• Updater: Auto or on demand
• Install Engineer tools: Fast and simple wizard and a powerful advanced GUI. No error prone hand editing of XML
• Customizable: Just fill out forms for almost all installers. Add really unusual prompts and actions with simple java.
• Support: Fast and focused on your needs

Sure you can write it yourself. In a few years. For a few million.

• SLOCCOUNT says to duplicate JExpress will take you around 21 person years and $2.8M. Any good developer can slap together an installer prototype fast, and there are even free installers. But to build something as good as JExpress you'll be stuck with a long wait, much lower quality in the meantime, and finally a mammoth price.
• Or buy JExpress right now for just $499. Skip the long wait, the inevitable bugs, the huge cost.
• If you need something really unusual then start with source code for just $1499. And strap a rocket to your custom installer.

One click to deploy to the web. One click to install from the web.

• Builds all your installers and updaters.
• Includes the exact JVM you need
• Updates your download page and uploads everything to your web site, ready to download
• Your customers click once. JExpress installs your app from the web. You app starts right away. Or they can choose to download and install later.

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Overview

JExpress gives you your choice of a Java Web Start one click install or a standalone installer, plus both native and cross platform installers and updaters for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris. You create your installer quickly with your choice of a simple wizard or a powerful advanced interface, both included. Bundle the exact JVM you want with your installer.

The auto-updater gives you a continuous revenue stream after the sale. Your software is always up-to-date so your customers have fewer problems.

You also get all the features you expect in a top end installer. Your Java application becomes a native program just like any other. On Windows it's an EXE, on OS X an app bundle, etc.

If you need something really special, you can customize your installer by adding simple Java classes. You can even get a source license at a reasonable price.

You get a simple and powerful tool to:

• Make your app native on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris
• Deliver one click web installer with Java Web Start
• Create double-clickable native and cross platform installers
• Auto-update your customers for revenue after the sale
• Install the exact JVM your application needs
• Offer customers multiple install types or components
• Eliminate unused Java classes
• Build your directory tree and JAR files
• Customizable using java
• Create web pages for the download section of your web site
• Upload your new installers, updaters, and web pages
• and Protect your update revenue