Deploying RCP along with JRE

When you distribute your RCP application you never know whether the end user will have a JVM installed in his machine or not. Even if he has a JVM, there are a good number of possibilities that it will be an older version. A simple solution to this problem is to bundle and ship a JRE along with your product and make the product to use that JRE. Eclipse provides a easier way to do it. In the Launching tab of your product editor, select the JRE you want to bundle. Save the file and export the product.



You are done :-)

Its good to have an installer without the JRE as well, because for those who have the required JRE, it will help in the download size