Running and application without java

Hi,
I have made an application installer (in java) for my project..
My concern is that how can i run my installer on a machine that doesnt have java installed on it,, possible solution could be to bundle the jre withmy installer and via batch file set the path pointing to my jre..but I dont want the black cmd line window to be appeared..
By the way install shield and other installers uses their own jre ,, I want to know how do they do that..
Thanks in advance
Dexter108

I very much doubt you can do what you want. How can a Java program run without Java installed ? It is not possible.
If Install Shield, etc do it somehow as yourself 'Are these programs written in Java or some other language?' I suspect they are written in C++ and so can do what they like as far as being able to install a JRE because they are not dependent on Java being installed.
You would be better Zipping up all the files you need (including the JRE installer) and using this as the installer. This would at least provide the user with all files required. They can then manually run the JRE installer and once they have done this your app should work.

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