I am familiar with tools like InstallShield for creating install programs
that will install applications I have created using C++.  I am looking at
finding analogous tools for installing applications created using Java.
What the client is asking for is a way to distribute the application on CDs,
and having an autorun file that verifies a suitably recent version of the
JVM is present, and installs one if not, and then copies the application and
any data files to a user specified directory.

Does anyone know of a tool that allows a developer to create such an autorun
file (or documentation of what is in it, if it is just a plain text file - I
haven't looked to see) and a setup program that verifies that any
assumptions made about the Java environment are satisfied?

Thanks,

Ted