How do I install a JRE from an Inno Setup?

Question

I'm trying to install the most current platform (x64 or x86) appropriate Java Runtime Environment via Inno Setup (along with another application). I've found some script examples for how to detect the version and install if correct and adapted them to my needs but I keep running into this:

Unable to open file "path\to\JREInstall.exe":
CreateProcess failed: Code 5:
Access Is Denied

This is the code strictly responsible for installing the JRE:

[Setup]
AppName="JRE Setup"
AppVersion=0.1
DefaultDirName="JRE Setup"

[Languages]
Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"

[Files]
Source: "jre-8u11-windows-x64.exe"; DestDir: "{tmp}\JREInstall.exe"; \
    Check: IsWin64 AND InstallJava();
Source: "jre-8u11-windows-i586.exe"; DestDir: "{tmp}\JREInstall.exe"; \
    Check: (NOT IsWin64) AND InstallJava();

[Run]
Filename: "{tmp}\JREInstall.exe"; Parameters: "/s"; \
    Flags: nowait postinstall runhidden runascurrentuser; Check: InstallJava()

[Code]

procedure DecodeVersion(verstr: String; var verint: array of Integer);
var
  i,p: Integer; s: string;
begin
  { initialize array }
  verint := [0,0,0,0];
  i := 0;
  while ((Length(verstr) > 0) and (i < 4)) do
  begin
    p := pos ('.', verstr);
    if p > 0 then
    begin
      if p = 1 then s:= '0' else s:= Copy (verstr, 1, p - 1);
      verint[i] := StrToInt(s);
      i := i + 1;
      verstr := Copy (verstr, p+1, Length(verstr));
    end
    else
    begin
      verint[i] := StrToInt (verstr);
      verstr := '';
    end;
  end;
end;

function CompareVersion (ver1, ver2: String) : Integer;
var
  verint1, verint2: array of Integer;
  i: integer;
begin
  SetArrayLength (verint1, 4);
  DecodeVersion (ver1, verint1);

  SetArrayLength (verint2, 4);
  DecodeVersion (ver2, verint2);

  Result := 0; i := 0;
  while ((Result = 0) and ( i < 4 )) do
  begin
    if verint1[i] > verint2[i] then
      Result := 1
    else
      if verint1[i] < verint2[i] then
        Result := -1
      else
        Result := 0;
    i := i + 1;
  end;
end;

function InstallJava() : Boolean;
var
  ErrCode: Integer;
  JVer: String;
  InstallJ: Boolean;
begin
  RegQueryStringValue(
    HKLM, 'SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment', 'CurrentVersion', JVer);
  InstallJ := true;
  if Length( JVer ) > 0 then
  begin
    if CompareVersion(JVer, '1.8') >= 0 then
    begin
      InstallJ := false;
    end;
  end;
  Result := InstallJ;
end;

In the full setup script the same message continues to come up. How can I get the JRE Setup to run from this scripted setup file?

Answer 1

I was able to figure out the issue: Evidently I was mistaken in my use of these lines:

Source: "jre-8u11-windows-x64.exe"; DestDir: "{tmp}\JREInstall.exe"; Check: IsWin64 AND InstallJava();
Source: "jre-8u11-windows-i586.exe"; DestDir: "{tmp}\JREInstall.exe"; Check: (NOT IsWin64) AND InstallJava();

and they should have been in place like so:

Source: "jre-8u11-windows-x64.exe"; DestDir: "{tmp}"; DestName: "JREInstall.exe"; Check: IsWin64 AND InstallJava();
Source: "jre-8u11-windows-i586.exe"; DestDir: "{tmp}"; DestName: "JREInstall.exe"; Check: (NOT IsWin64) AND InstallJava();

That seems to have solved the problem.

Also this line I was mistaken in:

Filename: "{tmp}\JREInstall.exe"; Parameters: "/s"; Flags: nowait postinstall runhidden runascurrentuser; Check: InstallJava()

It should have been:

Filename: "{tmp}\JREInstall.exe"; Parameters: "/s"; Flags: nowait runhidden runascurrentuser; Check: InstallJava()

This is the best solution my limited experience with this particular tool is able to come up with. I will look into the PrepareToInstall option when I have a chance but this works for now.