Re: [eclipse-dev] creating an executable

[Gerard.Aitchison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

hi Michael,

thankyou for your suggestion.  Although I have been involved with Java for quite some time, bizarre as it is, this is the first time that I have had to deploy a stand-alone gui "application".  Normally in projects that I have been involved with, all my requirements were was to produce classes as part of the bigger picture and did not need to worry about the deployment, just releases into version control etc and even then it was in web based apps.  So this is a new concept for me somewhat and certainly I will be wiser for the experience.  Also this is the first time that I have used eclipse as a development tool.  I do think that it's a very good IDE but I am still learning it's good and not so good points.  All in all though I have been rather happy with the product, and certainly as a developer, the price is right too (just quietly).

Sorry I digress, getting back to my problem, can you assist in providing steps to create a manifest file and creating the executable jar file in eclipse.  From which I can then use somthing like inno setup compiler to create the setup program for anyone to be able to click a few buttons and install the app locally on their pc.


Kind Regards,
Ged

Michael Bartl <zeddicus@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: eclipse-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 14/10/2004 11:50 PM Please respond to eclipse-dev

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On Thursday 14 October 2004 01:43, Gerard.Aitchison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello fellow eclipsers,
>
> I was wonndering if someone could let me know how I can use eclipse to
> create and deploy a java application as a .exe file.  I have been told
> that the eclipse platform can do this but so far have had no luck.
>
> I have a number of classes which I can jar up, but I would then like to
> create a exe file containing the jar and other supporting files so the end
> user can simply click on the exe as per a standard windows operation.

Such questions should be posted to the newsgroups!
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Now to your question:

To make an executable from a java application you would need to compile it 
with a native compiler. (try google "java" "native compiler")

But I really  do not see the point, because you can simply write a manifest 
file and it will start the application contained in the jar file. (try google 
with "java" "manifest" "jar")

All follow-ups on the newsgroup please...

Best regards,
Michael
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