[news.eclipse.platform] Re: launching an Eclipse application

[Alex Blewitt <automatic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, it's called a Jar file. Export your project as a Jar, and put in an entry into the Manifest with the Main-Class being the name of your GUI. You can then run 'java -jar GUI.jar' and it will work.

Some OSs will also allow you to double-click on GUI.jar and run it, unless you've re-assigned the .jar extension to open up in WinZip.

This is more of a basic Java level question though, rather than anything specific to Eclipse. There are some beginner level Java forums at www.javalobby.org if you're interested.

Alex.