Efficient way of distributing java application

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can anybody post a link on how to excatly make a 'double clickable' jar executable for Windows platform

pradeep

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can anybody post a link on how to excatly make a 'double clickable' jar executable for Windows platform

pradeep

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I think Sun should have defined another name for executable
jar files, for example .japp, .jexe or .jxe and used the .jar
name only for archives, class libraries, etc.

To make a .japp file from a .jar file you would have to add
a properly formatted manifest file, preferably using some tool
which would check the manifest.

The java executable could be modified to interpret
java abc.japp
the same as
java -jar abc.japp (or java -jar abc.jar currently)

This would make deployment (on windows at least) much
easier than it is now. The Java install would register
.japp as belonging to java.exe and when the registry
is damaged (as the junk invariably will) you can
reassign the association in the "Open With..." dialog
without having to go deep in and add the -jar option.

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check in java documentation - tool - jar

it is mainly by creating a manifest file and put your main class name into that manifest

cheers

Tonny
http://www.kiyut.com
(Swing Component)