Java to exe?

[galaxyAbstractor]

So, I made a program that is finished now, and I want to release it. Anyone willing to help me to export it as an installer/application (exe)?

 

[marshian]

Have a linky: http://www.excelsior-usa.com/articles/java-to-exe.html

 

[xav0989]

It was a quite interesting article there!

 

[jtwhite]

I don't think it's possible. The installer would just put the .jar file in C:/program files/name/file.jar, and create a desktop shortcut to that file?

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

I already done it lol. I used launch4J

I don't think it's possible. The installer would just put the .jar file in C:/program files/name/file.jar, and create a desktop shortcut to that file?

no, it puts the .jar inside the .exe

 

[marshian]

I already done it lol. I used launch4J



no, it puts the .jar inside the .exe

Have you read that article? It's very interesting

 

[xav0989]

Have you read that article? It's very interesting

the no .exe was one of the problems I had with coding in JAVA, I might learn it for real now.

 

[marshian]

the no .exe was one of the problems I had with coding in JAVA, I might learn it for real now.

AARGH
Does anyone even get the most important point of the article?
Why would you do such a thing? Java is designed to be portable to many platforms, making it into a Windows executable is usually a waste of time and loss of possibilities...

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

AARGH
Does anyone even get the most important point of the article?
Why would you do such a thing? Java is designed to be portable to many platforms, making it into a Windows executable is usually a waste of time and loss of possibilities...

imo, make one exe for stupid windows users and a jar for linux users. There are a lot of cons with .jar:

• You need JRE already installed
• Windows users doesn't know what it is and suspects it's a virus
• easy to see the code, just unpack it with winrar

The only pro I can see with .jar is that it's cross-platform

As you seen how I packed the archive in the image before, marshian, with the CMD command, I thought making an .exe wouldn't hurt as the app already was windows only. But now I'm going to do an exe and a jar.

 

[marshian]

I give up.
Have fun, learn about Java some other time.

xav0989, if you want to build native applications try learning C++.