Creating java exe

[dgwilliams]

Hi
i have an OK knowledge of the java language, what i have learnt so far i just compile in the command line and run in the command line.
My question is how do i make it into an application that can be run from windows perhaps with an icon? is this a massive task? Also i would also like someone to explain to me how i can save a program so that next timew it is opened the variables are the same state as when it was closed.

 

[sedj]

>>> how do i make it into an application that can be run from windows perhaps with an icon?

http://www.ej-technologies.com/products/exe4j/overview.html

>>> Also i would also like someone to explain to me how i can save a program so that next timew it is opened the variables are the same state as when it was closed.


Your two options are ::
- Write out variables to a file somewhere

- Write a class that encapsulates the data you need to persist, then serialize this object (see Serializable class) into a stream and write the byte data to a db or file.

 

[AlistairMonkeyFinger]

>>> how do i make it into an application that can be run from windows perhaps with an icon?

or create a windows batch file .bat (plain text file with a bat extension) with a few lines

SET W=%CLASSPATH%
SET CLASSPATH=.;MyArchive.jar;%CLASSPATH%

java myprog

REM Environment variables are global in DOS, so we must restore the
REM original CLASSPATH.
SET CLASSPATH=%W%

Alistair

 

[maxpower1]

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[dgwilliams]

What so i create this .bat file and this is what will open up my program in windoes?

 

[Zech]

There is no need for bat files. Java 2 Platform now has executable JAR file. Archive your classes into JAR format and specify the Main-Class parameter of your manifest file to point at the main class of your program.

eg.
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: mymain

(In this case, mymain.class contains the main method)

To execute the JAR files, you just need to double-click on mymain icon.