to create exe file

[javaalien]

Could anyone gimme some inputs on how to create an exe file?
This exe program is a counter to count how many of something - let's say
"hello world" in a text file? Kindly please share some tips with me..
Thank you in advance

[JosAH]

Could anyone gimme some inputs on how to create an exe file?
This exe program is a counter to count how many of something - let's say
"hello world" in a text file? Kindly please share some tips with me..
Thank you in advance

What do you need an .exe file for? Java uses executable .jar files for that purpose.

kind regards,

Jos

[javaalien]

What do you need an .exe file for? Java uses executable .jar files for that purpose.

kind regards,

Jos

To count words in a text file.
So I just need to click on the exe file to start counting.....
Now I need to compile my application to jar ? thank you

[JosAH]

To count words in a text file.
So I just need to click on the exe file to start counting.....
Now I need to compile my application to jar ? thank you

You don't "compile to a jar". The jar tool is just like winzip: you compile your
.java files to .class files as always and you bundle (and optionally compress)
those .class files in a .jar file using the jar tool. You add a little "manifest" file
to that jar. The manifest file tells the JVM what class to look for that contains
the public static void main method. You can simply click on your .jar file to
execute it.

Read all about it in the Jar Documentation.

kind regards,

Jos

[hafij]

How can i create an exe from jar

[odefta]

It is possible to create an exe file from a java .class

Make a shortcut - a create shortcut window appears... in 'type the location of the item textbox' insert the javaw command to point to the java class.
For example: javaw Test.class

Type next. A windows exe file will be created!

Good luck

[vibhuti63]

It is possible to create an exe file from a java .class

Make a shortcut - a create shortcut window appears... in 'type the location of the item textbox' insert the javaw command to point to the java class.
For example: javaw Test.class

Type next. A windows exe file will be created!

Good luck

HI .. i tried creating the shortcut , the .exe file was created alright , but when i tried opening it , there was an error message :


JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE LAUNCHER :
could not find the main class . program will exit.

what could be the reason??? could u plssss help me , i want my project to run like software ..
thanx

[JosAH]

HI .. i tried creating the shortcut , the .exe file was created alright , but when i tried opening it , there was an error message :


JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE LAUNCHER :
could not find the main class . program will exit.

what could be the reason??? could u plssss help me , i want my project to run like software ..
thanx

Read the link I supplied in reply #4; there is absolutely no need to create .exe
files or whatever. A simple executable .jar file is enough. Anything else is just
an ugly hack that doesn't even run on other platforms.

kind regards,

Jos

[heat84]

when you have created your jar file , there is software called jar2exe which will convert the jar file to exe , however , the jar files may be sufficient without being converted to .exe files.

[JosAH]

when you have created your jar file , there is software called jar2exe which will convert the jar file to exe , however , the jar files may be sufficient without being converted to .exe files.

Any of such 'jar2exe' utilities are just dumb platform dependent hacks; they won't
work on anything non-MSWindows. There's no need to use them at all. Jar files
are fine, if only people would care to read instructions and know how to use the
single jar utility: platfrom independent and your java code would always work.

kind regards,

Jos