| swt app created, now what? [message #134353] |
Thu, 02 February 2006 13:25  |
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Originally posted by: beshedr.dshs.wa.gov
I've written a 'standalone swt application', my first in Eclipse. I
realize this is a silly question, but now what? What are the steps to
deploy it for others in the office to use?
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| Re: swt app created, now what? [message #134460 is a reply to message #134353] |
Fri, 03 February 2006 10:24  |
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Originally posted by: chris.zzzz.com
http://www.captain.at/howto-java-application-template-1.php
If you want a full install process then you have to use something like
InstallShield to build it. If this is more than you need, you can package
your app as a jar file, then zip the jar file and the readme and the doc and
the invocation bat file into a zip and distribute the zip by ftp or web site
download or whatever. The user then unzips the zip file into a directory
and makes a shortcut. Assuming the user has a suitable Java JRE installed,
(and whatever else your app needs such as database, etc) your app should
work.
If you don't like bat files, making an actual executable for a java app is a
separate step that you obviously don't have to do for normal windows apps.
There are various hacks to make this possible. In my opinion Eclipse RCP
has a very good process for giving java Apps a real executable stub to start
them up with. But you'd have to port your app to RCP to make use of it.
This is not hard to do.
Chris
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