How to build jar with JNI

[chyrl]

Greetings,

I now understand how JNI works, but I have a problem building the project.
The project runs on run project using Netbeans 6.8, but as I look into the .jar through WinRar - the dll file isn't found.
Plus, running the jar file won't even display the JFrame.

I have done two ways,
1) Make a folder wherein all the header and source of the dll are found inside the project folder;
2) Copy only the dll and place it into the project folder.

In what way would this be solved?

Thanks,

[Norm]

Don't know anything about a project folder.
I think that the .dll files have to be outside the jar file as they are probably loaded by the OS vs read from the classpath.

[chyrl]

Thanks...
But is there a way to insert the .dll into the .jar file?
I would appreciate it if that would be possible.

Thanks.

[Norm]

is there a way to insert the .dll into the .jar file

Yes use the jar command with the u option.

Why do you want a .dll file in a jar file?

[chyrl]

For additional security purposes and more easier deployment.
How would I do that, I am building the project using Netbeans 6.9 (just converted the project from Netbeans 6.8)

[Norm]

Sorry, I have no idea on how to use your IDE.

What use is the .dll in the jar file? The OS won't look for it there.
Do you plan to copy it out of the jar file so the OS can find it?

[chyrl]

The .dll is used for JNI through C in which manipulates the Windows Registry.
I find it somehow wrong if the .dll is displayed within the directory where the .jar is found.

[Norm]

I find it somehow wrong if the .dll is displayed within the directory where the .jar is found

What does "wrong" mean? There are errors or you don't like it.

Have you tried executing the program when the .dll is only inside the jar and not visible to the OS on any of its PATHs? Does it work?

[chyrl]

What does "wrong" mean? There are errors or you don't like it.

Well if the .dll isn't found inside the directory, the .jar won't run properly or nothing will happen at all.

Have you tried executing the program when the .dll is only inside the jar and not visible to the OS on any of its PATHs? Does it work?

Never yet, I don't know how to include the .dll in the build using Netbeans 6.9

[Tolls]

I expect Netbeans doesn't include it in the jar for the same reason it doesn't include other jars in the jar. It doesn't make sense to.
I expect it sticks it either in the jars in the lib directory of the dist folder, or something along those lines.

[chyrl]

What does "wrong" mean? There are errors or you don't like it.

Have you tried executing the program when the .dll is only inside the jar and not visible to the OS on any of its PATHs? Does it work?

I expect Netbeans doesn't include it in the jar for the same reason it doesn't include other jars in the jar. It doesn't make sense to.
I expect it sticks it either in the jars in the lib directory of the dist folder, or something along those lines.

Ok, then I'll stick to placing the .dll in the same directory of the .jar file.
Thread solved.

[Tolls]

Netbeans creates a dist directory.
It's that directory you should be deploying.
It should have everything needed to run the app.
I have no idea whether there are additional steps involved with JNI libraries, though.