Eclipse and creating .jar file

[wantakill]

Hi everyone,

I'm really new to java, so if i ask a stupid question, please forgive me.

I created a .jar file by using export function in Eclipse (yes, I include manifest).
When I executed the .jar file on my computer by opening it with java.exe, a error window popped up "couldn't find main class" ; however, I sent this .jar to my gf and she was able to execute the jar file without error by using java.exe

I'm not sure what's wrong this my computer. Have anyone faced this problem before? Please help me out. I would be nice if you guys download the file and run it to see that I was the only person who encountered this problem or not.

I compressed my .jar file into .zip file.
Thx in advance.
PV

[JosAH]

Hi everyone,

I'm really new to java, so if i ask a stupid question, please forgive me.

I created a .jar file by using export function in Eclipse (yes, I include manifest).
When I executed the .jar file on my computer by opening it with java.exe, a error window popped up "couldn't find main class" ; however, I sent this .jar to my gf and she was able to execute the jar file without error by using java.exe

I'm not sure what's wrong this my computer. Have anyone faced this problem before? Please help me out. I would be nice if you guys download the file and run it to see that I was the only person who encountered this problem or not.

I compressed my .jar file into .zip file.
Thx in advance.
PV

You probably haven't set the correct file extension association on your system because when I run your .jar as:

java -jar ATMBankAccount.jar

... it works fine. So your manifest is ok.

kind regards,

Jos

[wantakill]

hi JoSAH,

Is the OS that runs my .jar file 32 bit?

There is nothing wrong with my associate file. Somehow the .jar file can be executed on 32bit system ( my gf's wins 7 32 bit, wins 7 32 bit on my laptop, and Virtual machine wins 7 32 bit on my 64 bit OS). Only my wins 7 64 bit can't run this .jar file.

Does this mean we can't run .jar on Wins 7 64 bit ???:confused:

[Norm]

There is nothing wrong with my associate file

How did you verify that? On WinXP you can look at the OS's file association table by:
Open Windows Explorer
Click on Tools menu
Click on Folder Options
Select File Types tab
Scroll down in the "Registered file types:" list until you see an entry for JAR.
Select the JAR entry.
Click the Advanced button
In the Edit File Type window scroll down the list of Actions until you see the one in bold.
Select the bold one
Click the Edit button
Select, Copy and paste here what is in the "Application used to perform action:" window.

Be careful not to change anything and Cancel your way out of the open windows.

If you copy the commandline from above, open a commandprompt window, change tothe folder with the jar file, paste the commandline to the command prompt, change the %1 to your jar file name and press enter, What happens?

[wantakill]

Hi Norm,

I did verify the file associate. On Wins 7, right click > properties > under General tab, click the Change button to select a program> select java or javaw or the fullpath C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe

In command line: error for both cases: Could not find the main class: blablabla. Program will exit.

So I think I will use my virtual machine to create and test .jar files then. :)

[Norm]

Copy and paste here what is in the "Application used to perform action:" window.

What is the contents of that window? Does it have a -jar in the command line???

error for both cases: Could not find the main class: blablabla.

It would help if you copied and pasted here THE EXACT contents of the error message.
To copy the contents of the command prompt window:
Click on Icon in upper left corner
Select Edit
Select 'Select All' - The selection will show
Click in upper left again
Select Edit and click 'Copy'

Paste here.

There could be a problem with the manifest file: misspelled classname, wrong package, ??

Look in the jar file at its manifest file. Copy and paste here the contents of the manifest file from the jar file.

Here's one way to get the error message. The full text of which shows the error.

D:\JavaDevelopment\Testing\ForumQuestions3>java asdfas <<<<<<<<<<< NOTE class name is invalid
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: asdfas
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: asdfas
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
Could not find the main class: asdfas. Program will exit. <<<<<<<<<<< Here is some of what you gave us

D:\JavaDevelopment\Testing\ForumQuestions3>

[wantakill]

Here is the content of the error. I didn't put -jar in the command line

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java.exe Users/phatvi/Desktop/sharefolder/ATMBank
Account.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Users/phatvi/Desktop/
sharefolder/ATMBankAccount/jar
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Users.phatvi.Desktop.sharefolder.AT
MBankAccount.jar
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
Could not find the main class: Users/phatvi/Desktop/sharefolder/ATMBankAccount.j
ar. Program will exit.

For manifest content

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: ATMBankAccount

[Norm]

I didn't put -jar in the command line

why not? Read the API doc for how to use the java command. Its necessary.

NoClassDefFoundError: Users/phatvi/Desktop/sharefolder/ATMBankAccount/jar

Does the name of the class not found look familiar?
The java command takes the name of a class as an arg.
you passed the command a path to a file which the java command assumed was the name of a class file.

[JosAH]

Here is the content of the error. I didn't put -jar in the command line

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java.exe Users/phatvi/Desktop/sharefolder/ATMBankAccount.jar

Great, now the jvm 'thinks' that it has to run the main( ... ) method from a class called Users/phatvi/Desktop/sharefolder/ATMBankAccount.jar

kind regards,

Jos

[wantakill]

Norm and JosAH,

Thx for the help. I just figured out what's wrong with my command line.

This command line works for me

cd [filepath]
[filepath] > java - jar ATMBankAccount.jar

All I wonder now is why I can't execute the .jar file with just with a double click as other computers?

[Norm]

That problem was discussed in post#4.
There needs to be a correct entry in the OSs filetype association table.

Selecting a program is NOT the same as creating a command line. You need the -jar option.

[wantakill]

Thank you for clearing all my confusions. I learned a lot from this topic