Jar File doesn't do anything

[MiniatureBeast]

Okay i think i have finally figured out how to generate my manifest file for my jar file in eclipse. But now when i try to run the program, nothing happens. I double click the program and nothing happens at all. I just want to get my program to run without the IDE and its causing me so much trouble!!!! Please help!

[doWhile]

Go to the command line and run your jar from there (java -jar myjarname.jar) - it will give a specific exception should there be an error that occurred. Post the full error message here if it doesn't make sense.

[MiniatureBeast]

I plugged what you said into the command prompt and it said: unable to access jarfile helloworld.jar
also i saved my jar file to my desktop if that means anything...

[doWhile]

Did you cd to the directory where the jar is so java can find it?

[skahilu]

Am facing the same problem in my new java adventure. I created a new GUI app with eclipse. It runs well in eclipse but when exported as java file it not running in windows.Please advise.

[DarrylBurke]

It runs well in eclipse but when exported as java file it not running in windows.

Now how did you export as java file?

db

[Zrob]

Go to the command line and run your jar from there (java -jar myjarname.jar) - it will give a specific exception should there be an error that occurred. Post the full error message here if it doesn't make sense.

I am also having issues running my jar file. I can run it using the cmd line above but not by double clicking the jar. I have tried a few instructions found on this site with no luck. I am using Eclipse Version: 3.7.0 on windows XP.

[Norm]

What OS are you on? Telling the OS what to do when a file is double click is unique to each OS.
On Windows you need an entry in the Registry for the .jar extension that contains the command line to be used when the file is opened. Here are some instructions for how to look at it:
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 (The default)
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.

Here is what is in mine:
D:\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin\javaw.exe -jar "%1"

[Zrob]

Thank you Norm!

Though on my windows XP version things were slightly different, BUT I associated the JAR file with the path to my javaw.exe file (based on your instructions) and then I noticed the description changed to executable Jar File. Then I was indeed able to double click and launch my Java program just like an exe file.

Rob