Publish project from NetBeans

[ichwar]

Hello Forum-Frequenters,
I need a little bit of help getting started with NetBeans 6.7.

My problem is with publishing a project that I build. How do I actually get that project out of netbeans and make it usable by any computer with the JRE installed on it?

Thanks, I really appreciate your help.:)

[Fubarable]

Have you tried clicking on "Build" then "Build Main Project"? or F11 for a single key press?

[ichwar]

Ok, so I hit f11, it says it built it, but where did it put all the class files?

[Fubarable]

have you searched your netbeans working directory for a Jar file named for the project?

[ichwar]

Perfect. That worked. Now, I'm running Ubuntu linux. Is there a way for me to make this application runnable by Windows users? And by runnable, I mean, for them to be able to just click on an icon and have the application start up. It won't work for me to tell everyone I distribute this to a long string of letters they need to type into CMD to start it up. ;)

[Manfizy]

Netbeans automatically creates a jar file stored in dist folder in your projects home directory. Open the dist folder and you will find your jar file over there. Double click it and your program will start.

You can also run it in the command prompt by typing

java -jar <YouProgram>.java

All the best