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Hello everyone I am new to this forum and I will participate often from now on. My first question is I always wondered how to turn my development into a real program and distribute it to my friends etc. I do not want them to have netbeans and running my program from there of course. Does anyone know how to do this in Netbeans? Please help me. Sorry if there is a topic about this before. Please give me a link if so.
Build your project. Right click on your project folder and from the menu select build. If you don't have any errors there NetBeans display a message on output window. Check it.
I know about this. It creates a distribute folder in the directory but it does not work on another's pc. It gives the error "main class not found". :confused:
By the way I was asking about how to make a setup file for my program and then running it on every computer.
Did your project running on NetBeans without an error?
Did you assign the main class in your project if your project have multiple main classes? Your error message notify that.
Java distribute as a JAR package as a standard. Since you are using some additional packages in your project, dist folder contain not a single JAR file. You can see a folder name lib also. To distribute your project, had have use the complete dist folder.
If you are looking to create an executable, then it's not a good idea. Because executable are deals on Windows, not with UNIX systems.
The program runs smoothly when I run it in Netbeans. But in another's pc it gives this error which has nothing to do with me. I just send my friend the jar file and that's it. The program does not have any errors. I have only 1 package and did not write anything yet. It is a plain empty program. I just want to know about this because I have been wondering about it for a long time. They taught us how to compile and run it in IDE for years but not how to distribute our programs which I think is ridicilous.
I am not looking for an exe thing. I want my program to be installed on any other computer just like you install a game on your windows and then running it.
What's the exact error you get then? Better to provide those details as well. Did you friends' machine have JRE installed?
Ok I found the problem thanks Eranga. Before I used to send ONLY the .jar file to my friends and it gave this main class not found error. Then as you said I sent the whole dist folder and then it worked!! :) But it also creates a manifest file in the directory and I read something about it before regarding distribution. Should I also include that file when I distribute my program?
Now my question is how can I integrate this folder into a setup program so it becomes more neat? I do not want to put it on a CD and people not knowing how to run it. Another reason is that I do not want nobody to see my source codes since they can decompile the .jar file easily.
Of course you have to. Actually it's always bind with the JAR package, and it defines very important details about your projects, such as main-class information, java version, file version and so on. You cannot avoid that file.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juarez
You can think about a msi setup in order to deploy the project in clients' machine. So that you can specify where to deploy and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juarez
Nowadays we can find lots of powerful, freely available decompilers. So that extracting source code is not a difficult task. So you have to think about a best approach to avoid this.
Here is one solution, which I've use several times.
SFelix - SFelix Jarsigner - Secure Publication of OSGi Bundles
If someone wants to know what you've written then they'll find a way round any obfuscator or compiler trick. Honestly.
Yeah it could be. Actually it's happening every day. Some of the people are not respect to others knowledge/effort.
Yeah true. If they can crack the games from big companies why not see my codes in a simple program. To make it as secure as possible is the only option i think.
That's because of Open Source I guess. I mean lots of decompilers are freely available. So people can find them and extract the source from others application. But DLLs like windows resources not like that. You have to paid a lot do unfair things on those. But keep in mind even had pay a lot, still it's happening on Windows resources as well. Depends on peoples attitude.
My point is, though, that it's incredibly unlikely you'll save yourself anything by trying to prevent decompilation. You'll just cost yourself time.
Actually I'm not worrying what really happen after the releasing a product. No point of worrying it. If you can new ideas, new concepts that's it. Developed them and released, you'll be earn more than others, who are copping your stuff.
Yea actually that makes sense because all the game companies are rich. They earn it someway. Okay I will just release it then and keep developing my product.
Good luck. :)
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Ah ok I will do that now. Thank you both so much for helping me find the solution :)
You are welcome. Give a try and let us know. :)