Making a netbeans project into a executable jar file

[counterfox]

Hi all,

Just wondering like i have a netbeans project and can run it from the main there, but is there a way to create a executable jar file from this project? The project I want to test is a console based one, I tried an online tutorial for a GUI which works but cant get a console version to work?

Any way to do this? Or can anyone point any good tutorials please.

Thanks

[tashimoto]

I'm using Netbeans and what I do is right click the project in the project pane and click on Clean and Build. This should create a jar file in the dist folder of your project. You should be able to click on the jar file to run your program.

Hope this helps!
Chris

http://netbeans.org/kb/trails/platform.html

[counterfox]

Thanks for your reply,

I tried it and got the jar file. My project like has no GUI its console based, if i double click the jar file nothing happens, do I always have to execute this jar file from command prompt for it to work?

[tashimoto]

That's a good question. I searched "java console based program" and found a link to some code that might help you: Simple Java Console (Swing based) (it has a disclaimer - I haven't used it so I don't know if it will work, but it might help get you pointed in the right direction.)

I'm not positive, but I think in order to run your console based program you do need to run it from the command prompt. Maybe you could add code to your program that opens a JWindow with a JTextArea (JWindow (Java Platform SE 6) ,JTextArea (Java Platform SE 6))

Sorry I couldn't be much help.
Chris