Could some plz tell me how to write a stand alone

[quickfingers]

Well the title says it just try to make it very simple so I can follow it

[Eranga]

What you mean. Looking to write a standalone application?

[sukatoa]

Could some plz tell me how to write a stand alone
Well the title says it just try to make it very simple so I can follow it

Like a clock? it could stand alone as long as the Operating System still operates....

[Niveditha]

:)
be specific on what u want mr/ms quickfingers.
what type of standalone application r u looking for?

Our question is straight forward what all things do u want to implement in your application, as u know there are many ways of doing same thing like for GUi we can use swing or awt or swt or jide etc etc.

[new_2_java]

you mean something like this:

public class IamStandAlone {
     public static void main (String[] arg) {
          System.out.println("I am a stand alone program! haha");
     }
}

[Nicholas Jordan]

That is a standalone, what is your question.

( fun with newbies! )

[serjant]

I think he means to create the screenlets or widgets in java for the desktop.Isn't it true?

[Eranga]

Or may be looking to create an executable file for any OS!

[Zosden]

put it in a jar.

[fishtoprecords]

I think he means to create the screenlets or widgets in java for the desktop.Isn't it true?

Wow, I'd never thing of an applet/or screenlet as a standalone. I see the "hello world" as a sample, no GUI, nothing fancy.

If the OP wants something fancy, he's got to enlighten us.

[quickfingers]

Well I know how to write applets very well just would like to have a stand alone run on my computer without the help of a Applet because I know how to write classes just don't know how to get it to run without needing a applet.

[Eranga]

With your post I really confused. Without help of an Applet, you want to run an applet class. ???

[quickfingers]

All I want to do is make so the person would have to download it to play instead playing online.

(Hope I am clear this time :))

[Eranga]

To run an applet you need a browser, even on off line. So what you can do it, add your application in a download link, may be as a zip file. Then user have to download it and play.

[quickfingers]

Thanks for the help now just need to figure out how not to make all my code visible to the user

[Eranga]

Since applet use the class file your code not visible to the user directly. But using a decompiler can see the code.

[Alan-LB]

Possible he means a program that will run by itself without needing a browser - ie a stand-alone program not an applet.

He would need to make a jar file as suggested by Zosden which could then be downloaded by a user and executed by itself.

If he wants to make all his code visible to the user why doesn't he put the source code as text on a web page or send the source code files packed in the jar file? Maybe he doesn't know the dirrerence between an executable program and source code.

I am not clear as to what he really wants - I think that he doesn't know either. Maybe his fingers are too quick and his brain too slow for him to be able to express himself clearly :)

Alan.

[Eranga]

If he wants to make all his code visible to the user why doesn't he put the source code as text on a web page or send the source code files packed in the jar file? Maybe he doesn't know the dirrerence between an executable program and source code.

I'm with you on this. Mainly I think he doesn't know what is jar file, and a source code(class file). Because I can't see any attempt on jar.

If he wants to run the application on the browser, if he puts complete code as a zip, as I suggested earlier, it's not easy to hide the code from the user.

[Alan-LB]

What do you mean by "code". Are you talking about the executable program or the source code?

Alan

[Eranga]

I'm talking about the source code.