How to create exe/jar file in netbeans that can be easily run on any other system

Question

i hv created the .jar file by building my project in netbeans.

The .jar file exist in "dist/myproject.jar". But when i move it to any other system will it find the paths specified for images etc in project?
- As i am giving the paths like (C:/Users/Lucky/Documents/NetBeansProjects/CoverageAnalyzer/src/coverageanalyzer/icons/icon.png). OR When i write path just to approach root directory as (icons/icon.png), so then also?
Summary: What is the actual way that i can write/copy my .jar file to any other system without spoiling the paths and program run correctly on any other system. Thanks in advance.help will be appriciated

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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You can use one of the following approaches:

Use relative paths (relative to the executable file location) instead of absolute paths.
Use paths under a known absolute path (an installation folder, path from environment variable / configuration file / registry key, the user's directory (user.home) etc.)
Use resources embeded into your jar. See Class.getResource() and Class.getResourceAsStream()

Note that you should consider cross-platform (Windows/Linux/Mac) and resource hiding issues when selecting a suitable approach.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

Community

answered Sep 28 '14 at 08:04

Elist

Thanks i used 3rd point that is embeding resource to my jar file. – user3747569 Sep 28 '14 at 08:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '14 at 07:58

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The solution is to put the auxiliary files as resources into to jar. The program must then load them from the class path instead of the file system.

Have a look at Class.getResourceAsStream.

answered Sep 28 '14 at 07:58

Henry

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