How to make executable program in java?

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How can I convert my Java program to an .exe file?

You mean how to make a literal `.exe` binary from a class file or jar package? — Michael Mrozek, Nov 04 '10 at 03:57

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 04 '10 at 04:12

You don't really need to, there are a number of other options available:

As Philip suggested you can use an executable jar file. See http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jar/index.html
You can build on top of a framework that already has its own launcher such as Eclipse. See http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Rich_Client_Platform
You can use a technology such as Java web start to launch your app from a browser. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Web_Start (or just package your app as an applet)

I particularly like the 3rd suggestion, which will work on Windows, Linux and Mac. — Andrew Thompson, Nov 04 '10 at 06:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '10 at 03:55

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there he talks about nice tool called Java2Exe which serves your purpose

answered Nov 04 '10 at 03:55

asela38

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 04 '10 at 04:04

The common way is the following:

compile your class files: javac *.class
create a jar file (it's basically a .zip-file):
- echo Main-Class: MyMainClassName > manifest.txt
- jar cvfm MyOwnJarfile.jar manifest.txt *.class
create a .bat-script (or sh script if your are on unix):
- echo java -jar MyOwnJarfile.jar > start.bat
Double-Click on start.bat ;-)

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