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I'm currently working on a project on Java Applet, Frames and now i have to deploy it. But the problem is this how can i hide the source code of the project? I've to deploy it to a local user on Windows OS. How can i make the .exe of the code?

Mohammad Faisal
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    Check out [this post](http://www.excelsior-usa.com/articles/java-to-exe.html). – Bala R May 12 '11 at 02:28
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    When you say "Java Applet, Frames" do you mean that your project runs in a web browser? In that case, your client's web browser will need to have a Java plug-in installed, and you will need to distribute your application with an HTML file that the client opens. Bala R's link has some good suggestions, but they all assume that you are already building your project as a desktop application, not an applet. – Daniel Pryden May 12 '11 at 02:37
  • have you considered searching for "java exe" using the search box on the upper right? – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen May 12 '11 at 02:50
  • possible duplicate of [How can I convert my java program to an .exe file ?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/147181/how-can-i-convert-my-java-program-to-an-exe-file) – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen May 12 '11 at 02:50
  • You distribute the .class files, not the .java source files. Obviously not the plain .class files, but wrapped in a .jar which can optionally be wrapped in a .exe as has been pointed out to you. – Adam May 12 '11 at 03:08

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There are many options you have.

If you just want to wrap the Java code in an executable file that works in Windows. You have:

Both are good.

If you want to wrap as a service so that you can perform myapp.bat {install|start|stop}, you have

If you just want to have a couple of bat/shell scripts auto generated at the build time that will launch your app on double clicking. You may look into Maven, there is a good Maven plugin called AppAssembler

Nishant
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The best tool for building .exe is InstallJammer

It also provides wizard type installation with all options.

Ankit
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  • Why is it better than launch4j or jsmooth? – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen May 12 '11 at 06:43
  • It's easy as well as for an instance take an example that if we want to create an exe that contains postgreSQL database, JRE and Web application. So i've tried in JSmooth and it was not making it properly and InstallJammer made it easily. – Ankit May 12 '11 at 06:48
  • Interesting! But from its forum, Windows 7's embedded shortcut is not properly implemented yet for `AppUserModelID` support. So, it may have several issues like pinning the app's shortcut to Windows 7's taskbar and application security http://www.installjammer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1362&p=7316&hilit=win7#p7316 – eee May 12 '11 at 13:48
  • i'd used the above tool "InstallJammer" but it doesn't create .exe of the class file. it just packages all .class files into a single .exe and that .exe extracts all the .class files at the client's local directory. – Mohammad Faisal Jul 04 '11 at 16:31