Hi, I just stumbled over JSmooth - a free, open-source wrapper that turns your jars into "standard" windows executables (.exe) headed by Rodrigo Reyes.
Rodrigo writes: Although Sun has recently introduced Java Web Start, it does not address all the issues: users want standard windows applications, that install in the standard "program files" directory, and which they can launch by double-clicking a standard .exe. JSmooth aims at enhancing the user experience by taking care of all those issues: the java application is wrapped in an .exe binary. When the user clicks on the .exe, the windows application search the most suitable JVM installed on the computer to launch the java application. If no JVM is found, a dialog box is displayed to the users and they may be redirected to a web site. JSmooth knows all the JVM version currently available. It knows how to pass the parameters, how to set up the memory configuration, how to manage the version constraints, and so on for every JVM version. This is the main difference between a simple .bat with "java -Xmx64m -jar myjar" which works only on the developer's computer, and an smart wrapper which adapts itself to the end-user's configuration. Full story @ http://jsmooth.sourceforge.net and http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsmooth - Gerald ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ lopica-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lopica-announce
