class/.exe conversion

[theEclipse]

is there any way to convert my java class files into an exe file ? or do I just have to write it in C?

I am running JDK1.3.1_01 theEclipse
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[MultipartRequest]

yes there is a way. Use Excelsior Jet packer.

 

[theEclipse]

aaaaaaaaaaaaha! thankyou I'll let you know how it works
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[theEclipse]

wait, wait, n/m. where do you get it?
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[bearsite4]

You should try searching for it with google. Anyway, I've tried it myself and I don't think it's very good. To make the download smaller (or for whatever else reason) you have to compile it yourself which is a simple enough affair but it took me 2 hours. As for the performance, I found that most of the programs did not work exactly as it does with Java and it's behaviour leaves a little to be desired. But- I used jet with a gui/swing so maybe for simple programs it will work fine.

 

[pipk]

why do you want to convert it to an exe file?

 

[theEclipse]

thats what I am looking for theEclipse
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[wushutwist]

Converting a Java Program into an Exe is pretty much completely missing the point of Java.
- There goes portability (obiviously)
- There goes JVM security
- There goes Memory Mangement and Garage Collection (I don't even know how this will work).
- What happens where a Runtime Exception is thrown that would normally be caught by the JVM?

Bottomline, Java is not meant to run outside a JVM. Excelsior Jet is a hack, if it works great, if it doesn't don't complain. If running under a JVM is out of the question then Java isn't the language you should be using.

 

[wushutwist]

I meant to say Garbage Collection. Even though I may keep quite a bit of stuff in my Garage, I don't see where it is any of your business.

 

[Guest_imported]

Java application to EXE packager
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please visit

http://www.duckware.com/java2exe.html

 

[iamprem]

i guess u could make a jar file of all the class files and then use the jar file as a one click option as a exe file(if that is why u r trying to make it a exe file)