1.) using --input (-i) without also using --files (-f) means every file
in the input directory (. in this case) will be added to the bundle.
This may be fine if you are in a working directory with just what you
want. ) in this case where --input and --output dirs are both the same,
running the command twice would bundle up an app containing the
installer from the first run as well. I had never tried having both -i
and -o be the same dir - but doing that now gives no problem, I can
create an installer, install it, and run the installed app.
2.) If you are getting an installer that installs find, but then app
doesn't I would back up and run create-image first and see if the
executable runs.
Also, if you jar has a Main-Class attribute (and it must since you can
run "java -jar helloWorld.jar") you shouldn't really need the -c
(--class) option. Is that really the correct main class (you can try
running "java -classpath helloWorld.jar HelloWorld".
/Andy
On 1/14/2019 4:36 PM, Skillzore Gaming wrote:
Hi!
I am trying out jpackage from https://jdk.java.net/jpackage/. I have been
trying to figure out how to get it to build a working exe file.
I have a helloWorld.jar built by gradle which is runnable and runs fine with "java
-jar helloWorld.jar". But when I try to use it to build an exe file, the resulting
installation (from the built exe file) does not work as expected.
I build the exe file with
jpackage.exe create-installer exe -n "hello" -j helloWorld.jar -o . -i .
-c HelloWorld
It installs just fine, but when trying to run the resulting hello.exe nothing
happens. I think that I am doing something wrong in the creation of the exe. I
am a bit unsure of what the -o, -i and -c parameters are intended to do and
that is probably where I fail.
Any insight would be appreciated since I am hoping to use this on a larger
project later and the interwebs do not have much information on this as of yet.
Regards, Simon
