How to make executable program in java? [duplicate]

Answer 1

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)

Answer 2

The common way is the following:

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

Answer 3

probably this may help you http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/faq/faq0042.html

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