Re: lib-Folder into .jar??

From:

"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.help

Date:

22 Aug 2006 16:28:01 -0700

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Beat Keller wrote:
....

we wrote for a university-project a little java application with
NetBeans. Now everything works and we want to hand it in in one .jar
file.

Why? Would 'one link' suffice?

The reason I ask is that this project might be well suited
to being launched by JWS - thaty would provide the end user
with a link that gets the project on-screen with as few as 1
clicks, and it removes the need to integrate the Jar files.
(they are being kept separate for good reason.)

..NetBeans now generates always with the .jar file also a folder
called lib and the jar-file only works if this folder is at the same
place like the .jar file. In the folder is a file called
swing-layout-1.0.jar.

Why not use common Java layouts and dump the
swing-layout completely? Do you have a screen-shot
of your application GUI?

..Is it possible to integrate this file into the
jar file so that we have only one file?

Yes, but
a) It is not recommended
b) You would have to consult the NB documentation
to check if NB allows the use of their layout jar in that
way.
c) It forces the end user to download a lot(*?) more bytes
before seeing the project onscreen, than if you used the
core Java layouts (the ones built into Java)

* How big is the jar?

HTH

Andrew T.