Hello
I have application code that runs fine when executed from inside
Eclipse IDE.
However when I make a jar "myApp.jar" out of it then the jar does not
run. If I however remove a certain object of a certain class C from my
code and generates a new "myApp.jar", then the new jar runs fine
aswell.

The class C which I remove from the code to make it work is located in
an external jar "x.jar".
Inside the IDE, I have included x.jar in the buildpath of the project.

My thought is that the class C is not found in runtime when executing
"myApp.jar".

Where should I put the x.jar for the JRE to find when executing
myApp.jar?

marcussilfver@gmail.com wrote in news:d6ad2e8f-d687-4048-8f22-44746f7cd069
@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

> Hello
> I have application code that runs fine when executed from inside
> Eclipse IDE.
> However when I make a jar "myApp.jar" out of it then the jar does not
> run. If I however remove a certain object of a certain class C from my
> code and generates a new "myApp.jar", then the new jar runs fine
> aswell.
> 
> The class C which I remove from the code to make it work is located in
> an external jar "x.jar".
> Inside the IDE, I have included x.jar in the buildpath of the project.
> 
> My thought is that the class C is not found in runtime when executing
> "myApp.jar".
> 
> Where should I put the x.jar for the JRE to find when executing
> myApp.jar?

To the classpath

java -cp .;/path/to/the/x.jar;/possible/other/jars -jar myApp.jar

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:44:35 -0700, marcussilfver wrote:

> Hello
> I have application code that runs fine when executed from inside Eclipse
> IDE.
> However when I make a jar "myApp.jar" out of it then the jar does not
> run. If I however remove a certain object of a certain class C from my
> code and generates a new "myApp.jar", then the new jar runs fine aswell.
> 
> The class C which I remove from the code to make it work is located in
> an external jar "x.jar".
> Inside the IDE, I have included x.jar in the buildpath of the project.
> 
> My thought is that the class C is not found in runtime when executing
> "myApp.jar".
> 
> Where should I put the x.jar for the JRE to find when executing
> myApp.jar?


Do a search for jar mainifest. That should tell you how to include x.jar 
in the classpath and make your jar file double clickable.

I'm surprised Eclipse doesn't do this for you, or maybe it does but you 
aren't packaging it correctly after.

For example, taking a similar approach as you have in Netbeans will 
create myApp.jar (horrible name) and put it in dist/. It will also put 
dependencies in the relative directory lib/, that is, dist/lib/. You can 
then copy the contents of dist/ anywhere and it will run.

Check out what is in bin/ in Eclipse.

Lionel.

marcussilfver@gmail.com wrote:
>> I have application code that runs fine when executed from inside
>> Eclipse IDE.
>> However when I make a jar "myApp.jar" out of it then the jar does not
>> run. If I however remove a certain object of a certain class C from my
>> code and generates a new "myApp.jar", then the new jar runs fine
>> aswell.
>>
>> The class C which I remove from the code to make it work is located in
>> an external jar "x.jar".
>> Inside the IDE, I have included x.jar in the buildpath of the project.
>>
>> My thought is that the class C is not found in runtime when executing
>> "myApp.jar".
>>
>> Where should I put the x.jar for the JRE to find when executing
>> myApp.jar?

Donkey Hot wrote:
> To the classpath
> 
> java -cp .;/path/to/the/x.jar;/possible/other/jars -jar myApp.jar

There's no point in putting a -cp option there if you use -jar.  The classpath 
will be completely ignored due to the -jar option.

<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/java.html>
> When you use this option [-jar], the JAR file is the source of all user classes, 
> and other user class path settings are ignored.

The answer is the Class-Path manifest attribute
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#Manifest%20Specification>

Place the library JAR in the same directory as the application JAR, or a 
subdirectory, and reference it from the manifest of the application JAR.

-- 
Lew

On 26 Mar, 13:54, Lew <l...@lewscanon.com> wrote:
> marcussilf...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> I have application code that runs fine when executed from inside
> >> Eclipse IDE.
> >> However when I make a jar "myApp.jar" out of it then the jar does not
> >> run. If I however remove a certain object of a certain class C from my
> >> code and generates a new "myApp.jar", then the new jar runs fine
> >> aswell.
>
> >> The class C which I remove from the code to make it work is located in
> >> an external jar "x.jar".
> >> Inside the IDE, I have included x.jar in the buildpath of the project.
>
> >> My thought is that the class C is not found in runtime when executing
> >> "myApp.jar".
>
> >> Where should I put the x.jar for the JRE to find when executing
> >> myApp.jar?
> Donkey Hot wrote:
> > To the classpath
>
> > java -cp .;/path/to/the/x.jar;/possible/other/jars -jar myApp.jar
>
> There's no point in putting a -cp option there if you use -jar. =A0The cla=
sspath
> will be completely ignored due to the -jar option.
>
> <http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/java.html>
>
> > When you use this option [-jar], the JAR file is the source of all user =
classes,
> > and other user class path settings are ignored.
>
> The answer is the Class-Path manifest attribute
> <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#Manifest%20Spe...>=

>
> Place the library JAR in the same directory as the application JAR, or a
> subdirectory, and reference it from the manifest of the application JAR.
>
> --
> Lew- D=F6lj citerad text -
>
> - Visa citerad text -

thanks everyone answering. I got it working now!

regards
Marcus

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:44:35 -0700 (PDT), marcussilfver@gmail.com
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>Where should I put the x.jar for the JRE to find when executing
>myApp.jar?

Normally you build jars with ant scripts.  See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ant.html

You might have a look at some of my jars
http://mindprod.com/products.html to see the structure.  Look inside
your jars to make sure all the class files are there and they are
named correctly, and resources are present, and the manifest is
correctly built.

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jar.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jarexe.html
-- 

Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com