jpackager

[Scott Palmer]

Welcome to Windows.

The .exe is a Windows app not a Console app.  This is a distinction that only Microsoft seemed to think was needed.  All other platforms are sane.
There is command line option to make a console app.

--win-console


Scott 



> On Dec 14, 2019, at 12:22 PM, Thomas Vatter <thomas_vatter at web.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've created a modular jar and jre image by jlink.
> 
> I tested it with this command:
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> PS C:\_dev\exebase\SimpleApp> .\jimage\bin\java.exe -m SimpleApp
> Dec 14, 2019 6:07:39 PM simpleapp.SimpleApp main
> INFO: SimpleApp says hello
> 
> It says "SimpleApp says hello" in the powershell window.
> 
> 
> Then I packaged it by
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> jpackager.exe create-image --input dist --output jp_out --name test01
> --icon icn\favicon.ico --runtime-image jimage --main-jar SimpleApp.jar
> 
> This creates in the output folder a file structure with an exe file in it.
> 
> When I execute the exe file fron the powershell there is no error
> message, but it doesn't say "SimpleApp says hello" any more.
> 
> Is something wrong?
> 
> regards
> 
> Thomas
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