Directions for Non-bundled App

[Jeff Palmer]

I have refactored my application to perform the update functionality of Java Webstart internally, then launching the entry point of the downloaded implementation jar via reflection.  I am sorry but I wasn't paying a lot of attention to the app generation threads last year.  Looking through the archives, I did not see anything that did not involve bundling.

I would like an OS X application, .app?, that could be dragged from Safari which would use the common JRE.  I thought I would just get off JWS but without bundling for now, since the Mac port is still a little rough, and Java 8 going to be much more modular for smaller file sizes.  That just leaves 7u12 in April for regression risk.

Have built the windows EXE port using Launch4J 3.1.  You put in your Java version requirements during EXE creation.  If they are not met when the app is started it brings up a browser pointing to http://java.com/download.  It works good.

There were 2 Mac distributables of Launch4J, but they are just trying to build an EXE on a mac.  Is there a tool to embed a jar in an app, or directions on how to make one?  I have not done any non-webstart development on Mac, since a Basic program in 1983, and I do not think that is going to help.  Have used various Unix machines for decades though.  Any links would be appreciated!


Jeff Palmer
WhatIf Squared LLC