Create exe?

Spark Spark Support
1

I have the source and have made the changes I want.

I have a working program from the src files, but what tool do I use to make an exe that will create the desktop Icon, works with the uninstaller, etc.

Thanks…

2

Am also in need of the same solution. If anybody knows plz reply us.

Thanks and Regards,

Praveen.

3

Hi

here is a Patch to create an EXE-File with lauch4j and an installer with IZPack

http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/188636#188636

More Information about izpack and lauch4j can you find here:

Launch4j

http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/docs/DOC-1766

IzPack:

http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/docs/DOC-1767

4

Hi cstux,

Thnk u for ur response. I have followed the steps which u have mentioned. But am getting the following exception. I couldnt find out the reason.

E:\Prawin\spark_2_5_8\build>ant installer.izpack
Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\li
b\tools.jar
Buildfile: build.xml

init:

resources:

base:
[jar] Building jar: E:\Prawin Share\spark_2_5_8\target\build\lib\base.jar

build:

jar:

installer.izpack:
[IzPack] Building installer jar: E:\Prawin Share\spark_2_5_8\installer\spark-
installer.jar
[IzPack] Copying 55 files into installer
[IzPack] Merging 5 jars into installer
[IzPack] Writing 1 Pack into installer

BUILD FAILED
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/HierarchicalStreamDr
iver

Total time: 12 seconds

5

Which version of patch do you use?

Before you use “ant installer.izpack” execute “ant clean”.

6

Hi,

Am using IzPack-install-4.2.1 and launch4j-3.0.1-win32.exe. I have also execute “ant clean”. But still am getting the same exception. Please help me.

Thanks and Regards,

Praveen

7

Do you use one of these patches?

http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/188759#188759

8

Hi,

Now am able to generate the exe. But after the installation, I couldnt run the spark client. When I run the Spark.lnk file from the command prompt I get the following exception.

C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\STARTM~1\Programs\Spark>Spark.lnk

C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\STARTM~1\Programs\Spark>
C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\STARTM~1\Programs\Spark>if “” == “-debug” goto debug

C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\STARTM~1\Programs\Spark>if “” == “-noconsole” goto noconso
e

C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\STARTM~1\Programs\Spark>java -Dappdir=… -cp …/lib/window
/jmf.jar;…/lib/startup.jar;…/lib/windows/jdic.jar;…/resources;…/lib/windows
-Djava.library.path="…/lib/windows" org.jivesoftware.launcher.Startup
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jivesoftware/lau
cher/Startup
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jivesoftware.launcher.Startup
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
Could not find the main class: org.jivesoftware.launcher.Startup. Program will
exit.

C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\STARTM~1\Programs\Spark>goto end

C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\STARTM~1\Programs\Spark>

Please help me.

Thanks and Regards,

Praveen