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Hi,
i've just started programing with Slick and already wrote some small arcade classics like Tetris, Pacman, etc.. So far i really love this library :).

Now i'd like to extract one of my Eclipse project into something executable like a .jar, .exe or .jnlp, but somehow i'm too stupid. The normal export to (runnable) jar feature from Eclipse never seems to work. Either he doesn't find the main class, the libraries or just does nothing at all, although the manifest should be correct...

Anyway, does anybody know a good and simple step by step guide to creating a .jar, .exe or .jnlp out of an Eclipse project?

you can if you like have a look at , its a tool that'll create a executable jar for you (especially for slick and lwjgl projects).

1) Export your code and resources into a jar

2) simply start JarSplice and on the add jar tab, add your jar, also add lwjgl.jar, slick.jar and any other libraries that you are using.

3) on the native tab add all the native files that your are using *.dll files on windows, *.so for linux and *.jnilib, *.dylib for mac. Just add all the natives to it.

4) on the main class tab, add the main class of your project.

5) Create your executable jar. This will give you a single executable jar file to start your project from, no need to mess around with any native files after that as it'll all be self contained in that one jar.

Do let me know how it runs, since its the first revision of the tool.

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Hi,
sorry for not responding earlier. I totally forgot that i opened the thread :oops:.

JarSplice works perfectly and it's really easy to use. I hope JarSplice gets listed in the , since it's by far the easiest to use.

yep i figured it out for my game.jar
but now its almost launched but and error occurs

and this is due to Joog.jar i guess. if i put the Jogg , the jar is corrupted, if i dont put it, obvious no class deffound
any idea?


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to admins: can we please make this sticky topic? thanks!

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I second that.

I've been looking for an easy way of making an exacutable .jar for some time, with varying luck. This tool is so simple, and works perfectly. This needs to be a sticky, and also be included in the Code samples, Tutorials and Help topic.

Great tool, thank you so much : D