JSmooth

[ghost]

For the launcher, If we wanted to, we could wrap the jar in an EXE using JSmooth (at least for the windows launcher). This would make it easier for the basic user who may not have the .jar file association mapped to java.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSmooth

--Just a thought.

[GitPS]

Fine with me.

[immo99]

Same, although I'm not sure how much we have to worry about people not having java. I don't have the ability to look into it yet, I will tonight.

If it turns out to be a lot of extra work, I don't think it would be too necessary.

Mike On Oct 20, 2013 12:06 PM, "Phil" notifications@github.com wrote:

Fine with me.

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[GitPS]

If it turns out to be a lot of extra work, I don't think it would be too necessary.

Agreed. If it is any extra work other than just repackaging the jar I say we skip this.

[areis422]

Is it possible to do a check within JSmooth for java and if not, install the included JRE?

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On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Phil notifications@github.com wrote:

If it turns out to be a lot of extra work, I don't think it would be too necessary.

Agreed. If it is any extra work other than just repackaging the jar I say we skip this.

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[ghost]

That would be an entire program in itself. The only benefit of using JSmooth would be that there wouldn't be a chance that a user's computer would try to open a .jar as a compressed folder instead of an executable. I agree with the earlier consensus that this benefit probably is negligible and not worth implementing.

[GitPS]

That would be an entire program in itself. The only benefit of using JSmooth would be that there wouldn't be a chance that a user's computer would try to open a .jar as a compressed folder instead of an executable. I agree with the earlier consensus that this benefit probably is negligible and not worth implementing.

From http://jsmooth.sourceforge.net/

JSmooth is a Java Executable Wrapper. It creates native Windows launchers (standard .exe) for your java applications. It makes java deployment much smoother and user-friendly, as it is able to find any installed Java VM by itself.

When no VM is available, the wrapper can automatically download and install a suitable JVM, or simply display a message or redirect the user to a web site.

Notice the last paragraph.

[ghost]

I stand corrected. Could be nice. Perhaps we should address this again toward the end of the project.