Installing a desktop application on a non-java machine

Hi,
I want to create an installable for my Java
application (to be run on both Linux and Windows).
However, I don't want to have my customers go through
the process of installing Java first.
Is there any solution to this. I have read about
InstallAnywhere, but cannot download it as it is huge
and I have a very slow connection.
Thanks
LuanneIf you want to make your executable very small AND you are not using a GUI (any swing/awt stuff) then you can get JET. Jet produces windows executables that are very small if you don't use Swing. Otherwise you have to have the JRE installed.
Sorry, if you write a java application and don't compile it to native code with something like JET, then you MUST INSTALL a JRE. There is no way around it.
Programs like Install anywhere just make the install automatic, but you still have to drag an entire JRE with your program. Even if your program is only like 30k. Sorry, but that's the way it works. Windows is the same way, you need the multi megabytes of dlls to get even a simple windows program to work sometimes.

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kgoorley wrote: Hello,
I have searched the forums and been unable to find the information I need. I am not sure this is the appropriate forum to post at but had to start somewhere!
Given you new not only to deployment, but also
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rjhm_86 wrote:
How to create a "Setup.exe" for your java desktop application which also has a database?
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How to publish/distribute my database with my java application?
My Questions in detail:
I mean I want to create a "setup.exe" which users can download and then install it by providing the destination path(like any other program).
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Use any of a number of installers to install the DB, invoked from a webstart ExtensionInstallerService. Store the installation path using the Webstart PersistenceService (PS). Your app. will query the PS to get the path to the DB, start it, and go from there..
I have demos of the ExtensionInstallerService and PersistenceService on my site.
....but in that case anyone can access my database directly(by copying my database file to his mysql database folder), right ?If you give a DB to me, it's mine, buddy. Don't start this foolishness how the user might steal your data. If the data is so valuable, hide it behind a web service at your site and never actually give it to the end user. But really, your best protection in the case the DB data is distributed, is an EULA.
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