How to build an executable jar with Eclipse

[Vijay Vaddem]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a executable jar file for the application i developed
with eclipse.

I exported it as a jar file. But it isn;t working.
am i missing something or is there any other way of doin it?

Vijay

[Lasse Koskela]

The "Export... JAR" thing in Eclipse does not create an executable JAR file -- it's just for packaging your project directory into a single, compressed file.

In order to create an executable JAR file, I'd recommend taking a look at Ant and its <jar> task. And then there's Google, of course.