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DIOCreate windows .exe file for java application

Step1 ) Create a java application

I am creating a very basic java class which simply displays a frame and some text on it. It also has the main() method which will start the application.

package com.howtodoinjava;

import java.awt.Color;

import java.awt.Font;

import java.awt.Frame;

import java.awt.Label;

import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;

import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;

import javax.swing.JDialog;

public class ApplicationMain extends JDialog

{

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public ApplicationMain()

    {

        //Create a frame

        Frame f = new Frame();

        f.setSize(500, 300);

         

        //Prepare font

        Font font = new Font( "SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 22 );

         

        //Write something

        Label label = new Label("Launch4j Maven Demo with HowToDoInJava.com");

        label.setForeground(Color.RED);

        label.setFont(font);

        f.add(label);

        //Make visible

        f.setVisible(true);

        f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {

            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {

                System.exit(0);

            }

        });

    }

    public static void main(final String[] args)

    {

        new ApplicationMain();

    }

}

Step 2) Create maven file with launch4j configured in it

I have created a pom file for packaging the application as .exe file. If you feel something unclear, drop a comment.

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.howtodoinjava</groupId>

  <artifactId>JavaExeDemo</artifactId>

  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

  <name>JavaExeDemo</name>

  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <properties>

        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>

  </properties>

  <build>

    <plugins>

        <plugin>

            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

            <version>2.5.1</version>

            <configuration>

                <source>1.6</source>

                <target>1.6</target>

            </configuration>

        </plugin>

        <plugin>

            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>

            <version>1.7.1</version>

            <executions>

                <execution>

                    <phase>package</phase>

                    <goals>

                        <goal>shade</goal>

                    </goals>

                </execution>

            </executions>

            <configuration>

                <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>

                <shadedClassifierName>shaded</shadedClassifierName>

                <transformers>

                    <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">

                        <mainClass>com.howtodoinjava.Main</mainClass>

                    </transformer>

                </transformers>

            </configuration>

        </plugin>

        <plugin>

            <groupId>com.akathist.maven.plugins.launch4j</groupId>

            <artifactId>launch4j-maven-plugin</artifactId>

            <version>1.5.1</version>

            <executions>

                <execution>

                    <id>l4j-clui</id>

                    <phase>package</phase>

                    <goals>

                        <goal>launch4j</goal>

                    </goals>

                    <configuration>

                        <headerType>gui</headerType>

                        <jar>${project.build.directory}/${artifactId}-${version}-shaded.jar</jar>

                        <outfile>${project.build.directory}/howtodoinjava.exe</outfile>

                        <downloadUrl>http://java.com/download</downloadUrl>

                        <classPath>

                            <mainClass>com.howtodoinjava.ApplicationMain</mainClass>

                            <preCp>anything</preCp>

                        </classPath>

                        <icon>application.ico</icon>

                        <jre>

                            <minVersion>1.6.0</minVersion>

                            <jdkPreference>preferJre</jdkPreference>

                        </jre>

                        <versionInfo>

                            <fileVersion>1.0.0.0</fileVersion>

                            <txtFileVersion>${project.version}</txtFileVersion>

                            <fileDescription>${project.name}</fileDescription>

                            <copyright>2012 howtodoinjava.com</copyright>

                            <productVersion>1.0.0.0</productVersion>

                            <txtProductVersion>1.0.0.0</txtProductVersion>

                            <productName>${project.name}</productName>

                            <companyName>howtodoinjava.com</companyName>

                            <internalName>howtodoinjava</internalName>

                            <originalFilename>howtodoinjava.exe</originalFilename>

                        </versionInfo>

                    </configuration>

                </execution>

            </executions>

        </plugin>

    </plugins>

</build>

</project>

Step 3) Create .exe file

To make the exe file for above java program, run maven command:

mvn package

Above command will create the “howtodoinjava.exe ” file in your project’s target folder. Double click on .exe file will open the window like this.