ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

BUILDING APPLICATIONS WITH VISUAL JAVABEANS
DEPLOYMENT
To successfully deploy this application onto a user’s machine, you will create an
executable JAR file. Users will then be able to launch the application by using the
JRE installed as part of ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit or Runtime by giving the
following command:
java –jar mapviewer.jar
To create an executable JAR:
1. In the directory where the compiled Java class files are present, create a file
called “manifest.txt”.
2. Add the following single line to the manifest.txt file:
Main-Class: MapViewer
3. Make sure to press Enter at the end of the first line.
4. Save the file and open a command window. Use the ‘cd’ command to change
to the directory containing the manifest.txt file.
5. Give the following command to create the executable JAR file:
jar cmf manifest.txt mapviewer.jar *.class
6. A mapviewer.jar file will be created. This is the executable JAR that can be
launched using the JRE included as part of the ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit,
as follows:
"C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\java\jre\bin\java" -jar mapviewer.jar
This command can be bundled in a batch file or shell script to provide a launch
script.
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