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Re: Self-executing JAR

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On 4/16/12 11:46 AM, Tim Slattery wrote:
> I must be doing something stupid.
>
> I have a very simple command-line program in Eclipse, just a
> System.out.println("Hello World"). It runs just fine in the IDE. So I
> use File|Export|Export, and select "Runnable JAR file". A JAR is
> created.
>
> And it doesn't work. I can double-click on it, or I can call it from a
> command line. I get nothing. No "Hello world", no error message, no
> nothing. What have I missed?
You have missed the SSCCE.

It could be that you need to set a "main" class in your build 
configuration somewhere. I don't know much about Eclipse.

I do know that there is a standard file in META-INF that points to the 
class that should be run to start the runnable jar. Google may tell you 
more.

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Self-executing JAR Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2012-04-16 14:46 -0400
  Re: Self-executing JAR Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-16 12:21 -0700
  Re: Self-executing JAR markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-16 12:22 -0700
  Re: Self-executing JAR Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2012-04-16 16:34 -0400
    Re: Self-executing JAR Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-16 14:26 -0700
      Re: Self-executing JAR "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-16 21:06 -0400
    Re: Self-executing JAR Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-04-16 14:35 -0700
    Re: Self-executing JAR markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-16 14:51 -0700
      Re: Self-executing JAR markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-16 15:00 -0700
      Re: Self-executing JAR Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-04-17 08:31 +0000
        Re: Self-executing JAR markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-17 07:35 -0700
    Re: Self-executing JAR Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-16 15:51 -0700
      Re: Self-executing JAR Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2012-04-17 08:56 -0400
    Re: Self-executing JAR Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2012-04-17 10:49 -0400
      Re: Self-executing JAR markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-17 07:57 -0700
        Re: Self-executing JAR Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2012-04-18 09:06 -0400
  Re: Self-executing JAR Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-17 04:24 -0700

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