How To Deploy JAR, exe and msi for JavaFX 17 Application on Windows 11 x64

Опубликовано: 04 Октябрь 2024
на канале: Ken

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In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the JPackage to produce a self-contained JavaFX or Java 17 application includes all the necessary dependencies. It allows us to produce a native package in an exe or msi on Windows 11 x64.

The tool has options that allow packaged applications to be customized in various ways.

--type
The type of package to create

--input
Path of the input directory that contains the files to be packaged

--dest
Path where generated output file is placed

--main-jar
The main JAR of the application containing the main class

--main-class
Qualified name of the application main class to execute.

--module-path
The path to modular jars

--add-modules
Add list of modules

--win-shortcut
Creates a desktop shortcut for the application.

--win-menu
Adds the application to the system menu.

--description
Description of the application

--app-version
Version of the application and/or package

--verbose
Enables verbose output

--icon
Path of the icon of the application package

You should download and install the following:

JDK 17.0.1 is available from https://www.oracle.com/java/technolog...
Open JavaFX (OpenJFX) and JMODS 17.0.1 are available from https://gluonhq.com/products/javafx/
Java Scene Builder 17.0.0 is available from https://gluonhq.com/products/scene-bu...
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2021.3 is available from https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
WiX Toolset v3.11.2 is available from https://wixtoolset.org/releases/

The Installed directories are as follow:

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.1
C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-sdk-17.0.1
C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-jmods-17.0.1
C:\Users\Ken\AppData\Local\SceneBuilder
C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2021.3
C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.11

VM options:
--module-path "C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-sdk-17.0.1\lib"
--add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.fxml

JDK 17.0.1
JavaFX 17.0.1
JavaFX SceneBuilder 17.0.0
IntelliJ IDEA 2021.3
Windows 11 x64

JPackage command:
jpackage --type exe --input . --dest . --main-jar .\JavaFXHelloWorld.jar --main-class com.example.javafxhelloworld.App --module-path "C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-jmods-17.0.1" --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.fxml --win-shortcut --win-menu

jpackage --type msi --app-version "2.0" --input . --dest . --main-jar .\JavaFXHelloWorld.jar --main-class com.example.javafxhelloworld.App --module-path "C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-jmods-17.0.1" --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.fxml --win-shortcut --win-menu

jpackage --type exe --input . --dest . --main-jar .\JavaFXHelloWorld.jar --main-class com.example.javafxhelloworld.App --module-path "C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-jmods-17.0.1" --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.fxml --win-shortcut --win-menu --icon "icon.ico" --name "My App" --app-version "2.0"

Source:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javas...