http://www.google.com/search?q=java+launch+windows+without+dos+window&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=
yields
http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Netbeans/UserFaqMiscellaneous#_Launching_a_Java_app_in_Windows
I did not find Java web start especially hard to use. The hardest part
was getting a certificate.
I found this:
www.dallaway.com/acad/webstart/
pretty helpful, but it is down ATM
thank the google, love the google, serve the google, the google is good,
the google is not evil:
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:IguXU6DqlsYJ:www.dallaway.com/acad/webstart/+java+web+start+email+certificate&hl=en
Though you do not need to use ant as the author suggests, you can use
jarsigner: http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.util.jar/CreateJar.html
Though I had to do -J-Xmx256mb to get it to work.
-andy
Richard O. Hammer wrote:
> Is there an easy way to launch a Java Swing application in Windows 2000
> without opening a DOS command window?
>
> I know that I can make a .bat file containing "java ClassName" and then
> double click on the file name, or create a shortcut to the .bat file,
> but that always seems to open the command window which stays open as
> long as the application is running.
>
> My Googling has found Java Web Start, a lot about Java Web Start. I've
> started looking at that and it looks like probably it would be easier to
> learn to use Java Web Start for my "hello world" application than it
> would be to get a Masters degree.
>
> But I still imagine that it can be easy. I am not concerned about
> security. I am not loading anything over the net. I just want to start
> my local application with no more hassle than starting Notepad.
>
> Can I create a Windows shortcut that says something like
> java -classpath path1;path2 MyClass
> to the Windows OS, without opening a command window?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich Hammer
>
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