Thanks.. I will try.
On 10/26/07, Doug Zwick <email@hidden> wrote:
> Fabrizio Giudici wrote:
>
> > the best way of creating an application with Mac OS X is by means of
> > a "drag and drop installer", this means that the application just
> > appears as a single icon, you drag in the Applications folder, and
> > the game is over (this of course assumes that the application doesn't
> > have to do any special initialization). Look at the jarbundler
> > project, it's an ant task that allows you to create such an
> > applicaiton.
> >
> > On Oct 25, 2007, at 16:50 , Koeppen, Sandro wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Laxmilal,
> >> first, I have no idea creating a java application for mac on an
> >> other system, but if you double click your jar archive under mac
> >> os, it normally opens your application if the main class and depend
> >> libraries are defined in the manifest file. Also the developer
> >> tools (free) for mac os provide an app called Jar Bundler that
> >> helps you to create a .app from your java application. I'm sure you
> >> will find a detailed manual in the in internet or at apple help.
>
> That is certainly the best way of installing a Mac app. Most apps do
> not require an installer (unlike Windows). If you need an installer
> for other reasons (the app must run as root, for example), you can
> consider the stub building feature of Install Anywhere. Unless there
> is compelling reason to do so, however, Mac users will think that an
> installer is pretty lame. The poster that mentioned IA was pointing
> out its ability to generate an app bundle. You could use it
> internally just to create the app bundle, and then distribute the
> bundle normally. Normally this is done as a .dmg disk image file,
> which can only be produced on a Mac. Depending on your target
> audience, you might be able to get away with a .tar.gz file. You can
> search the archives of this list for other suggestions on how to
> deploy Java apps on the Mac -- there have been a number of creative
> ways posted over the years.
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