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[Saptarshi Purkayastha <sunbiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, Vuze and netbeans are examples and not dependencies...really small
files They can be automatically created to wrap the jar and these projects
can do it using a build tool like ant/ivy/maven

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Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA
Director R & D, HISP India
Health Information Systems Programme

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2009/8/18 Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>

> OK cool.  I figured this problem must be well solved by now.  Wrapping in a
> native executable sounds like a smart way to go (much like tcl distribution
> with starkits and tclkits).
>
> Saptarshi do you know is there a simple way to do this, preferably using
> maven, which doesn't necessarily involve another massive dependency (like
> netbeans in this case)?  Maybe vuze is smaller - I haven't looked yet.
>
> Regards
> Bob
>
> 2009/8/18 Saptarshi Purkayastha <sunbiz@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> This issue has been solved by a number of Java projects and we have seen
>> the pitfalls of using jar files for distribution in all these projects.
>> Native executables are easiest and best way to solve this problem. The logic
>> to identify java, version, location, operating system should be done in
>> these native launchers or initialization class whichever is practically
>> doable.
>>
>> For examples, I would suggest looking at Netbeans or Vuze.
>>
>> ---
>> Regards,
>> Saptarshi PURKAYASTHA
>> Director R & D, HISP India
>> Health Information Systems Programme
>>
>> My Tech Blog:  http://sunnytalkstech.blogspot.com
>> You Live by CHOICE, Not by CHANCE
>>
>>
>> 2009/8/18 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> 2009/8/18 Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> > Mind you ... though we don't need JAVA_HOME there might be a case for
>>> > setting JAVA_OPTS.  Maybe we just need an explanatory note on the
>>> website
>>> > about production-vs-demo and tuning.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Sure.
>>>
>>> I have tested things on Windows 7 today. Running dhis2 lite +
>>> building/testing the source code work just fine.
>>>
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