Re: Smaller package for users without JRE

Alan wrote:
On Feb 5, 5:41 pm, Lew <l...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 5, 5:35 pm, Alan <jalantho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is there any way to package a SMALL Java application for a user
who does not have the JRE installed on his machine?
If I bundle up the JRE folder with my small application, I think
it is 80MB.
There's no point in making a Java application for a user who doesn't
have Java.

80 MB is not very large. There are many native-executable
distributions that are larger than that.

It is strange that your JRE inclusion is so large. The official Sun
JRE installer for Windows is only 15.5 MB. Even the JDK installer for
Windows is only 73.1 MB.

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Lew

What I am doing is taking the already installed JRE folder on my
machine and zipping it up. Then I refer to the right location for the
JRE in a Batch or script file that runs the application.

It is the installed JRE folder that is that large. Alan

I have three things to say about that:
Yikes,
Yikes,
And don't do that!

You're particular JRE folder is not likely to run on your users computer. They may have a Mac, Linux, Solaris, Windows, or something else. Point users to http://www.java.com, and let them install the version of Java that is appropriate.

This has the added benefit of installing it PROPERLY, rather than just copying files (ever heard of the Windows Registry?)

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