Also, how do I export to a Windows Application? I ...

# tornadofx

[diniamo]

Also, how do I export to a Windows Application?
I heard you could do it with LauncherFX, but I couldn't figure it out.

[Bogdan]

do you want to create a Windows binary?

[diniamo]

Yes @Bogdan, with a bundeled jre most likely.

[Bogdan]

@diniamo https://github.com/beryx/badass-runtime-plugin or https://github.com/beryx/badass-jlink-plugin

[diniamo]

Thanks I'll look into them.

[Samkeene]

I use badass-runtime-plugin to collect all my dependencies and a jar of my project in one place, then use install4j to create a windows installer for my project. Works like a charm.

[diniamo]

@Bogdan @Samkeene I tried following the example and reading the documentation, but I'm running into a weird issue which I can't figure out:

Execution failed for task ':jre'.
> Directory not found: null/jmods

Here is my build script: https://hastebin.de/fadofohiwi.kotlin

[Bogdan]

@diniamo you have defined the variables JDK_LINUX_HOME, JDK_MAC_HOME, JDK_WIN_HOME. Try using absolute paths

[Bogdan]

also you do not need to specify this if needed for one system

[diniamo]

And what do I set them to? Like on windows I'll only have the windows version of jdk obviously.

[diniamo]

Oh wait I remember, I can set the to the download links of the JDKs and it'll work automatically. I'll try, thanks once again.

[diniamo]

@Bogdan it seems like I managed to build it, but it won't execute, whatever I do.
My current build file: https://hastebin.de/sayolosaqi.swift
What am I missing here?

[diniamo]

I managed to screenshot it. 🤔

[Bogdan]

[Bogdan]

What specifically doesn't work?

[diniamo]

The program doesn't start
And the thing on the image is to put all the delendencies in the jar. It's stated in the tornadofx setup guide.

[Bogdan]

It's stated in the tornadofx setup guide

this is already done by plugins

[Bogdan]

The program doesn't start

without error ? No dump file?

[diniamo]

Not really, the command prompt instantly closes, the screenshot I sent above is me screenshotting it in the right moment.

[diniamo]

this is already done by plugins

I recall those not working with Tornadofx for some reason, tho I'm probably wrong.

[Bogdan]

do you run on the command line? If not (to catch a mistake)

[diniamo]

https://hastebin.de/ayuwoqugix.rb

[diniamo]

Hmmm, that's the whole output.

[Bogdan]

it looks like you are launching something wrong. You need a file that has the names of your project

[diniamo]

I am launching the bat file in the bin folder, with the name of my project.

[diniamo]

OK so @Bogdan I did some debugging,it seems like it tries to execute this command:

"<pathToProject>\build\image\bin\../bin/java.exe"     -classpath "<pathToProject>\build\image\bin\../lib/*"

which is not ideal, since there is no jar specified. Any more ideas?

[diniamo]

If I add the -jar part to the command manually it works. But I obviously want it to be automatic and not do it by hand every time.

[diniamo]

Also, it's 70MB, for a very simple program, can I reduce that somehow?

[Bogdan]

OK so @Bogdan I did some debugging,it seems like it tries to execute this command:

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C136UUPE1/p1616845160012000?thread_ts=1615745999.005900&cid=C136UUPE1

I don't see the application {} block:

application {
    mainClassName = "fullPackage.MainKt"
}

[Bogdan]

https://github.com/beryx-gist/badass-runtime-example-kotlin-tornadofx/blob/master/build.gradle.simple.kts#L21