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Java .jar question help please?

• Ok so I know a fair amount of Java and have decided to take into learning to make applets and also connecting to databases. I have xampp with mySQL on my computer and Eclipse too. I can use the database a little (still learning sql commands but I'm getting there). I made a simple applet that gets a single value from a database and increases it by one, displays it as the number of hits on the site, and then puts the increased value back into the db. Anyways, I can get the program to run fine with the little "applet viewer" on eclipse because I have the Connector/J external .jar in the build path but when I compile with cmd, obviously it isn't in the build path. I have looked at a few things on how to compile with external .jars but none seemed to work. can you please give me the EXACT command I would type to compile it (just say file.jar and file.java) Oh and the .jar is in the same folder.

• Answer:

  Creating a jar File in Command Prompt (1) Start Command Prompt. (2) Navigate to the folder that holds your class files: C:\>cd \mywork (3) Compile your class(es): C:\mywork> javac *.java (4) Create a manifest file: C:\mywork> echo Main-Class: YOUR_CLASS_NAME >manifest.txt (5) Create a jar file: C:\mywork> jar cvfm YOUR_CLASS_NAME.jar manifest.txt *.class (6) Test your jar: C:\mywork> YOUR_CLASS_NAME.jar