These attributes include digitally signing JAR files, additional compression, multiplatform compatibility, etc.

This zip archive contains source files for the application plus a few other.

In our case, we want to use all the source files in the src folder, so we click Finish to finish working in the New Project wizard.

Therefore, you need to make sure that Java 7 or Java 8 is respectively used as the platform for this project.

Alternatively, right-click the projects node in the Projects window and choose Build.

The relative paths to these libraries are added in the classpath entry of the JARs manifest file when you are developing your application in the IDE.

If these additional libraries will not be found at the specified classpath (i.e., relative path) at launch, the application will not start.

Package My Java App Zip File To Users

Create a zip archive that contains the application JAR file and the library and provide this zip file to users.

For detailed information on packaging applications for deployment through Java Web Start, see Enabling Java Web Start in the NetBeans IDE.

See Java Applet Web Start - Code Signing for more information.

For Windows Vista or 7, click Default Programs and select Associate a file type or protocol with a program.

See the What Happened to the File Types Dialog article for details.

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