Launch4j Executable Wrapper

Features

• Launch4j wraps jars in Windows native executables and allows to run them like a regular Windows program.
• It's possible to wrap applications on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
• Also creates launchers for jars and class files without wrapping
• Supports executable jars and dynamic classpath resolution using environment variables and wildcards.
• Doesn't extract the jar from the executable.
• Native pre-JRE splash screen in BMP format shown until the Java application starts.
• Initial priority and single application instance features.
• Works with a bundled JRE or searches for newest Sun or IBM JRE / JDK in given version range and type (64-bit or 32-bit).
• Supports GUI and console apps.
• Supports Windows application manifests.
• Allows to set the initial/max heap size also dynamically in percent of free memory.
• JVM options: set system properties, tweak the garbage collection...
• Runtime JVM options from an .l4j.ini file.
• Runtime command line switches to change the compiled options.
• Access to environment variables, the registry and executable file path through system properties.
• Set environment variables.
• Ability to restart the application based on exit code.
• Custom version information shown by Windows Explorer.
• Digital signing of the executable with sign4j.
• Supports Windows Security Features of the Windows 8 certification kit.
• GUI and command line interface.
• Build integration through an Ant task and a Maven Plugin.
• Lightweight: 35 KB!
• The wrapped program works on Windows only, but Launch4j works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

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