Classpath entry dialog | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
To define a class path entry, you first select the entry type, then check the fail if an error occurs with this class path entry checkbox in case you want the startup to be terminated if this class path entry is faulty and finally fill out the Detail section of the dialog which is dependent on the selected entry type. The following entry types are available:
Error handling:
If fail if an error occurs with this class path entry is checked,
the application will terminate with an error message if this directory does not exist.
Note: Not available if the project type is "JAR in EXE"
Error handling:
If fail if an error occurs with this class path entry is checked,
the application will terminate with an error message if this directory does not exist.
Note: Not available if the project type is "JAR in EXE"
The last path component can include a * as a placeholder for a frequently changing version number. This is not a wildcard for processing multiple matching paths, rather it is intended for systems like maven where the version number on dependencies is part of the file name and is frequently changed. An example is bin\commons-io-*.jar which will match a file like bin/commons-io-1.0.jar at compile time. This replacement is performed at compile-time and not a runtime.
Error handling:
If fail if an error occurs with this class path entry is checked,
the application will terminate with an error message if this archive does not exist.
Error handling:
If fail if an error occurs with this class path entry is checked,
the application will terminate with an error message if this environment
variable is not defined.
Except for the "Environment variable" classpath type, you can use environment variables in the text field with the following syntax: ${VARIABLE_NAME} where you replace VARIABLE_NAME with the desired environment variable.
The directory of the JRE that your application is running with is contained in ${EXE4J_JVM_HOME}. If you've specified in the Configure JRE step, that only JDKs and no JREs should be used, you can append \.. after the variable to change into the JDK home directory. For example, to reference tools.jar, you'd have to write %EXE4J_JVM_HOME%\..\lib\tools.jar.
Note that for path selections by means of a file chooser ([...] buttons), exe4j will try to convert the path to be relative to the distribution source directory.
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