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How to export JavaFX gradle project as a standalone executable file for deployment?

I have completed my JavaFX application within gradle build system, and it is working fine in all way. Now I want to export as a .EXE file for standalone software distribution, I tried much more tricks but no gain. If some one can help me out to wrap my project in a software setup, It would be grateful.

Follow these steps to export your JavaFX project into executable Jar
Goto> Project Structure
Goto>>Artifacts
Click "+">> To add new artifact
It will shows a dropdownlist
Select>>Jar>>From module with dependencies
You will see a nested window as shown
Select Main class of your project
Check In the Option " Copy to output directory.." >>Ok
Goto>> Menu-bar>>Build>>Build Artifacts
Select>> your Project.jar>> Build
This will create executable jar file in your project source folder
Locate your jar file in path project\out\artifacts..
Now you can run this jar file simple cmd commad or with batch file
Cmd Command>> Java -jar project.jar
Using batch file>> make .bat file name it "RUN" and write these commands inside
Specify the Java Runtime path and "Javafx Sdk path" along with VM
options & Project Jar
Run your standalone application .. Enjoy ;)

Creating an installer for the desktop platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux) has become easy these days. The tool of choice is jpackage which started to be shipped with JDK 14. It can either be used on the command line on the finished project or you can use a Gradle plugin (https://github.com/beryx/badass-jlink-plugin). If your project is not modularized you could follow this tutorial https://github.com/dlemmermann/JPackageScriptFX which also uses jpackage but together with Maven and some other tools from the JDK. The Maven part could easily be rewritten to Gradle, if needed.

Create install anywhere launcher from executable jar

I have a jar file that is being created by Spring Boot. Application runs smoothly when run by command java -jar. I want to create an install anywhere launcher with this jar file.
What I have tried is to send the Spring Boot main class (PropertiesLauncher). The issue is that calling it like this won't load the nested jars inside my executable jar and also the loader.path doesn't seems to work.
Is there a way to call the executable jar like java -jar from the install anywhere launcher?
I was thinking that another option was to create an install anywhere launcher for a script file and inside have the java -jar call. So another question will be:
How do I create an install anywhere launcher for a script file?

'execute command' step will do the trick:
Use this command line:
java -jar <path.to.jar.file>
Use EXECUTE_STDOUT, EXECUTE_STDERR and EXECUTE_EXITCODE built-in variables to catch errors and parse the jar's execution result.
Important notes:
You'll have to make sure your jar includes all of the dependencies (or at least set the classpath in the command line);
To include the dependencies within your jar using eclipse you can:
Export your project as a 'runnable jar file' and select the
'Extract/Package required libraries into generated JAR' option/s
Use Maven to build the project with dependencies; the
maven-assembly-plugin is required.
The 'execute command' will work for batch/cmd/shell scripts as well, but you'll have to make sure the scripts are extracted to a local folder such as %TEMP% or /tmp before you can use them.
Goodluck

IntelliJ build jar, view command used

I have setup intellij to build a working jar file for the project. However, I need to be able to see what command is being used to generate this, so I can build it directly from the command line.
Any ideas?
Many thanks,
Sam

You may try to use Build -> Generate Ant Build from menu. It will create an ant file that will build the project.

Java project with only build.xml [duplicate]

What is the file build.xml?
I was wondering if it is a possibility to import this project in Eclipse or Netbeans using this build.xml. I tried to import the project but I get some errors since one part is created using J2ME and the other J2SE and I guess this file should be the configuration.

build.xml usually is an ant build script.
It contains information necessary to build the project to produce the desired output, be it Javadocs, a compiled project, or a JAR file.
I believe Eclipse has ant built-in, so it should be possible to execute the build.xml by choosing "Run As..." and "Ant Build".
The build.xml file, if it is an ant script, is not used to import the project into an IDE like Eclipse or Netbeans. A build script is used to build the project (or produce some desired output) rather than an mechanism for importing the project into an IDE.

As mentioned by #coobird this is an ant build file. Although IDEs such as Eclipse and Netbeans have ant support built-in, it is also possible to run ant from the command-line and this may be the simplest way to get started if the project has been well created.
See http://ant.apache.org/
for docs.
If you want to try this approach, install ant, cd to the directory with build.xml and issue
ant

Eclipse can be told to build using an Ant script, but you can also use Ant itself.

build.xml file is an Ant(Apache) script.
you can find more information on Ant & build.xml here

In java project build.xml file is used write the ant script.
And from that ant script you can generate war file and can deploy on Tomcat server

Managing a Java and Shell script development in Eclipse?

For my development project I am having to use Java jars and Shell script along with config files.
In eclipse currently I am just developing the Java jar applicaiton and then exporting it into a seperate folder where my Shell script is and other files.
Then I FTP this folder into server directory.
However I am running into problems where my shell script or java version are not the same.
Is there any way for me to just package it all into one eclipse project and export it as the following
My Project
shell script.sh
myappplication,jar
myconfig.cfg
archive folder
I tried putting it all in my SRC folder but all that I get out is a jar file from exporting the project.
Any suggestions welcome

I would recommend using either Ant or Maven, both of which are well-integrated into Eclipse (Maven is integrated by default in the latest release).
Depending on your project, it's possible Maven (which is a build lifecycle management system) is overkill, but check it out and see how it might aid your build process.
Using Ant would allow you to create a process which would gather your files together and transfer them to your remote system.
You can also check out ShellEd for building shell scripts in Eclipse. I've found it somewhat hit-or-miss, but it does allow me to stay in one IDE for most of my work.