Home/ Questions/Q 7529993
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-30T04:47:15+00:00

In eclipse I have a java project that runs an external program (a .exe)

  • 0

In eclipse I have a java project that runs an external program (a .exe) from the main method. This program is in a folder ext under the rot of the project on the same level as the source folder. Now when I run this program from Eclipse it works Like a charm. But when I export a jar file, it does not. I end up with a jar file that does contain the ext folder, but I still get a FileNotFoundException.
I did think of using getClass.getResource(‘path’), but I can’t use this from the static main method.

Any ideas?

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    To get around the static issue, you can use ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource(‘path’)

    This may or may not work depending on how you are launching your .exe (it doesn’t really have a file path now, since it is inside the .jar, and I’m guessing it won’t) – having a .exe inside a .jar seems odd to me. Why not leave it outside the .jar, and specify its location with a configuration parameter? This would make much more sense.

    • 0