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How do I make a code that will make Java code/file to an .exe file [duplicate]

I want to convert a .jar to an .exe for microsoft. Is there any program converter for this?
Also if there's one for Mac and Linux I would appreciate suggestions for those too.

Launch4j works on both Windows and Linux/Mac. But if you're running Linux/Mac, there is a way to embed your jar into a shell script that performs the autolaunch for you, so you have only one runnable file:
exestub.sh:
#!/bin/sh
MYSELF=`which "$0" 2>/dev/null`
[ $? -gt 0 -a -f "$0" ] && MYSELF="./$0"
JAVA_OPT=""
PROG_OPT=""
# Parse options to determine which ones are for Java and which ones are for the Program
while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
case $1 in
-Xm*) JAVA_OPT="$JAVA_OPT $1" ;;
-D*) JAVA_OPT="$JAVA_OPT $1" ;;
*) PROG_OPT="$PROG_OPT $1" ;;
esac
shift
done
exec java $JAVA_OPT -jar $MYSELF $PROG_OPT
Then you create your runnable file from your jar:
$ cat exestub.sh myrunnablejar.jar > myrunnable
$ chmod +x myrunnable
It works the same way launch4j works: because a jar has a zip format, which header is located at the end of the file. You can have any header you want (either binary executable or, like here, shell script) and run java -jar <myexe>, as <myexe> is a valid zip/jar file.

JSmooth .exe wrapper
JSmooth is a Java Executable Wrapper. It creates native Windows launchers (standard .exe) for your Java applications. It makes java deployment much smoother and user-friendly, as it is able to find any installed Java VM by itself. When no VM is available, the wrapper can automatically download and install a suitable JVM, or simply display a message or redirect the user to a website.
JSmooth provides a variety of wrappers for your java application, each of them having their own behavior: Choose your flavor!
Download: http://jsmooth.sourceforge.net/
JarToExe 1.8
Jar2Exe is a tool to convert jar files into exe files.
Following are the main features as describe on their website:
Can generate “Console”, “Windows GUI”, “Windows Service” three types of .exe files.
Generated .exe files can add program icons and version information.
Generated .exe files can encrypt and protect java programs, no temporary files will be generated when the program runs.
Generated .exe files provide system tray icon support.
Generated .exe files provide record system event log support.
Generated windows service .exe files are able to install/uninstall itself, and support service pause/continue.
New release of x64 version, can create 64 bits executives. (May 18,
2008)
Both wizard mode and command line mode supported. (May 18, 2008)
Download: http://www.brothersoft.com/jartoexe-75019.html
Executor
Package your Java application as a jar, and Executor will turn the jar into a Windows .exe file, indistinguishable from a native application. Simply double-clicking the .exe file will invoke the Java Runtime Environment and launch your application.

If your program is "publicly available non-commercial in nature" and has "a publicly available Web site that meets the basic quality standards", then you can try and get a free license of Excelsior. If its not then it's expensive, but still a viable option.
Program: https://www.excelsiorjet.com
As a side note: Here's a study of all existing Jar to EXE programs, which is a bit depressing - https://www.excelsior-usa.com/articles/java-to-exe.html

Despite this being against the general SO policy on these matters, this seems to be what the OP genuinely wants:
http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=java+executable+wrapper
If you'd like, you could also try creating the appropriate batch or script file containing the single line:
java -jar MyJar.jar
Or in many cases on windows just double clicking the executable jar.

I used Launch4J and it works flawlessy,
First, Go to your jdk and copy the bin and lib folder
Then create a folder for your app and make a folder called jre-(version),
Then paste these inside
Then open launch4j Put the exe file's path (Inside the app's folder)
Then go the jre option and inside bundled paths type jre-(version)
Then in minimun version type the version of the java you coded it in.
Then in the jre option put "Only use private jdk runtimes"
Then hit the gear icon. It will open a file chooser.
Choose your application's folder, done
Now open the exe file generated. It should work.
In case it does not, try the test run button (The green play one). If it says LinkageError in the console below, then in the jvm-options type --enable-preview. It should work.
I hope it helped.

For Windows, you can convert jar to exe using following ways:
Using Netbeans
https://erainnovator.com/convert-jar-to-exe-file/
Using Excelsior JET
https://youtu.be/iQSfUb8chjg

if you need to convert from .jar to .exe from java 14 you can used jpackage
jpackage is a command-line tool to create native installers and
packages for Java applications.
this article will help you

run jar on mac with arguments

I have a bioinformatics related tool can be found here. The tool can be download from the link under that page.
It is a Java packaged files for which on Windows I can run
a compiled version (see the readme, need to change name of Mold2.doc to Mold2.exe) using the following command line:
Mold2 -i TestCompounds.sdf
(I have moved the TestCompounds.sdf file to same path as that exe)
It will produce some message and output 2 files output.txt and report.txt.
The trouble is that this package doesn't have any pre-compiled version executable for Mac OS.
However, since Java is supposedly cross-platform and since I also have the java Mold2.jar file, I think it would work for me if I can execute under Mac OS. But I can find the way how to do that...
I have tried with:
java -cp Mold2.jar Mold2
But it only invoke the GUI, and I can't find how to execute this program with only arguments under terminal without invoking the GUI, which is what I want is for integration purpose.
So how can I run this tool on Mac OS on terminal?

Running exe files with Hudson on Windows 8

I am attempting to have a Hudson job run a windows executable on a Windows 8 VM. When I attempt to run the exe file I get the error:
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\hudson\workspace\workspaceName\installer\bin\fileToExecute.exe": CreateProcess error=740, The requested operation requires elevation
Has anyone run into this and had it run automatically? I can't just have the exe file on the VM and set its permissions because a new copy gets downloaded at the start of each build.
Thanks in advance.

Disclaimer: I have not tried this with Windows 8.
First things first, even if you succeed to launch an .exe application from Hudson/Jenkins, it will be running under a different session, probably invisible to you. I've managed to achieve the workarounds for this with PsExec as detailed here:
Open Excel on Jenkins CI
With the above method, you will be able to launch an application and actually see it in the logged in session.
If your application does require elevated permissions for whatever reason, you've got to add -h switch to PsExec

Deploying a Java project on Linux system

I developed a project using Java and now I've to deliver it to client who is using Linux. Which executable file format will be delivered and how to make that?

Executable file format?
If you're delivering a Java app, give them a jar file (and associated libs).
Provide a shell script to set up its environment and execute it.
For example, assuming I define ROOT_DIR as my app's install directory, and so on:
CLASSPATH="${ADD_JARS}:${CLASSPATH}:${ROOT_DIR}/lib/myApp.jar:\
${ROOT_DIR}/lib/jibx/jibx-run.jar:\
${ROOT_DIR}/lib/jibx/xpp3.jar:\
${ROOT_DIR}/lib/bindings.jar:\
${ROOT_DIR}/lib/commons-lang-2.0.jar:\
${ROOT_DIR}/lib/forms-1.0.5.jar"
"${JAVACMD}" -Xmx256M -DanyDefsNeeded=foobar -Dbase.dir="${ROOT_DIR}" -cp "${CLASSPATH}" myApp.main.Launcher "$#"
What goes into the shell script depends totally on what your app actually needs to start up.

A jar. If it is not executable, then a script (.sh) to launch the jar.

Well basically what you wanna put in a .sh file is the commands you'd normally type at the console to run your jar file. They should be separated by a new line (i.e. each on a separate line in the .sh file).
The most basic you can go is add something like this to your sh file:
java -Xms=64m -Xmx=256m -jar myJar.jar -classpath [dependencies dir]/dep1.jar,[dependencies dir]/dep2.jar
beyond this you can do more exotic stuff, like parametrise some environment variables, get command line argumens from when the .sh is launched and pass them to the jar executatble etc. Look up "bash scripting" for advanced stuff:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1

You might have better luck using Launch4J, IzPack or other installer that has cross-platform capabilities. This might be a better first option than trying to understand the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of the different Linux distributions and shells.

If your app. has a GUI, the best user experience for installation/deployment can be had by way of Java Web Start. Note that JWS can deploy apps. to Windows, *nix and Mac. and avoids all the maintenance woes of generating 3 separate (platform specific) executables.

How can I convert a .jar to an .exe?

I want to convert a .jar to an .exe for microsoft. Is there any program converter for this?
Also if there's one for Mac and Linux I would appreciate suggestions for those too.

Launch4j works on both Windows and Linux/Mac. But if you're running Linux/Mac, there is a way to embed your jar into a shell script that performs the autolaunch for you, so you have only one runnable file:
exestub.sh:
#!/bin/sh
MYSELF=`which "$0" 2>/dev/null`
[ $? -gt 0 -a -f "$0" ] && MYSELF="./$0"
JAVA_OPT=""
PROG_OPT=""
# Parse options to determine which ones are for Java and which ones are for the Program
while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
case $1 in
-Xm*) JAVA_OPT="$JAVA_OPT $1" ;;
-D*) JAVA_OPT="$JAVA_OPT $1" ;;
*) PROG_OPT="$PROG_OPT $1" ;;
esac
shift
done
exec java $JAVA_OPT -jar $MYSELF $PROG_OPT
Then you create your runnable file from your jar:
$ cat exestub.sh myrunnablejar.jar > myrunnable
$ chmod +x myrunnable
It works the same way launch4j works: because a jar has a zip format, which header is located at the end of the file. You can have any header you want (either binary executable or, like here, shell script) and run java -jar <myexe>, as <myexe> is a valid zip/jar file.

JSmooth .exe wrapper
JSmooth is a Java Executable Wrapper. It creates native Windows launchers (standard .exe) for your Java applications. It makes java deployment much smoother and user-friendly, as it is able to find any installed Java VM by itself. When no VM is available, the wrapper can automatically download and install a suitable JVM, or simply display a message or redirect the user to a website.
JSmooth provides a variety of wrappers for your java application, each of them having their own behavior: Choose your flavor!
Download: http://jsmooth.sourceforge.net/
JarToExe 1.8
Jar2Exe is a tool to convert jar files into exe files.
Following are the main features as describe on their website:
Can generate “Console”, “Windows GUI”, “Windows Service” three types of .exe files.
Generated .exe files can add program icons and version information.
Generated .exe files can encrypt and protect java programs, no temporary files will be generated when the program runs.
Generated .exe files provide system tray icon support.
Generated .exe files provide record system event log support.
Generated windows service .exe files are able to install/uninstall itself, and support service pause/continue.
New release of x64 version, can create 64 bits executives. (May 18,
2008)
Both wizard mode and command line mode supported. (May 18, 2008)
Download: http://www.brothersoft.com/jartoexe-75019.html
Executor
Package your Java application as a jar, and Executor will turn the jar into a Windows .exe file, indistinguishable from a native application. Simply double-clicking the .exe file will invoke the Java Runtime Environment and launch your application.

If your program is "publicly available non-commercial in nature" and has "a publicly available Web site that meets the basic quality standards", then you can try and get a free license of Excelsior. If its not then it's expensive, but still a viable option.
Program: https://www.excelsiorjet.com
As a side note: Here's a study of all existing Jar to EXE programs, which is a bit depressing - https://www.excelsior-usa.com/articles/java-to-exe.html

Despite this being against the general SO policy on these matters, this seems to be what the OP genuinely wants:
http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=java+executable+wrapper
If you'd like, you could also try creating the appropriate batch or script file containing the single line:
java -jar MyJar.jar
Or in many cases on windows just double clicking the executable jar.

I used Launch4J and it works flawlessy,
First, Go to your jdk and copy the bin and lib folder
Then create a folder for your app and make a folder called jre-(version),
Then paste these inside
Then open launch4j Put the exe file's path (Inside the app's folder)
Then go the jre option and inside bundled paths type jre-(version)
Then in minimun version type the version of the java you coded it in.
Then in the jre option put "Only use private jdk runtimes"
Then hit the gear icon. It will open a file chooser.
Choose your application's folder, done
Now open the exe file generated. It should work.
In case it does not, try the test run button (The green play one). If it says LinkageError in the console below, then in the jvm-options type --enable-preview. It should work.
I hope it helped.

For Windows, you can convert jar to exe using following ways:
Using Netbeans
https://erainnovator.com/convert-jar-to-exe-file/
Using Excelsior JET
https://youtu.be/iQSfUb8chjg

if you need to convert from .jar to .exe from java 14 you can used jpackage
jpackage is a command-line tool to create native installers and
packages for Java applications.
this article will help you