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<img style="width: 249px; height: 58px;" src="launch4j.gif" alt="launch4j"> <span class="version">3.0.1</span>
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<h2>Changelog</h2>
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<h4>Changes in version 3.0.1 (20-07-2008)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Enhanced the runtime logging (--l4j-debug).</li>
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<li>Fixed critical bug #1925387 64-bit JDK detection problem caused a runtime search error (found by Stivo).</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1919406, #1989479 Not every option is loaded from saved xml file (found by Robert Lachner, Jan-Philipp Rathje).</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1930222 Simple typo (found by Daniel).</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 3.0.0 (16-03-2008)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>FR #1390075 Added dynamic initial/max heap values.</li>
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<li>FR #1707827 Allow to prefer JDK private runtimes over JREs (Ian Roberts).</li>
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<li>FR #1730245 Allow to run only a single aplication instance (Sylvain Mina).</li>
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<li>FR #1391610 Added IBM JRE/JDK support.</li>
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<li>Added environment variable expansion in bundled JRE path.</li>
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<li>Fixed critical bug #1882524 JRE detection problem on 64-bit Windows.</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1758912 Vista elevation to full administrator privileges.</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1784341 Problems with spaces in paths under linux (Michael Piefel).</li>
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<li>Fixed bug where /bin was appended to path environment variable instead of jre_path/bin.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changed license to BSD, MIT (26-01-2008)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>
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The upcoming Launch4j 3.0.0 release will be licensed under the much more
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liberal new BSD license. The head subproject (the binary header attached to wrapped jars)
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will be licensed under the similar MIT license.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 3.0.0-pre2 (29-10-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Enhanced GUI.</li>
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<li>Redesigned error reporting.</li>
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<li>Added custom error messages.</li>
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<li>Added support website feature.</li>
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<li>Added PWD and OLDPWD special variables and access to the registry.</li>
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<li>Runtime ini file extension changed to .l4j.ini, added comments (#).</li>
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<li>FR #1427811 Initial process priority.</li>
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<li>FR #1547339 Added VarFileInfo structure to Version Info (Stephan Laertz).</li>
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<li>FR #1584295 Updated documentation for --l4j-debug.
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<li>Fixed <jarArgs/> and <args/> config conversion bug (found by Dafe Simonek).</li>
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<li>Fixed the Ant task exception reporting bug, added tmpdir and bindir attributes.</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1563415 Problem with launching application when ini file exists (found by mojomax).</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1527619 Console header wildcard expansion (found by erikjv).</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1544167 NPE when dontwrap and only classpath given (found by Hendrik Schreiber).</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1584264 Dropdown boxes get mixed up (found by Larsen).</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>News (17-10-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li><a href="http://9stmaryrd.com/tools/launch4j-maven-plugin/">Launch4j Maven Plugin by Paul A. Jungwirth</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 3.0.0-pre1 (21-07-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Improved configuration file format and embedded Ant config.</li>
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<li>Launch executable jars, regular jars and class files.</li>
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<li>Added dynamic classpath resolution with environment variable references and wildcards.</li>
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<li>Added option to set environment variables before launching the application.</li>
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<li>New command line switches to change the compiled options.</li>
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<li>Improved debug information.</li>
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<li>Added support for XP visual style manifests.</li>
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<li>Added option to disable use of private JREs.</li>
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<li>Many small fixes and improvements...</li>
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</ul>
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<h4 class="warn">Configuration file changes in 3.x</h4>
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<li>Previous formats (1.x and 2.x) are supported.</li>
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<li><em><headerType></em> accepts gui|console</li>
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<li><em><jarArgs></em> was changed to <em><cmdLine></em></li>
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<li>
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<em><launch4jConfig><headerObjects><file></em> was changed to
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<em><launch4jConfig><obj></em>
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</li>
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<li>
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<em><launch4jConfig><libs><file></em> was changed to
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<em><launch4jConfig><lib></em>
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</li>
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<li>
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<em><launch4jConfig><jre><args></em> was changed to multiple
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<em><launch4jConfig><jre><opt></em>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4 class="warn">Embedded Ant configuration changes in 3.x</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<em><jre args="value"></em> was changed to
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<em><jre><opt>value</opt></jre></em>
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<li>Now it's possible to define headerObjects, libs and classpath.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.1.5 (21-07-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Changed the Java download site to http://java.com/download.</li>
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<li>Now it's possible to use absolute and relative paths to specify the bundled JRE.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.1.4 (15-06-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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Fixed bug #1503996 Only the first wrapper instance had a custom process name
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(found by Helge Böhme).
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.1.3 (31-05-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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Fixed bug #1497453 Ant task doesn't support relative jar path with '..'
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(found by Aston, Pavel Moukhataev).
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</li>
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<li>Jar argument size limit is now 16KB.</li>
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<li>Environment variable size limit raised to 32KB.</li>
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<li>Allow to concatenate multiple env. variables in one property (Maria D.)</li>
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<li>Added launch4j.tmpdir property.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.1.2 (03-04-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Important bugfix: insufficient command line buffer size was increased to 32KB
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(found by Sebastian Kopsan).</li>
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<li>Added runtime JVM options from an .ini file.</li>
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<li>Launch4j's bin directory is now configurable through launch4j.bindir
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system property.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.1.1 (25-01-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Fixed bug #1402748. Validation error occurred when using an Ant task with
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embedded config and dontWrapJar option (found by Chris Nokleberg).</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.1.0 (10-01-2006)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li><b>More features and smaller header: 18 KB!!</b></li>
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<li>Added launcher mode, you can choose whether or not to wrap the jar.</li>
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<li>Spanish translation of the website/docs and program messages
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(Patricio Martínez Ros).</li>
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<li>JRE's bin directory is appended to the Path environment variable
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(Ianiv Schweber).</li>
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<li>Added special variables EXEDIR and EXEFILE that hold the executable's
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directory and full path.</li>
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<li>Support for mapping environment variables to system properties.</li>
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<li>Added debug launching mode - various information is displayed before
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starting the Java application.</li>
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<li>Fixed min/max JRE version checking, previous versions allowed these
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to be equal (found by Ryan).</li>
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<li>Bug fixed. Quotes in jar/JVM arguments were handled incorrectly (found by Juan Alvarez Ferrando).</li>
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<li>A few other enhancements.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.0.0 (31-10-2005)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Launch4j for Mac OS X is available thanks to Peter Centgraf.</li>
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<li>Added support for custom headers.</li>
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<li>Fixed bug #1343908, command line arguments with spaces were handled
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incorrectly by the console header (found by Oliver Schaefer / Steve Alberty).</li>
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<li>Fixed stdin redirection bug (found by Timo Santasalo).</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.0 RC3 (13-08-2005) - final RC</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Correct handling of pathnames with spaces.</li>
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<li>Fixed the '%20' pathname bug.</li>
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<li>Fixed basedir bug (Richard Xing).</li>
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<li>Splash screen can be closed when the application window becomes visible
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with out specifying it's title (Martin Busik).
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Update your config file: <em><waitForTitle>title</waitForTitle></em>
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is now <em><waitForWindow>true</waitForWindow></em>.
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</li>
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<li>Fixed build.bat files in demo directories.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.0 RC2 (21-06-2005)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>chdir allows to change the current directory to arbitrary paths
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relative to the executable (FR #1144907). It's incompatible with
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previous versions, update your config file:
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<em><chdir>true</chdir></em>
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is now <em><chdir>.</chdir></em>.
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</li>
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<li>Bundled JRE path no longer depends on chdir function.</li>
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<li>Fixed Ant task bug, build files outside launch4j's directory
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wouldn't work. Josh Elsasser submitted a patch that works without
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setting launch4j's home dir in the build file. Thanks!
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</li>
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<li>Removed static edge from splash screen (Serge Baranov).</li>
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<li>Program checks that the output file path doesn't contain spaces.</li>
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<li>Fixed a NPE bug caused by a missing maxVersion property
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(found by Morgan Schweers).
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</li>
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<li>Fixed relative JRE path bug (found by Nili_).</li>
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<li>Cleaned up the Builder class.</li>
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<li>Fixed Ant task NPE where the config was entirely defined in the
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build file (Josh Elsasser).
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.0 RC (07-06-2005)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Added an Ant task for better build integration.</li>
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<li>Added 2.x documentation.</li>
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<li>Updated the demo configuration files.</li>
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<li>Fixed issues with relative paths in the configuration.</li>
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<li>Removed the '-1' option in console mode.</li>
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<li>Minor fixes.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.0 beta2 (23-05-2005)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li># comments are recognized when importing 1.x cfg files.</li>
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<li>Added version information.</li>
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<li>Resource file is displayed when a resource error occurs.</li>
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<li>Fixed a bug found by Max, options on the first tab were always enabled.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 2.0 beta1 (13-05-2005)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Completely new, cross-platform wrapper - create windows executables on Linux.</li>
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<li>New .xml configuration file.</li>
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<li>Application icon with multiple resolutions and color depths.</li>
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<li>Swing GUI interface.</li>
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<li>Header compiled with MinGW port of gcc instead of VC++.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 1.4.2 (12-03-2005)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Fixed bug #1158143, stayAlive without a splash screen caused
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an infinite loop (found by Gregory Kotsaftis).
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 1.4.1 (04-03-2005)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Fixed bug #1119040, buffer for reading config properties
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was too short (found by Tom Jensen and Neil).
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</li>
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<li>Added configurable splash timeout (FR #1102951).</li>
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<li>Added option to disable the error message on splash timeout (FR #1109159).</li>
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<li>Option to keep the gui launcher 'alive' after starting an application (FR #1124653).</li>
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<li>Removed version info.</li>
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<li>'waitfor' property is now optional.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 1.4.0 (26-01-2005)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Removed .lch4j suffix from process name, now it has the
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form of the executable filename. The temporary launchers are stored in
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launch4j-tmp directory (suggested by Emmanuel).
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</li>
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<li>Added support for console apps (FR #1050053).</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 1.3.1 (05-11-2004)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Fixed a bug where explorer window was opened instead of
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launching the application when setProcName was set to false
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(found by Rob Jones).
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</li>
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<li>Fixed temporary launcher deletion bug.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 1.3.0 (01-11-2004)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Now you can configure launch4j to:
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Use a bundled JRE.</li>
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<li>Search for java, show an error message if the
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right version cannot be found and open the java download page.</li>
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<li>And a feature you asked for: use bundled JRE, if
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that fails search for java and bring up the java download page on error.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Enhanced code that sets the custom process name. In
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case launch4j can't refresh the temporary launcher, bundled JRE on a
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read only file system for example, it will use one created previously,
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if it's present and has the correct size. If not, launching will still
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continue, but with javaw.exe process name.Temporary launchers are
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now created in the jre directory instead of jre/bin.
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</li>
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<li>errTitle property allows to set the title of the error message box.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 1.2.1 (25-09-2004)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li>Bugfix that allows launching from command line using short
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name (#1026514 / found by Zach Del)
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Changes in version 1.2.0 (10-09-2004)</h4>
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<ul class="changes">
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<li><strong>Custom process name</strong> (<i>myapp.lch4j.exe</i>)</li>
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<li><strong>9 KB stub!</strong></li>
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<li>Jar arguments</li>
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<li>Bugfix that allows launching from command line.</li>
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<li>Hide splash on javaw error.</li>
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<li>Easier configuration with case insensitive parameters + show unrecognized parameter.</li>
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<li>12 KB demo application, 34 KB with splash screen.</li>
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<li>Configuration parameter <em>'args'</em> changed to <em>'jvmArgs'</em></li>
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