Launch4j versions

Creates Windows executables from Java applications
3.9
Jul 29, 2016
Review
3.8
May 14, 2015
Editorial review
rating
3.7
Mar 6, 2015
3.6
Jan 11, 2015
Review
3.5
Oct 11, 2014
3.4
Apr 23, 2014
Review
3.3
Apr 4, 2014
3.2
Mar 26, 2014
Aug 27, 2013
Nov 20, 2013
Review
Mar 14, 2008
Review

What's new

v3.8 [May 14, 2015]
Changes in version 3.8 (09-05-2015)
* FR #59 Mavenized launch4j (thanks to taxone, Paul Jungwirth, Lukasz Lenart).
* Ticket #139 Sign4j compiles and works on Linux (Tim Angus).

v3.6 [Jan 11, 2015]
- FR #86 The 32/64 bit search is fully configurable (64, 64/32, 32/64, 32) - added option 32/64.
- FR #70 Java search sequence - bundled JRE can be used before or after the min/max version search (bundledJreAsFallback).
- Fixed: Crash when classpath contained wildcard patterns where the dependency was in the same directory as the launcher.
- Updated to Dev-Cpp 5.7.1, MinGW 4.8.1 (head_src and w32api files).
- Fixed Launch4j GUI application closing - the process was still running.

v3.4 [Apr 23, 2014]
- Added a special variable JREHOMEDIR.
- Removed ant from launch4j classpath to fix problems with other ant versions.
- Updated JGoodies libraries.
- Added logging based on Launch4j environment variable for file association launch testing.

v3.1 [Nov 20, 2013]
- Removed the custom process name feature which was not compatible with newer Windows versions.
- Fixed heap calculation on systems with more than 4GB of memory.
- Added 64-bit bundled JRE option to control when the 32-bit maximum heap is applied.
- Reduced the 32-bit max heap size to the safer 1GB.
- Changes in --l4j-debug for better readability.
- Fixed Can discard changes popup which appeared even if no changes were made.
- Corrected permissions, owner and group in TGZ packages.
- Fixed launch4j home dir search in case of jar and class files.
- Allow line feeds in custom messages.
- Escape backslashes.

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