

<h2>Overview</h2>

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. 
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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 web site. 
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JSmooth provides a variety of wrappers for your java application, each of them having their own behaviour: Choose your flavour!

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<h2>Latest news</h2>

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  <li><strong>JSmooth 0.9.9-7 Released</strong> (2007-05-20)<br/>
Introducing single-instance option and some JNI features.<br/> 
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- Changed network code so that download now uses the IE proxy
configuration.
- Download of files by custom-download wrapper can now be done in
http, https, and ftp.
- Added a single instance option for the auto-download,
custom-download and windowed wrappers. When this option is
enabled, launching another instance of the application results in
bringing the window of the first one to front.
- Added JNI functions available to the java application when
launched using the JVM DLL
- Fixes bug #1720562: winservice-wrapper ignores "currentDirectory" 
param
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  <li><strong>JSmooth 0.9.9-6 Released</strong> (2007-05-13)<br/>
This release mainly fixes a few minor bugs. <br/> 
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- Fixed a DOS console appearing for a fraction of second when
  running a CreateProcess to guess the version of the JVM.
- Exit code now correctly returned for the console wrapper.
- The jsmooth wrappers configured to work with a bundled VM
  now accept the SingleProcess argument correctly. 
- Removed the doctype in the docbook doc file, so that it can
  compile without an internet connection
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  <li><strong>JSmooth 0.9.9-5 Released</strong> (2007-05-01)<br/>
This release adds a brand new wrapper for Windows Services. <br/> 
A lot of refactoring was done on the java launching code, so please report any possible regression.
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- Adds new wrapper for windows services
- Refactored the Sun JVM launcher, now 3 specialized class are 
available: JVMBase, SunJVMExe, SunJVMDLL
- Added latest 1.5.xx and 1.6.0 releases of the JRE autodownload,
now defaulting to JRE 1.6.0 (Vista end-users).
- Improved some inline help texts (english and french)
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  <li><strong>JSmooth 0.9.9-4 released</strong> (2007-04-07)<br/>
This release is mainly for bug fixes. 
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- Fixed bug #1694330: Working directory handled incorrectly.
- Fixed bug #1694128: launch in exe proc: '\' in command line not
  passed correctly
- Fixed bug #1694136: Typos in strings 
- Added welcome panel
- Fixed bug relative to the jvm bundle selection when enabled but
  no directory was defined
- Added destination directory parameter in ant task
- Fixed initial jsmooth window size issue
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Jsmooth is free software released under the terms of the <a
href="license.php">GNU General Public License</a>.  <p> If you'd like
to help the project, <a
href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsmooth/">this is the place to
go</a>.