I used to have a batch file and the .jar file for the falling sand game, so I could use it on my computer (without a browser). The batch file had something like "java -jar jarfile FSG.jar" and when i ran it, the game opened up in a special window.

I've found the first bit (i think) of it, shown above, and there obviously must be more to it, because that alone doesn't work.

Anyone with magical Java commandline powers can help me?

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uhh, why not use jar2exe or something?

doesn't seem to work.
I'm trying another jar to exe convertor now...

That "first bit" should be the whole thing. It tells the Java interpreter to run the JAR file.

Unless of course java.exe isn't in your path, in which case you'll need to explicitly call it (ie c:\program files\java\jre_1.6.0_03\bin\java.exe - might be different for your system and definitely different if you don't have Java 1.6 U3 ).

So...must be a jar problem.

When I do this: "java -jar FSG.jar jarfile"

It says this:
"Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from FSG.jar"

How big is the JAR file? Would it be possible to attach it, or host it somewhere so I can have a look at it?

It works fine in the browser...:/

http://www.enigmasand.com/pyro2.html
http://www.enigmasand.com/PS.jar

If you have the JRE installed and that the jar is well compiled, you should be able to run it just by double clicking on it..

The manifest file in the archive doesn't have a main class defined, which is why it doesn't work. However, I wasn't able to figure out how to get it to work.

So how come it's working in firefox?

EDIT:

* ryxdp goes to look in the page source

EDIT 2:

Source says PyroSandMain2, which is a class in the jar (I looked in there, but having no knowledge of java...).

html code:

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<p>
    <applet code="PyroSandMain2" archive="PS.jar"  width="600" height="500">
        <param name="width" value="600">
        <param name="height" value="500">
    </applet>
</p>

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Paste that into an HTML file