使用launch4j将ojdbc包含到.exe中

Question

I have a REALLY simple app, that helps in repetitive tasks concerning script executions. No problem with that. App works perfectly in eclipse.

I use ojdbc14.jar to work with my Oracle DB.

Now, I wanted to create an exe file in order to distribute this little app amongst team mates, but the problem is, that when I run my app from .exe, there seems to be no connection with DB at all.

I am using maven and launch4j in order to pack my app into an exe, and maven-shade-plugin.

Here is my pom.xml:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>miniApp</groupId>
  <artifactId>miniApp</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

  <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
        <artifactId>ojdbc</artifactId>
        <version>14</version>
        <scope>system</scope>
        <systemPath>${project.basedir}/lib/ojdbc14.jar</systemPath>
      </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.3</version>
        <configuration>
          <source>1.7</source>
          <target>1.7</target>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
       <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.1</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>shade</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
            <configuration>
                <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
                <shadedClassifierName>shaded</shadedClassifierName>
                <transformers>
                    <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                        <mainClass>miniApp.App</mainClass>
                    </transformer>
                </transformers>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>com.akathist.maven.plugins.launch4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>launch4j-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.5.1</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>l4j-clui</id>
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>launch4j</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <headerType>gui</headerType>
                        <jar>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-shaded.jar</jar>
                        <outfile>${project.build.directory}/miniApp.exe</outfile>
                        <downloadUrl>http://java.com/download</downloadUrl>
                        <classPath>
                            <mainClass>miniApp.App</mainClass>
                            <preCp>anything</preCp>
                        </classPath>
                        <icon>src/Settings.ico</icon>
                        <jre>
                            <minVersion>1.6.0</minVersion>
                            <jdkPreference>preferJre</jdkPreference>
                        </jre>
                        <versionInfo>
                            <fileVersion>1.0.0.0</fileVersion>
                            <txtFileVersion>${project.version}</txtFileVersion>
                            <fileDescription>${project.name}</fileDescription>
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                            <productVersion>1.0.0.0</productVersion>
                            <txtProductVersion>1.0.0.0</txtProductVersion>
                            <productName>${project.name}</productName>
                            <companyName>miniApp.com</companyName>
                            <internalName>miniApp</internalName>
                            <originalFilename>miniApp.exe</originalFilename>
                        </versionInfo>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project> 

Here is my MANIFEST.MF

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Specification-Title:    Oracle JDBC driver classes for use with JDK14
Sealed: true
Created-By: 1.4.2_14 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
Implementation-Title:   ojdbc14.jar
Specification-Vendor:   Oracle Corporation
Specification-Version:  Oracle JDBC Driver version - "10.2.0.4.0"
Implementation-Version: Oracle JDBC Driver version - "10.2.0.4.0"
Implementation-Vendor:  Oracle Corporation
Implementation-Time:    Sat Feb  2 11:40:29 2008

Name: oracle/sql/converter/
Sealed: false

Name: oracle/sql/
Sealed: false

Name: oracle/sql/converter_xcharset/
Sealed: false

And here is my really simple project structure:

Searched the internet to see if I could get some answers, but questions from people getting the same problems weren't answered.

Any ideas on why this might not be working?

If my question isn't clear or I'm missing any details, please let me know how I can improve my question.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Few Comments and answers: (1) ojdbc14.jar is very old. What is the version of your Oracle database? Can you use the latest JDBC drivers? ojdbc7.jar from 12.1.0.2 or 12.1.0.1 ?

(2) Oracle JDBC drivers are not present in the public maven repository. So, you will need to download JDBC drivers manually from OTN page

Guide to installing 3rd party Jars " for more information.

mvn install:install-file \\ -Dfile=/lib/ojdbc7.jar \\ -DgroupId=com.oracle \\ -DartifactId=ojdbc7 \\ -Dversion=12.1.0.1 \\ -Dpackaging=jar \\ -DgeneratePom=true