Getting package as .msi or .exe to work

[David Gradwell <da...@gradwell.com>]

Hi,

I have an app that builds and runs fine on my Mac using NetBeans 14.

I have set up NetBeans 14 on Windows 11 and the app builds and runs fine on that too.

I now want to package the app for wider release and installation.

However, when I go “package as .msi” I get:

C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\nbproject\build-native.xml:428: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\nbproject\build-native.xml:436: Unable to create javax script engine for javascript

Does anyone have any experience of using the package command or advice as to what I need to do to get this working ?

Thanks.

David Gradwell

Full output:

ant -f C:\\Users\\davidjlgradwell\\NetBeansProjects\\SQLTester -Djar.archive.disabled=true -Dnative.bundling.type=msi build-native
Detected JavaFX Ant API version 1.0
init:
deps-clean:
Updating property file: C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\build\built-clean.properties
Deleting directory C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\build
clean:
deps-jar:
Created dir: C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\build
Updating property file: C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\build\built-jar.properties
Created dir: C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\build\classes
Created dir: C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\build\empty
Created dir: C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\build\generated-sources\ap-source-output
Compiling 1 source file to C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\build\classes
compile:
Created dir: C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\dist
C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\nbproject\build-native.xml:428: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\Users\davidjlgradwell\NetBeansProjects\SQLTester\nbproject\build-native.xml:436: Unable to create javax script engine for javascript
BUILD FAILED (total time: 5 seconds)

Re: Getting package as .msi or .exe to work

[David Gradwell <da...@gradwell.com>]

I have also discovered that there is:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71928637/unable-to-create-javax-script-engine-for-javascript-error-when-trying-to-creat

where the answer gives detailed reasons why the package as capability can’t work these days.

Maybe I have to write my own call to jpackage ?

David Gradwell