JSmooth Portable

Made as the portable edition of JSmooth, this is an approachable Java-based application that enables you to create Windows Installers (files with the .exe format) using products developed in Java.

No setup necessary, besides Java

As long as you have Java installed on your computer, you don't need to set up anything else. Therefore, you can save JSmooth's program files anywhere on the HDD or on a pen drive to directly launch it on any PC. It doesn't modify Windows registry settings.

Neatly organized interface

As far as the interface is concerned, it takes an intuitive approach. The utility adopts a large window split into multiple panes to help you seamlessly deal with the skeleton, executable and application properties, along with the JVM selection and configuration.

Set .exe and Java parameters

You can begin by defining the skeleton that wraps the Windows Services, such as name, display name, JVM-not-found message, whether it starts automatically or manually, log file, if it's interactive or uses JNISmooth classes, and the debug console.
In the following stages, it's possible to indicate the executable's binary file, icon and current directory, specify the app's main class, arguments, embedded .jar file and class path, set the minimum and maximum Java version, integrate a JVM bundle if necessary, establish the JVM search sequence, allocate the initial and maximum memory, as well as type any additional Java properties.
The project can be saved to file and later resumed, compiled, and run.

Evaluation and conclusion

The software tool worked smoothly in our tests, without triggering the OS to hang, crash or display error dialogs. Its impact on the overall performance of the PC was minimal, since it needed low CPU and RAM to function normally.
To conclude, JSmooth provides Java developers with a fast and effective method to generate .exe files from Java apps. On the other hand, we've noticed that it's not compatible with newer Java editions, probably because it hasn't been updated for a while.