Guru In The House, Please Help Me

I developed an inventory application using microsoft access as my data base(Java based).
My problem now is to transfer this application to different users using different systems.
Do I need to creat data base in any system i want to transfer the application for its subsequent use
or is there any better way to do it?
Suggestions are welcomed.

Thank you.

javalove is right just create a  dsn from the odbc data source administrator remember to chose microsoft driver because that what your using.

I think that what you need is to package the application with the Database in a jar file and then deploy the application.

If you need any speciific help or have any more questions, post in this topic.

Rip

that is if its not a network app

My good people, I'm so much pleased with your suggestions.
The problem i have now is to package the application in a jar file.
Please direct me on how to package the application.

Thank you.

In making a jar file, first create a manifest file like this

- Open an empty notepad
-Type this

        Manifest-Version: 1.0
         Main-Class: <Your Class Name Here>

-When you are done, press enter once to go to the next line.
-Save the file as whatever.mft.

-The second step, open command prompt.
-Navigate to your project folder
-Make sure the path is set to point to the jdk/bin folder
-Then do this:

        jar cfm yourmanifestfile.mft yourjarfilename.jar *.class <and all other stuffs u want to add separated by space>

-Press enter when done.
-Check your project folder, an angel must have placed a jar file there for you

you can also add other stuffs but u must separate them with a space. For example if you have an images folder and in ur code, ur images were gotten like:

    ImageIcon ic= new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("images/javaadict.jpg"));

then u have to add your images folder to the argument when making the jar. Just say images.*

Did i make sense?

The fact that it's a desktop app doesn't mean it cannot connect to a DB on the network. Best design is to have all the desktop app  instances connect to a central DB server. And yes, you can distribute the app as a jar or use a java app installer of which there are several - some even allow you to create MSI & EXE files.

Read up on Java Web Start for details.

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