On Thu, January 28, 2010 10:17, Kwan Lowe wrote: > > Easiest thing is to just create a shortcut that calls the jar > properly. The procedure depends on the desktop, but for the most > part it's just a rightclick on the desktop, then on the "link" > field you'd put in your command and the path to the jar. I keep > all my jar files in ~/bin/java/jar and my shortcut does: > > java -jar ~/bin/java/jar/myapp.jar > > Thank you for this information. I had tried creating a custom open command through properties but did not think to specify the -jar switch as part of the command. I tried again with the missing switch added and now it opens the application when I double click on it. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3