Coercing Windows 10 into Using Java for .jar

[Hatut Zeraze]

One day I will actually see what HERO Designer looks like....

 

I can't get my HD6.jar file to open with anything but Adobe Acrobat.  It won't give me options outside the Microsoft App Store and of course Java won't be there.  I have attempted to hit a YouTube tutorial on opening .jar files with Java in Windows 10 and every step looks like I will have to educate myself about elements of programming that I have never had to use.

 

I will do so, I suppose, but if anyone knows some kind of user-friendly way to manage this, I would much appreciate the help.

 

 

EDIT:  Apparently "Jarfix" was the magic bullet I needed.  I believe it is already fixed.

[unclevlad]

I have this batch file in the same folder as HD6.jar:

 

javaw -Xmx1024m -cp .\HD6.jar com.hero.HeroDesigner 14

 

The parameter at the end tells HD to use 14 point font as the default, which I definitely need.  It also allocates a gigabyte of memory;  I have a 16 GB system so that's fine.  It doesn't need that much;  you could change 1024 to 256 readily enough.

[Tasha]

On 4/7/2020 at 6:59 PM, unclevlad said:

I have this batch file in the same folder as HD6.jar:

 

javaw -Xmx1024m -cp .\HD6.jar com.hero.HeroDesigner 14

 

The parameter at the end tells HD to use 14 point font as the default, which I definitely need.  It also allocates a gigabyte of memory;  I have a 16 GB system so that's fine.  It doesn't need that much;  you could change 1024 to 256 readily enough.

Though with the current versions of Hero Designer you don't have to allocate ram using a batchfile. The program has a setting for more ram, and saves it in the preferences file

 

[unclevlad]

10 hours ago, Tasha said:

Though with the current versions of Hero Designer you don't have to allocate ram using a batchfile. The program has a setting for more ram, and saves it in the preferences file

 

 

Habit.  Used to run a LOT of Java code and specifying the memory was essential.  Ran a whole bunch of memory hogs...as in, 4-6 gig.  Once you're setting up the batch file anyway, too, you don't have to think about the preferences.