[PJUG Javamail] Using data resources in jar files

[Rob Tanner]

Hi,

I've built an application using iText to produce a staff/student 
directory that's updated nightly, and I want to deploy it in a jar 
file.  iText is a Java API for building PDF files.  Some of my data 
comes from an LDAP server, some of it is in an included PDF (misc. 
general information and the like).  There is also a single JPEG and 
several TrueType fonts.  I'm using Ant to packager the whole thing into 
a single jar archive.  As far as I can tell, I've built it correctly -- 
all the pieces are certainly in the archive.  The problem is that when I 
run the application, I get run time errors because the application is 
trying to load the images, PDFs, etc, from the file system instead of 
the jar file.

Am I trying to do something that Java is not designed to do or is there 
something special I need when I build the jar to get the behavior I want?

Thanks,
Rob





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Rob Tanner
UNIX Services Manager
Linfield College, McMinnville OR