How make an installer for a java application?

Question

I made a netbeans java application (javax.swing), connecting to the mysql database. The connection is made through localhost. Now I would like to create an installer for this application. In order to install my project on other computers.

What do I need to do in order to create an installer? I'll have to make some kind of change in the database, or connection?

Do you know any simple program? I've been researching this: http://www.clickteam.com/install-creator-2

Thank you all for your help.

If someone did not understand my question, I try to explain better. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Greetings.

Answer 1

• right click in you project;
• click on "Clean and Build";
• After that go to the netbeans project folder;
• It creats a new folder called: "Dist"
• In this folder will have a file ProjectName.Jar (Does an executable of your application);
• After that run the program you mentioned, this will transform executable "ProjectName.Jar" into an installer.

For that try this tutorials:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ccin6w4JM&list=PLB04B4E5D9B58C13D&index=114

In this videos you will find a very simple way to create an executable and an installer of your application.