If you have the Java Runtime Environment installed, and the JAR file is executable, it should open with a double-click. Sometimes, you might see a pop-up to choose which app to run the file.

How to Configure Chrome to Open JNLP Files. Java Network Launching Protocol, or JNLP files, are used for launching Java programs and Web applets over the Internet or company intranet.

The following command enables you to run any Java JAR file on the command line: java -jar jarfilename.jar To use the JAR file opener that comes when you install Java with the JDK, just issue the ...

How to Run APK Files on an Android SDK. An Android APK file contains all the open-source Java files used to set up and run the Google Android app. You can extract these files and load them into ...

Executable JAR files For an executable JAR file that contains a stand-alone application, a Main-Class attribute should exist that provides the name of the first piece of code for the Java Runtime ...

PDF files are ubiquitous for sharing documents over the Internet, but how do you view and render them in your Java applications? Find out what the SwingLabs PDF Renderer can do for you, in this ...