Develop a Laucher

• Introduction
• Preparation
• Implementation
• Deployment

The best to start a new launcher is to copy one of these 2 templates included in the SDK.

Name	Comment	Source, configuration & build script
success	Launcher returning always success	src/com/xqual/xlauncher/success/CLauncherImpl.java src/com/xqual/xlauncher/success/success.xml src/build/buildSuccessLauncher.bat
random	Launcher returning random results	src/com/xqual/xlauncher/random/CLauncherImpl.java src/com/xqual/xlauncher/random/random.xml src/build/buildRandomLauncher.bat

Let's assume we want to create an "imaginary" launcher. The preparation process is pretty simple and consist in doing the following:

• Copy the folder src/com/xqual/launcher/random in src/com/xqual/launcher/imaginary
• Rename src/com/xqual/launcher/random.xml in src/com/xqual/launcher/imaginary.xml
• Modify the package and the static variable TRACE_HEADER in the CLauncherImpl.java source file
• Copy and rename build/buildRandomLauncher.bat in build/buildImaginaryLauncher.bat
• Edit the build script buildImaginaryLauncher.bat and change
  - the variable JAVA_HOME to point to your JDK.
  - the name of the launcher in the script XSTUDIO_LAUNCHER_NAME=imaginary
• Run buildImaginaryLauncher.bat
• You should get a file imaginary.jar in the bin folder

Congrats! you compiled your first launcher.