Originally posted by Justin Fox:
when i create a jar file, it includes all my classes, yes?
If you put them there, yes.
Originally posted by Justin Fox:
but if i have files the classes read from, will the jar file still work,
if i have the .txt files in the same folder as the .jar file?
If the files are included and you're accessing them in a way that will find them such as getResource() then yes.