Barcode Java library

[Ab Burda]

Hope somebody has an answer.

1. I want to make a java app that produces a barcode.
   I have done some research, seems simple.

2. I only use a text editor like notepad++. But I need a java library to do this. "Barbecue"
   So how do I add the library so I can use it?
   and be able to compile and test run said app.
   Or do I need to write it on eclipse?

3. After I create said app, Can I turn it into a .jar and use that .jar on another system, that only has the JRE.
   meaning = I am making the app at home on a windows system, but I want to use said app at work on a mac.

Thank you to all for your help.

[Norm Radder]

You should be able to compile, build and test your program outside of an IDE if you have all the dependency libraries on your PC.
Create batch (.bat) files to do the compile and the execution.
Here are some example bat files:

@REM compile with libraries
javac -cp .;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\jna-4.1.0.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\dist\tess4j-3.4.8.jar TesseractExample.java
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And to execute:

Set CLASSPATH=D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\slf4j-api-1.7.25.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\jna-4.1.0.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\dist\tess4j-3.4.8.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\jul-to-slf4j-1.7.25.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\jai-imageio-core-1.4.0.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\ghost4j-1.0.1.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\pdfbox-2.0.9.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\commons-logging-1.2.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\pdfbox-tools-2.0.9.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\lept4j-1.6.4.jar;D:\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\Tesseract_OCR\Tess4J-3.4.8-src\Tess4J\lib\fontbox-2.0.9.jar
@REM
java -cp .;%CLASSPATH%  TesseractExample  SnippedPage2_Zoomed.png
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The MORE at the end holds the command prompt window open so you can see any messages.

Use the jar command to create the .jar file.  Here is an example of a batch file:

@REM Make jar file for testing ImagesInBlob

SET JarName=%DEV_DRIVE%\JavaDevelopment\Misc_Projects\ImagesInBlob\ImagesInBlob.jar

jar -cmf ImagesInBlob.mnf  %JarName%  ImagesInBlob*.class

ECHO --- Created %JarName% ---
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