View source for FAQ Can I use SWT outside Eclipse for my own project?

This can be interpreted as either a legal question or a technical question. 
You can find an official answer to the legal question on the 
SWT FAQ hosted on the SWT development team home page at eclipse.org.
The answer to the technical question is an unqualified 
yes! However, because SWT has a native component, the
technical details are a bit more involved than they are for simple Java libraries.

Each platform you want your project to run on will need its own native
libraries.  Luckily, this is easier than it used to be because the download
section of eclipse.org now includes SWT drops.  Download the
appropriate SWT drop for the platform you are interested in running on,
and set up the VM&#146;s classpath and library path accordingly.  Here is a command
line that was used to launch the <tt>BrowserSnippet</tt> stand-alone program:
<pre>
   java -cp swt.jar;. -Djava.library.path=. BrowserSnippet
</pre>
This command line assumes that <tt>java</tt> is on your execution 
path and that both <tt>swt.jar</tt> and the SWT dynamic link 
library are located in the current working directory.


== See Also: ==
*[[FAQ How do I configure an Eclipse Java project to use SWT?]]
*[[FAQ How do I create an executable JAR file for a stand-alone SWT program?]]
*[[FAQ_How_is_Eclipse_licensed%3F]]
*[[FAQ_How_do_I_display_a_Web_page_in_SWT%3F]]

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