JavaFX desktop deployment as EXE file

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I am using eclipse IDE and have been trying to deploy the application with Ant from inside Eclipse as an .EXE file. Inno Setup 5.0 is installed and in my environment path.

C:\Program Files\Inno Setup 5;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45\bin;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Dell\DW WLAN Card

This is the Error I have from the build Project\build\build\classes\META-INF Using base JDK at: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_40\jre Bundler EXE Installer skipped because of a configuration problem: Main application jar is missing.
Advice to fix: Make sure to use fx:jar task to create main application jar. BUILD SUCCESSFUL

My question is how do I include the jar and do I have the path coorect for Inno Setup 5.0

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@Phantomazi nice edit @James Duh

Here are the step by step instructions to build an EXE file with Eclipse Luna for a JavaFX Project

Right Click Project Name in Eclipse

Select Build Path

Configure Build Path

Click Libraries Tab

Click Add JAR

Select your project then navigate to build -> dist -> libs

You should have a ProjectName.jar file in the libs folder

If not create a jar file by opening build.fxfuild

Set Package Format to NONE

Click Generate ant build.xml and run

then set Package Format back to EXE

You Console View will tell you where the EXE file was saved Example

C:\Users\User Name\workspace\Project Name\build\deploy\bundles