What's the difference between JAR and JAD files.

[mcbain]

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
I've tried installing JAD files before and they never worked.
I just want to know the difference slash significance of the two file types.
Thanks guys.

[dayene]

read HERE.

[dayene]

.jad = Java Application Description - this includes some information about installation path, file size, vendor name, version etc. and is not required on phones

.jar = Java Archive - compressed version of the Java classes and images etc, that make up the application. This can be opened with ZIP software.

[mcbain]

Thanks for the link Dayene. The linked thread confused me a tiny bit but your second post here cleared it right up for me.

[dayene]

ok. no problem.

[Homer]

Yeah, opening a .jad simply points your phone at the location of the .jar usually somewhere on the internet.

[Gizmoratty]

The JAD file is required by some applications to enable the availibilty of certain attributes to be set, so it's not always as useless as it seems