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Jan 25, 2015 12:10PM PST

Hey there. I'm looking for a software that let me convert Java games offline. But I couldn't search it somewhere at cnet.com or at Google. Does anybody find the link of the software that can convert Java games to Java games offline? If so then juse let me know.

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The thing is.
Jan 25, 2015 1:38PM PST

I would be guessing you want to play some Java game you play on a web page on your PC offline. To do that would take a few mildly advanced steps. You either get the .JAR they used or just save the page for later offline use.

There is no such software to convert since my bet is it's done with the old fashioned this or that way.
Bob

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Jan 25, 2015 11:38PM PST

Well if there is no software for it then are there instructions of how to make Java games offline from the web page to get the .JAR file or save the page to play that game offline?

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Maybe not.
Jan 25, 2015 11:44PM PST

Since each page can differ on how they invoked the usual .JAR from a web server any instruction would be specific to that web site. As a seasoned user you could look at the HTML code (that's what View Source does in browsers) to see if you can see the .JAR.

And I don't see if you tried the easy save web page complete for offline use. Plenty on the web about that.

http://superuser.com/questions/448475/firefox-13-always-saves-jar-files-with-the-txt-extension shows that some really new users can't rename a file even when they download it. I think most folk can learn how to rename a file.
Bob

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Jan 26, 2015 8:08AM PST

There. I save the web page from Google Chrome but I don't see the .JAR file somewhere from the file folder so it's not there. I tried to get on the web page offline but the game not showing up. Not sure how to figure it out. Sorry too difficult for me.

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A saved web page complete is for offline use.
Jan 26, 2015 8:17AM PST

It's possible that the game is coded for only online use. As to difficulty, that gets easier with more classes in computing, programming and as you write more web page code.

Some think there's an app for all things. Not yet, we get to write what we want sometimes.
Bob