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Re: Simulating WebStart on MRJ 2.2

Assuming you are going to be completely Java 1.1 dependent, you may want to look at an older version of OpenJNLP. The latest version require JDK 1.2 or higher, but the version at http://openjnlp.nanode.org/download.html#ojhc specifically mentions Mac OS MRJ.

Good luck,
Tarun

(BTW, OpenJNLP provides a completely java-based way of doing what Web Start does, including using the same jnlp files. You'll still want to create two different versions of your application since under JDK 1.1, swing is a separate download and has a different package structure.)


On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 01:11 PM, James Bucanek wrote:

Greetings,

I'm starting on a major "web enabled" client application project. Our latest magaement system is operated through a web brower, which needs to launch said application.

For Windows and OS X, WebStart is the obvious solution. And it provides all kinds of cool version and JVM control options that will make deployment, upgrades, and management sweet.

However, our target market is education and we're just not ready to leave the millions of Macs running OS 8/9 behind.

So, I'd like to find out if anyone has attempted to do approximately what WebStart does in an MRJ 2.2 environment? What I'm thinking of is a signed applet that can start (Runtime.exec()?) the client application, ideally passing it configuration parameters via a document. It would be a huge bonus if the applet could also download the client application and/or kick off an installer for it. But a manual install of the client would be acceptable.

Is this something that an applet running in IE or Netscape under OS 8/9 is capable of doing? Any "gothcha's" or caveats that I should know about?

Thanks,

James



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