Re: Installers for Java Apps

Subject: Re: Installers for Java Apps

From: Scott Kovatch <email@hidden>

Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 09:11:08 -0700

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On Jul 5, 2007, at 11:39 PM, Thomas Singer wrote:

We've dropped Java Web Start because of massive problems on the Mac. For instance, it did not place the menu bar on the top of the screen - no matter where we set the option (in our application or the Info.plist file).

Really? Can we (I?) see your JNLP file? This should be working on Tiger. In the JNLP file you can specify the screen menu bar property in the properties section and it will be set at application launch time, as long as it's in the first resources block of the JNLP file.

In Java 5 on all platforms, the native code that scans the JNLP file isn't that smart. It doesn't check the platform before looking in a <resources> section, and stops after the first one it finds.

Even on Windows, icons generated by Java Web Start on the desktop looked horrible, just like the German Webstart dialogs.

On the Mac you can specify a 128x128 jpeg or gif icon that will be used for the desktop application. We'll convert it to icns format.

Scott

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Scott Kovatch
Apple Inc.
Java Runtime Classes
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I am Scott Kovatch, and I approved this message.

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References:

>Installers for Java Apps (From: Paul Archibald <email@hidden>)

>Re: Installers for Java Apps (From: "Aaron R>" <email@hidden>)

>Re: Installers for Java Apps (From: Nikolas Nikou <email@hidden>)

>Re: Installers for Java Apps (From: Thomas Singer <email@hidden>)