On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:08:47 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2011-04-24, Camaleón wrote: >>> Java technology offers a standard way of doing that: Java Web Start. >>> It is possible to deploy a third-party application using a JNLP >>> file[1]. >> >> Yes but no, that's a completely different approach (AFAIK, the >> application has to be prepared/packaged to use it and most of the java >> apps out there are not intended for that purpose, meaning they are not >> going to be launched/run "online"). > > It is simply a means of lauching an application over the network.
Most specifically over http protocol, I'd say. > Whether the application was intended to be launched in that way is > irrelevant. Nope, it isn't :-) You need some sort of xml file defining the app to launch and while java does not (want to) understand the smb:// protocol we are stuck. I can indeed play JNLP based java applications that are hosted online but I cannot run the java application I want to run while is on samba share. At least not directly ;-( > Once the user "trusts" the application, the local JVM will > load and run the JAR file exactly as if it had originally resided on the > local hard drive. Yes, but not all java applications are ready to be used with that method. If you can tell me a sample case, I will test :-) >>> (I have come very late to this thread, so forgive me if the above has >>> already been mentioned.) >> >> I already knew that tool but I'm afraid it does not work the way I want >> (or the way Windows clients do) ;-( > > The application launch should have the same behaviour on all supported > platforms. In what way is it unsatisfactory? JNLP based java apps yes, but again, at least that does not fit with my app :-( Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.04.24.18.38...@gmail.com
