[Advanced-java] Deploying Java App

[Grant Wood]

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Wesley,

Without knowing more details, my advice would be to use JNLP.  This=20
way, you can simply include a link to the JNLP file in your email,=20
which your users will be able to click on to launch the app the first=20
time.  Java Web Start, which ships with the latest JRE from sun, will=20
prompt the user as to whether or not an Icon should be placed on their=20=

desktop after the second time they launch the same application.

To make this happen, all you'd need to do is bundle your application in=20=

a jar, sign it, put it on the network along with the JNLP file for it. =20=

The email you send out doesn't need to include anything but the link to=20=

your JNLP file.  As long as your users have a recent VM, you should be=20=

all set.

a google search on "JNLP" should yield good information to get you=20
started.  A simple JNLP file I use to teach people about JNLP is here:=20=

http://www.puppethead.com/apps/Cicerone.jnlp

I hope this is helpful,


Grant Wood
Nanode LLC
grant at nanode.org


On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 02:24  PM, Wesley@lwsi.com wrote:

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> I have written up a very simple java application that just pops up a=20=

> dialog box to a user. =A0I need to make this to where I can send this =
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> users via email and have it run from an icon basically on their=20
> desktop. =A0What would I need to do to make this happen?
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> Thank you,
>
> Wesley Choate
> LWSI Support Programmer=

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