[Advanced-java] Deploying Java App

[Tom Copeland]

JNLP is indeed a thing of beauty.  I've used it in a variety of ways;
it's especially useful for things that are being updated frequently.  On
the http://gforge.org/ project we use it to deploy our SOAP client:

http://infoether.com/~tom/gforge/soapclient/

and it works very very well...

Yours,

Tom

On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 18:19, Grant Wood wrote:
> Wesley,
> 
> 
> Without knowing more details, my advice would be to use JNLP.  This
> way, you can simply include a link to the JNLP file in your email,
> which your users will be able to click on to launch the app the first
> time.  Java Web Start, which ships with the latest JRE from sun, will
> prompt the user as to whether or not an Icon should be placed on their
> 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 a jar, sign it, put it on the network along with the JNLP file for
> it.  The email you send out doesn't need to include anything but the
> link to your JNLP file.  As long as your users have a recent VM, you
> should be all set.
> 
> 
> a google search on "JNLP" should yield good information to get you
> started.  A simple JNLP file I use to teach people about JNLP is here:
> 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:
> 
> 
> <excerpt>
> 
> <smaller>I have written up a very simple java application that just
> pops up a dialog box to a user.  I need to make this to where I can
> send this to users via email and have it run from an icon basically on
> their desktop.  What would I need to do to make this happen?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> 
> Wesley Choate
> 
> LWSI Support Programmer</smaller></excerpt>
-- 
Tom Copeland <tom@infoether.com>
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