On 2011-04-24, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
It is most commonly used over HTTP, but other protocols are available (see below). > >> Whether the application was intended to be launched in that way is >> irrelevant. > > Nope, it isn't :-) Oh yes it is. Try it. > > 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 ;-( Try using a UNC path in the JNLP descriptor, e.g., file:////server/share/app.jar. Windows clients will understand that. > >> 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 :-) --- SNIP --- I cannot provide you with a sample case to prove a negative! Instead I invite you to download the sample .jnlp file in the link I provided earlier and modify it to suit your LAN. Good luck. -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- 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/slrnir9299.enl.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet