On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:10:15 -0400, Robert Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Greetings,
>
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>NOTE: Before I begin, I should mention that I have successfully run my
>J3D applet locally and from a web server using appletviewer and Netscape
>4.61, but have NOT been able to run it on another machine.
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>I have some serious questions about using J3D on a commercial web site.
>All of them address the ease of use for a user when viewing a web site
>using J3D.
>
>-Is it possible to avoid having the user download the JRE 1.2 plug-in,
>or is there simply no other way for browsers that support only JDK 1.1
>to show Java that uses JDK 1.2?
>
No. but you can configure your web page to auto install the plug-in if they
don't have it. It is rather large so you may want to do a little convincing
that it's worth the wait. In time Java 2 will be included with new browsers
but until that time comes it's the only way.
btw. with Java 2 and the Media pack you can listen to
MP3's, view Flash 2 files, view many video formats, ect.
>-How is the end-user supposed to know how they need to configure the
>Java Plug-in Control Panel? It's asking too much to expect users to
>point to the path of their JRE environment.
The default config is fine they shouldn't be messing with it unless they
know what they are doing (or curious). This problem didn't come up for me
when I wanted to show some people Java 2 content on a "Clean Machine".
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>-How can an end-user view J3D without downloading the J3D installed from
>Sun's web site, or using some other installation program, to install the
>required files:
>
> <installdir>\jre\bin\J3D.dll
> <installdir>\jre\bin\j3daudio.dll
> <installdir>\jre\lib\ext\vecmath.jar
> <installdir>\jre\lib\ext\j3dcore.jar
> <installdir>\jre\lib\ext\j3daudio.jar
> <installdir>\jre\lib\ext\j3dutils.jar
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>Is it possible to download them via the archive tag in the html file?
>Two of them, however, are dll's. As far as the other jars, maybe they
>could be combined into a single jar, but I'm not at all certain about
>them being in the correct relative paths.
Unfortunately the user is going to have to download and install the Java3D
files. I'd suggest letting them know and putting the link.
The install program however seems by default to put in the correct
place for Java3D to work.
(at least on the 3 machine's I've tried it on so far).
this may seem to be a pain but if you want to view 3D content you'll need
download and install a VRML player. and If you want to view streaming Media
you'll have to do the same for RealPlayer, MediaPlayer, or QuickTime.
these are rather large downloads too.
I've created a rough guide to the install proccess since I found it to
be such a pain in the *#^% the first time I tried to do it.
now it goes like clockwork (at least on winDoze systmes).
I'll create a better guide when I get around to posting more Java3D
and Media content of my own. Here is the link ...
http://www.rcia.com/wulf/Java3D/
good luck and have fun.
>
>Thank-you for your replies!
>
>-Robert
>
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