It really beats me too, u know. And why do we always need to delete
java.exe and javaw.exe files from our Windows dir after JRE
installation? Why do i need to write additional installation programs
4 JRE/Java3D _installation_ programs in order to fix all that stuff?
Why do i continually need to make excuses to my boss that though JRE
and Java3D have their own installation programs, they most probably
wouldn't run if the end-user wouldn't check 4 this and 4 that in his
dirs (that was especially frustrating 4 JRE1.2.1 or below, with the
necessity to duplicate ext dir to the lib dir). Why every time i run
my J2, Java3D powered program on some new system i expect not its
normal working, but a crash? Why there is no JRE automatic
installation under NN, though it is under IE? It took me around 3 days
to study all the stuff, from NN security to NN SmartUpdate technology
and come up with jar package that installs JRE automatically, without
any pain under NN. Why?
Well, all those questions have been asked too many times here. So,
hopefully, someday all these problems would be gone.
vladimir
PS: please, do not interpret this my letter as if i blame SUN for all
sins in the world. Personally i consider J2 and J3D as simply the best
and the most convenient and powerful technologies available right now.
I AM enjoying J2 platform. But we shouldn't forget that the problems,
and serious ones, the ones that DO prevent both J2 and J3d from
spreading around the world, DO exist.
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In your previous letter u wrote:
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JAT> Thanks for your suggestion. However, I don't think that it should be asking
JAT> too much
JAT> to have us be able to point to SUN'S web site to install Java3D. Your
JAT> example manifest points
JAT> to YOUR web site and YOUR custom installer. Why doesn't the Sun 3D team give
JAT> us a few lines that
JAT> we can add to a manifest to automatically install Java3D, WITHOUT each of us
JAT> having
JAT> to write our own installer and store that installer on our own web sites!
JAT> -----Original Message-----
JAT> From: Discussion list for Java 3D API
JAT> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vladimir Olenin
JAT> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 3:54 AM
JAT> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JAT> Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Automatic Java3D installation
JAT> Extension mechanism works only in JRE1.3RC3 or higher (eg, in final
JAT> version). The manifest files are attached. (they r quite simple, so
JAT> u'd easily figure out what to change there.
JAT> vladimir
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JAT> In your previous letter u wrote:
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JAT>> I'm looking for a couple of lines to jam into my JAR manifest to
JAT>> automatically cause the Java plug-in to download and install Java3D 1.2
JAT> into
JAT>> the "ext" directory, thereby giving my application (and others)
JAT> complete
JAT>> access to Java3D. I have no problem with it asking the user for
JAT> permission
JAT>> (since it does involve native code), but otherwise it must be fully
JAT>> automated.
JAT>> I've tried several times to do this myself, but had problems with the
JAT>> "extensions" capabilities in Java 1.3. It seems to me that it should be
JAT> as
JAT>> easy as I described above: simply a couple lines in the manifest, or in
JAT> an
JAT>> HTML page. Can anyone give me the lines that are required, or explain
JAT> why
JAT>> Sun can't provide an extensions downloading framework that is as easy
JAT> as
JAT>> this?
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