Joerg 'Herkules' Plewe wrote:
> Will I have to get a real certificate or can I come along with a test
> certificate as described on J3D.org?
Not sure. I haven't tried this myself as all my J3D work is standalone
apps.
> I also noticed the problem that j3d is installed to a 1.2 directory in spite
> of 1.3. Is there any workaround?
No - that's in the FAQ too :) Sun have put the change in for the
upcoming 1.2.1 release. For the moment there is nothing you can do.
> Am I allowed to distribute the java3d1_2-win32-opengl.exe from my website?
> Are there any license concerns?
Last time I read the Sun licensing agreements, you weren't supposed to
distribute the install binary. However you were allowed to redistribute
parts of the install process. Somewhere there, there was a list of the
minimum required redistributable set of components - basically the JAR
files and native DLLs. I probably need to go read it again, but that
could be a potential problem that not even Sun are aware of in their
many different license agreements.
> Currently, isn't it the best solution to have a detailed installation
> instruction on the website and let people do it by hand? The whole stuff
> seems to be in a quite experimental stage, not suitable for a 'common user'?
True, but Sun can't think of everything themselves. In particular the
various combinations that us users do of things that are all quite
normal and sensible to do. Remember that the auto install has only just
been release with the FCS release of JDK 1.3 (think it might have been
in RC2??) so it's still pretty new in general terms too. That they've
got this far I'm really happy about!
> What about other target platforms than Win32? Will I have to have a seperate
> installation jar for each?
Got me there. Hopefully one of the Sun team are reading this thread and
can reply directly. If not, ping Paul directly (email on that page) and
please let me know as I'll add that to the pages.
> Sigh, distributing a Java app was SO easy in the early days. Today, it seems
> to be FAR more complicated than a native app. Is this the new spirit of
> Java? ;-((
You just want to do too many things. What's wrong with a simple text
crawl for your web page! ;P
Native apps are just as bad. Most of it is hidden under InstallShield
though - all the checks for the correct versions of DX, extra libs etc
etc.
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