There is also JSmooth as an option for windows wrappers (http:// jsmooth.sourceforge.net/) We have recently added support for it as a plugin for the Griffon framework (http://griffon.codehaus.org)
On Jan 20, 3:43 pm, Alan Kent <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > ...so I guess the obvious > > question no-one has asked yet is why do you want to create a Java > > application and not a native one? ... > > First, thanks everyone for the information so far. > > I was trying to keep the original post short, so I left out details. I > have two situations: > > * A server process that we want to run on Windows and Linux - we use > Wrapper at present for this, but I was interested to see if "the > entire JavaFX desktop development environment" made Wrapper > unnecessary. I think the answer is "some external software like > wrapper is still needed" > * A LiveScribe pen application (my primary interest) > > I have been playing a bit with the LiveScribe pen SDK. You can write > penlets using J2ME that run inside the pen. They have not yet released > full details on their application development model (I am asking > questions and getting drip fed information). That is, the stuff that > would run on the desktop. They have a Windows and a Mac version of the > desktop. They have said "applications will be stand-alone" and "we will > provide a C/C++ API on Windows applications can call". Overnight I just > got some more information indicating that even though "stand-alone", > they will do the installer which I had not expected - not sure now > exactly what "stand-alone" means to them. So I am no longer sure if I > need Windows services integration, or whether they are going to launch > application code when the desktop starts up, or... > > I was interested in doing the application in Java for several reasons: > > * If Java wants more footing on the desktop, this felt like part of > the total problem to be solved > * I know Java - I don't know Windows UI development (yes I can learn it) > * I do know C++, but have only done server work (no Windows UI) > * I want to move the application to Mac later too (assuming > LiveScribe provide a similar API) - I had hoped using Java would > make porting later easier > * Since the penlet is written in Java, it made sense to me to write > the other side in Java. I prefer sticking to one environment on > one project if I can. E.g. I can share data structure definitions > for transferring between the pen and the desktop, I don't have to > have Eclipse and Visual Studio running at the same time on my poor > little laptop, etc. > * It was a good reason to look into JavaFX more seriously, but I > found the comment about "not that good yet for normal forms" > interesting (and consistent from limited browsing I had done). > > Re JavaFX: The recent RIA roundup podcast released talked (back in March > last year) about how Sun might go after the customer base they already > have first, in Swing - it looks like this is not the case if JavaFX is > not (yet) a serious Swing application replacement. > > Thanks again, > Alan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
