I´m trying to package a Java application for launching via Java Web Start.
The developer of a freeware Java application once told me: -verbatim quote- "Actually, I avoided Java Web Start because of the nightmare of signing Jar files which would tie up the rest of my life in misery. I did have a go a few years ago but gave up after a few weeks of solid work having failed to get it to work on even one platform. Of course, things may have got better since then, but the mental scars still linger." -end quote- I started digging around and found this page at Sun.com http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/javawebstart/partners.html Where it details two interesting solutions: --- Fontanus JNLP Wrapper JNLP Wrapper is a JNLP-compliant pure Java application that makes using JNLP easier. With JNLP Wrapper, any Java application can be distributed, without modification, using JNLP. There's no longer any need to package everything in jar files, load all resources using the getResource mechanism, and deal with issues created by Web Start's ClassLoader and SecurityManager. JNLP Wrapper enables the distribution of native applications and content over JNLP as well. -- and --- Vamp Vamp is a free, user-friendly tool that helps you package, sign and publish Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) software --- Well, the first one links to http://www.fontanus.com/products/ which quickly tells you that "JNLP Wrapper is now a product of Duck Creek Software. Information and downloads are available at http://www.duckcreeksoftware.com/products/jnlp-wrapper " But when one visits duckcreeksoftware... it seems the domain was purchased by someone else just to attract traffic, and now holds a parked domain. So I guess the company is gone into oblivion. And the second one was hosted on GEOCITIES of all places. It´s gone, and now I find that all the pages from 2005 and 2006 that the Archive.org WayBack Machine crawled are of 404 errors. Does ANYONE here have ANY contact to reach the developers of either VAMP or JNLP Wrapper? Perhaps the authors could be convinced to open source their code, if they have ceased making money off it long ago?. TIA for any pointers or ideas... FC PS: Shouldn´t it be in Oracle´s best interest to provide a nice gui tool allowing for one-click deployment of working java apps (say, a single .jar file that already runs with java -jar appname.jar) with JNLP? What could possible be the financial impact of purchasing either vamp or "jnlp wrapper" and making it part of the JDK?, if those were working solutions?. -- 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.
