hmmm, well yes, that would seem to change things.... I'm obviosly not thinking that hard about it am I?
I might have to revisit tthis.... either way, its something that they do have a mechanism in place for atm, so wont be happening in the immediate future,,,, one thing java web start does have in advantage over the jboss based solution is that you can also controll the vm version the user users... thanks again for the input. cheers dim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Günther Van Roey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 10:50 PM Subject: RE: [JBoss-user] Launching Swing Applications from JBoss 3.0.0 > I think you CAN use Java webstart for this purpose. > > If you make the JNLP file not a plain XML file, but a JSP, Servlet, PHP > Script or whatever that serves the xml for launching the right version for > the requesting user, and you make a different JAR for each version. > > I already did the dynamic JNLP generation, and it works great. Anyone any > experience with the whole story (the versioning per user)? > > > Regards, > > Günther. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dmitri > Colebatch > Sent: zaterdag, augustus 17, 2002 07:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] Launching Swing Applications from JBoss 3.0.0 > > > > what about java web start? seems simpler to me (I used it, pretty easy, > but > > can't deliver different versions to different users afaik) > > yeah - that was the limitation.... I did have a brief look at it... > > cheers > dim > > > > > rick > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Greg Turner > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] Launching Swing Applications from JBoss 3.0.0 > > > > > > You could write a program that admin person would run on central server. > > This program would read batch script of some kind that contains each users > > configuration. Then this program could connect to each users' MBeanServer > > via a rmi Connector and change the config for that user. So, running a > > batch script to change all user's config is not a problem. > > A good ref is the free book about JMX on www.theserverside.com > > Greg > > > > > > > > Dmitri Colebatch wrote: > > hey all, I'm very interested in this thread - mainly because I've just > > started a contract in exactly that sort of situation. to be honest, I'm > not > > exactly sure how many users there are, but I believe its ~100 or so. atm > > there is a logon script on all the machines that copies the "appropriate" > > version of the application to the client when the user logs on (windows > > boxes). the hurdle I face atm, is that the existing application has > > different versions deployed at a time - ie. some users might have version > > 1.87 and some might have 1.86 - basically the more forgiving users will > get > > the new version first - sort of as a beta test. now - to me, the idea of > > having jboss running locally on every machine, and deploying the > application > > via filesystem/http would make distribution a piece of cake. but the > > manager likes the current situation in that he can change the batch script > > and immediately put user A on one version and user B on another. anyone > have > > any thoughts about how you might go about doing that? (thinking aloud) I > > suppose he could remotely log onto the user's JBoss 'server' and using the > > JMX console undeploy the old version and redeploy the new - but you > couldn't > > do that by hand for all of them, there would need to be some sort of > > automation. I suppose I really should have a read of the jboss farm stuff > > that has been done.... but wanted to share my situation for > input/feedback. > > cheersdim > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Greg Turner > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 5:03 AM > > Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] Launching Swing Applications from JBoss 3.0.0 > > If you were in a large corp and given the task of writing a Swing app > that > > was to be deployed on some 200 PCs in the corp, and you had to support > > configurations and updates to all those 200 PCs, JBoss would be the way to > > go. All 200 PCs could deploy the Swing app from a central server. All > PCs > > could deploy updates from the central server. And you could manage > > configuration of all apps from your machine via the jmx-console. All that > > is doable by having JBoss be the basis for the Swing app. > > Dave Smith wrote: > > An intresting read but I fail to see how this is usefull in all but the > > most trival example. When a JFrame starts it uses the DISPLAY enviroment > > variable (UNIX systems) to determine where to display it. So if I am > > running a local JBOSS container on my system then it would be good for > > rapid protyping but for the field? > > I have not had alot of sleep this week, please enlighten me on other > > uses for this or if I am way off base. > > On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 15:17, Dimitri Pissarenko wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > I've coded a very simple example of how one can launch a Swing > > > application with a Jboss Mbean. > > > > > > If someone is interested, look at > > > http://www.geocities.com/dapissarenko/jboss_swing.html > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Dimitri Pissarenko > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board > > > for high-tech professionals. 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