Scott, That would be great, and indeed, an argument would do the job as well.
dirk > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Deboy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: vrijdag 25 februari 2005 19:18 > To: Log4J Users List > Subject: RE: Specify chainsaw config file in webStart link > > > Good idea... > > I'll look into the best way to implement this (maybe by > adding a 'configurationURL' argument to the JNLP - you'd then > set up each shortcut/batch script to call javaws explicitly, > passing in the URL and providing the configurationURL argument. > > Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OOMS DIRK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fri 2/25/2005 6:30 AM > To: 'Log4J Users List' > Cc: > Subject: RE: Specify chainsaw config file in webStart link > After having looked more into it, i believe i need to clarify > my earlier > question. I would like to start chainsaw via webStart and > each time it is > launched it has to use another 'plugin-config' file. So it is not the > log4j.configuration (which describes the logging of chainsaw > itself) that is > changing. In the chainsaw code i noticed that this > 'plugin-config' file is > specified as a property named configurationURL in the file > chainsaw.settings.properties. > > My requirement would be met if this property could be set as a System > Property in e.g. the .JNLP file (e.g. named > log4j.chainsaw.pluginconfiguration?). This would require only > a small change > to the chainsaw code (reading the system property and if it is defined > overwriting the value of configurationURL). Does this make sense? > > dirk > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: OOMS DIRK > > Sent: donderdag 24 februari 2005 18:43 > > To: 'Log4J Users List' > > Subject: RE: Specify chainsaw config file in webStart link > > > > > > Scott, > > > > I tried out your below suggestion: adding <property > > name="log4j.configuration" > > value="http://myServer/myLog4jConfig.xml" />to > > the resources section of the .jnlp file, but it does not seem > > to work (I > > also tried it with "file:" and "ftp:"). Is the "should" in > > your reply a > > "should" or a "must". In the former case I could try to trace > > down whether > > something goes wrong in the chainsaw code. > > > > Cheers, > > dirk > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Deboy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: vrijdag 21 januari 2005 17:30 > > > To: Log4J Users List > > > Subject: RE: Specify chainsaw config file in webStart link > > > > > > > > > If you take the existing .jnlp file and turn it into a jsp > > > that you host on your site, you should be able to specify the > > > log4j.configuration 'property' as the URL you're generating. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: OOMS DIRK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 7:58 AM > > > To: 'log4j-user@logging.apache.org' > > > Cc: > > > Subject: Specify chainsaw config file in webStart link > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am thinking of building a web application that allows > the user to > > > configure a subset of the log4j configuration parameters > in a 'user > > > friendly' way (so he/she does not have to know all log4j > > configuration > > > details). At the same time I will generate the corresponding > > > chainsaw config > > > file on my web server and give the user the opportunity to > > > start Chainsaw > > > with this generated config file. Is there a way to specify > > > the config file > > > in the webStart link? > > > > > > dirk > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]