I have actually received confirmation from Rational that the Rose Web Publisher's "browser applet" is only available as Java 1.1 applet and therefore any web browser that uses the Java2 plugin (available since 1999) will be incompatible with the "browser applet". The good news is that IE5.x actually has an advanced tools option that allows you to temporarily disable the Java2 plugin if you've installed it.
The following is a recap of the issue as it was probably not clear (given Mr. Kennedy's workaround) : Java Applet Background : Microsoft IE4.x, 5.x, and even 6.x are delivered with a Java plugin to run Java applets. Back in 1998 Java went from version 1.17 to 1.2. Anything above version 1.2 is considered "Java 2" because of some major class changes (the base Event class was restructured, the Container classes were revamped, a new UI toolkit (Swing) was added, etc.). Hence, Java 2 is not always backwards compatible with Java 1 in general, and specifically the UI classes for applets are incompatible. Microsoft obviously has no desire to push the Java technology forward so it refuses to include the 3 yr. old upgrade in any of its browser. Netscape 4.7 was the last Java 1.1 browser. Since that version Netscape has pushed ahead with version 6.0 and now 7.0 (they missed version 5.0 when they were bought by AOL) which both come with the Java 2 plugin. Rational and their Microsoft Teammates : Enter 2002 and the latest versions of the Rational Unified Process and Rational Rose's Web Publisher. Because of the current stall in the web browser wars and (in my humble opinion) Rational's teaming w/ Microsoft, both the RUP or Rose Web Publisher are delivered with Java 1.1 applets. The RUP actually has a "patch" that replaces its tree browser applet (ruptree.jar) with a Java 2 version. Rose Web Publisher on the other hand has no similar upgrade of its browser (browser.jar). Hence, if you are publishing Rose models to a website, all consumers MUST use a web browser that incorporates the Java 1.1 plugin and not the Java 1.2 plugin. -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:30 PM To: 'Davidson, Scott (sdavidso)'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: (ROSE) Java2 plugin compatible Web Publishing Where are you publishing to, a local or network drive? I just tried this locally with Rose 2002.05.20, IE 6.0, with use Sun Java 2 1.3.1_04 selected in internet options, advance tab. I can see the applet. Not entirely sure of what problem you are running into but I am suspecting that you are probably publishing to a network location? There can be a possible issue with this. WORKAROUND: The workaround is to map a network drive to the machine you are going to launch the pub model from. 1] In windows explorer choose tools, map network drive. follow on screen instructions. 2] publish to the network drive result: This allows user to view published model from another machine. You may also possibly resolve the problem by editing the Java policy file .java.policy under user's home directory needs to created or/and changed to grant necessary permission. The following section could be appended to the end of the file: grant codeBase "file:/-"{ permission java.io.FilePermission "<<ALL FILES>>" "read"; }; Note: it grants all local applet read permission to all files. Restart the browser after the change is done." If none of the above helps, please let us know. Patrick Kennedy Rational Support -----Original Message----- From: Davidson, Scott (sdavidso) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:21 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: (ROSE) Java2 plugin compatible Web Publishing The current Rose Web Publisher uses a browser applet to browse through the model diagrams. This browser (browser.jar I believe) is a Java 1 applet and therefore won't work if your web browser has the Java 2 plugin installed. I just recently went through a similar problem with the RUP tree browser and received a "patch" that included a replacement treebrowser.jar file. Is there a similar Java2 "patch" for the Rose Web Publisher? Any insights would be appreciated as I don't feel like I'm making much progress through tech support currently. 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