I don't have access to a Windows 7 install, so I don't really know. Do all applets fail to launch, or just Pivot applications?
On Jun 17, 2010, at 3:48 PM, aappddeevv wrote: > Is there similar guidance on Windows 7. I run 64 bit but also have 32 bit > installed. I am unable to get any pivot application running from the web > sites on any version or browser (across 3 of browser including ie32, ie64). > Java seems to time-out on something or never start properly. I’ve not found > any log files that help either. > > > From: Greg Brown [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Running demos on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > > Hi Brian, > > As you noted, Pivot requires Java 6. I'm not sure why Apple chose not to > provide a 32-bit version of Java 6 for OS X, but unfortunately it does mean > that running Pivot apps in a web browser on OS X requires Snow Leopard or > better. Pivot apps run on the desktop in OS X 10.5 should work fine. I have > heard that you may be able to get Java 6 to run in the browser by selecting > the "Run applets in their own process" checkbox in the Java preferences, but > I'm not currently able to verify this myself (I am running 10.6). > > As a workaround, you can deploy your application via JNLP to users who are > still on 10.5. You don't need to do anything special in your code to enable > this - Pivot applications run the same on the desktop or in the browser. > > Sorry I don't have a better answer for you. Hope this helps. > > Greg > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:41 AM, Brian Reilly wrote: > > > Greetings, > > I've searched for an answer to this, but haven't found any solutions. It > seems like the demos at pivot.apache.org require Java 6. However, on Mac OS X > 10.5 (Leopard), the only Java 6 is 64-bit, so the plugin won't launch in a > 32-bit browser (which they all seem to want to run in for plugin > compatibility). Is there a way to get around this to view the demos? I'm > finding it doesn't make a good impression to suggest taking a look at Pivot > and for the demos to not work. Thanks. > > -Brian > >
