JNLP is sometimes also referred to as "Java Web Start": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Web_Start
I personally find the user experience to be poor and the technology difficult to work with, but to each his own. :-) G On May 11, 2011, at 2:57 PM, Andrei Pozolotin wrote: > I suggest to use jnlp for pivot delivery: > https://github.com/carrot-garden/carrot-jnlper > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: widgets > From: noobmike <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed 11 May 2011 01:25:37 PM CDT >> Hello again fellas >> >> I tried a bunch of the ideas you suggested and I came up empty, well pretty >> much empty. >> First I tried the deployment example and I got it to work, but only from the >> same way as >> before. Running it in eclipse as a pivot application. >> >> Then I tried Launch4j, It took me a while to figure out what was going on, >> then I found a >> great tutorial online to help me through actually creating the .exe. When I >> tried to run it >> I get the error "Could not find the main class: DeploymentExample.jar. >> Program will exit" >> (I named my App DeploymentExample then exported the .jar from Eclipse) I'm >> not sure if >> this error is telling me it cant find the jar file, or it cant find a main >> method in the jar. (I >> assume the first, but I added it directly to the Main Class: section of the >> Launce4j GUI) >> >> Then I tried some other things like creating a main method and calling the >> Startup method >> and things of this nature all which didn't really produce anything. So I'm >> not to sure of where >> to head from here. If anyone has any idea please let me know. >> >> I am curious though, on the Apache site it directly says "Apache Pivot is an >> open-source platform for building installable Internet applications (IIAs)." >> Does Apache Pivot just supply the ease of creating the >> GUI and the ability to use BXML and other JVM Languages? Does it supply any >> way of deploying an application like any of the tutorials as a .exe? or as a >> widget/gadget. >> >> Thanks >> >> Mike. >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://apache-pivot-users.399431.n3.nabble.com/widgets-tp2923280p2928513.html >> Sent from the Apache Pivot - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >
