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Subject: Java version check and auro-jre download (was Re: J2EE)
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:58:18 +0800
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On 9/3/2013 4:11 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/2/2013 3:47 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:12:35 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
8<
>>>>> I would not use it for deploy/update.
>>>>>
>>>> OK, let me restate one of the options: If I decide that any lucky(?)
>>>> users will need a copy of my app on their PC if they want to use it, is
>>>> there an easier way for them to get it there than to follow
>>>> instructions that say (1) install the JRE, (2) unzip this archive onto
>>>> your machine (3) set up a launcher with the command line "java blah
>>>> blah blah"?  I thought, from what Roedy said in the past that JWS might
>>>> do that job but,
>>>> from what you say, it seems this may not be the case.
>>>
>>> Java Web Start does exactly that. And I will strongly recommend using
>>> that.
>>>
>>> But I thought we were talking about web services.
>>>
>> My bad. I thought Java Web Start was part of web services.
>
> I have never heard JWS considered a web service. It is more traditional
> download than API call.
>

Why isn't this information <param name="java_version" value="1.7*"> 
enough to trigger an auto download of a compatible JRE if one does not 
exists? Rather than being completely ignored :-(

(Yes, I know you were talking desktop APP but use myFile.config 
<dickyXMLtag version>1.7*</xml> as an analogy if you like. Or 
this.version.assert((1.7*") or "something")

I'm just so frustrated by all the cargo-cult programming these days and 
in particular 10 tonnes of unfit for purpose crap like JWS)

> Arne
>

Cheers Richard Maher
>
>