Using Java Web Start to install a command line program

[Jan Persson]

Hi,

Recently our management has decided that all our inhouse developed
Java applications should be distributed with Java Web Start, but
since our application is available both as GUI client and as a
command line tool it looks like JWS is ill suited for this task.

Both users and other applications relies on our command line interface
being available, so it must be reachable regardless of the current
working directory of the invoking process.

From what I have found out by reading the documentation and FAQ of JWS,
it looks like JWS can only copy files to the local application cache
and not to an arbitrary path in the file system.

If this is the case we must either do one of the following:

1. Copy the startscript of the command line client (installed to the cache)
into a directory which is pointed out by the PATH environment variable so
it can be launched from cmd.exe and other processes.

2. Or we must add the JWS cache directory to the path environment
variable.

Am I right in my assumptions?

Kind Regards
//Jan Persson

 

[Dale King]

--
Dale King

Hi,

Recently our management has decided that all our inhouse developed
Java applications should be distributed with Java Web Start, but
since our application is available both as GUI client and as a
command line tool it looks like JWS is ill suited for this task.

Both users and other applications relies on our command line interface
being available, so it must be reachable regardless of the current
working directory of the invoking process.

From what I have found out by reading the documentation and FAQ of JWS,
it looks like JWS can only copy files to the local application cache
and not to an arbitrary path in the file system.

If this is the case we must either do one of the following:

1. Copy the startscript of the command line client (installed to the cache)
into a directory which is pointed out by the PATH environment variable so
it can be launched from cmd.exe and other processes.

2. Or we must add the JWS cache directory to the path environment
variable.

Am I right in my assumptions?

See:
http://lopica.sourceforge.net/faq.html#batch

 

[Andrew Thompson]

G'Day Dale, just replying because
I noticed your post had the '--'
(usually put before sigs.), at the
top of the post.

AFAIU, this can cause some
readers to trim everything
below.

When I went to reply, the '--'
had itself disappeared..
probably yet another MSC
(MicroSoft CONSPIRACY*).

* Sorry for yelling, but if I don't,
...people won't believe me. ;-)

 

[Thomas Weidenfeller]

G'Day Dale, just replying because
I noticed your post had the '--'
(usually put before sigs.), at the
top of the post.

<nitpicking>
The correct sig separator has to be '-- ' (note the extra space), not
simply '--'. And yes, common Microsoft malware gets this wrong, because
they use an editor component which removes any trailing whitespace :-(

To fix this

http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

or better yet

http://www.linux.org/
</nitpicking>

/Thomas

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Andrew Thompson wrote: .....

The correct sig separator has to be '-- ' (note the extra space), not
simply '--'.

There ya' go. If I had been trying to
debug a newsreader's formattting of
presentation, that would have stuffed
me up somewhat.

 

[Dale King]

G'Day Dale, just replying because
I noticed your post had the '--'
(usually put before sigs.), at the
top of the post.

It was an accident. I am using Outlook Express (I know it sucks) and it
seems to think top-posting is a good idea. It puts my sig at the top when I
reply and I have to manually copy it to the bottom of the message. I've done
it for so long it is automatic and I don't even have to think about it. I
accidentally missed that one.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

"Andrew Thompson" ... ...
It was an accident. I am using Outlook Express (I know it sucks) and
it seems to think top-posting is a good idea. It puts my sig at the
top when I reply and I have to manually copy it to the bottom of the
message.

...Only because it is configured to do so.
I switch off the 'auto signature' (IFAIUU)
of OE and Alt|I|S when needed.

Just a thought.

 

[Jan Persson]

See:
http://lopica.sourceforge.net/faq.html#batch

OK,

Thank you for your help!

Kind regards
//Jan Persson