Java Web Start problems

[Roedy Green]

I looked through the faqs but I have not found answers to either of
these two questions:

What is the official way to specify a URL to the root directory of CD
rom drive R: in a way that is ABSOLUTE, the way JNLP likes it.

you would think any of the following should work:


file://localhost/R:
file://localhost/R:/
file://localhost/R| <-- definitely does not like
file://localhost/R|/ <--

but I get "category: unknown error 4"

I have no trouble installing from directories other than the root.

 

[Skippy]

I looked through the faqs but I have not found answers to either of

these two questions:

What is the official way to specify a URL to the root directory of CD
rom drive R: in a way that is ABSOLUTE, the way JNLP likes it.

you would think any of the following should work:


file://localhost/R:
file://localhost/R:/
file://localhost/R| <-- definitely does not like
file://localhost/R|/ <--

but I get "category: unknown error 4"

I have no trouble installing from directories other than the root.

file:///R:/

 

[Paul Lutus]

file:///R:/

Actually, the canonical, most-likely-to-be-accepted "file:" URL looks like
this:

file:/path (if an absolute path is given)

One may see the form you posted on a browser's address line, but this isn't
necessarily the best way to present it in the first place.