RE: TN5250J didn't survive move to Windows 7 -- MIDRANGE-L

Thanks Pete and Alan for the update.

I'll try to work with the installer.jar tomorrow.

It's bad that the SourceForge 0.6.2 doesn't work. I don't know
who maintains what version and when, It's a bit confusing.

But, the TN5250j emulator seems to be the best in town especially when users
demand a good working copy/paste function. tn5250j this is much better in copy/paste
than CA and Mocha (awesome). I am just missing the CUT when doing programming and can see that
this feature in on the list at SourceForge.

Using the current working 0.6.1 Beta 1 or 3 works nice and I have tried having
this version for user download by using a .jnlp on the iseries accessed via a webpage.
Problem is getting preconfigured sessions and keymap downloaded and installed on users pc.
Can't get this to work (ok. I am not experienced in java).

Do you have any experience with this .jnlp download ?

But tn5250j is a great emulator an I hope it will continue being subject to the enhancement
needed as described.

Best regards and a nice weekend
Helge

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:13 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: TN5250J didn't survive move to Windows 7

The 0.6.2 was a fairly extensive rewrite/refactor and I haven't had a
chance to walk through the code and test it because I have been busy
with a couple of projects.

This link
http://www.petesworkshop.com/downloads/tn5250j-install-0.6.2_beta-1.jar
points to the installer version of the PRE "extensive rewrite" version
of tn5250j. The code was a version that I made some modifications to
and then compiled to run on Java 6. If you have Java installed you
should be able to just double-click or run the .jar and it should fire
up the installer.

The version that Alan referred to is just about the same without being
compiled as an installer. Either *should* work but, when it comes to
Java, there is always the *should*.

I'd try the installer first. If that doesn't work, then try the
tn5250j.jar file from the zip file that Alan referenced and replace the
one in the location that the installer installed (I have heard that works).

Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to install and test the latest
revision on Sourceforge which is why I have hung on the the ones on my
web site.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com

On 3/18/2011 11:17 AM, Helge Bichel wrote:

I got version 0.6.2 from Sourceforge, but running this tn5250j.jar
only results in a frozen splash screen.

I have a 0.6.1 beta 3 working using java 6 update 24 (newest).

Does somebody know what's wrong with 0.6.2 or do I miss some preregs. for running it.

Pete, pls tell me how to use the download you provided.

Brgds
Helge

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:52 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: TN5250J didn't survive move to Windows 7

You could try the installer I have here:
http://www.petesworkshop.com/downloads/tn5250j-install-0.6.2_beta-1.jar
(use save as...)
I think it was the one I used to install in Win 7.

Sourceforge has a completely new version which I have not had a chance
to try yet but others have tried with good results.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com

On 3/11/2011 9:33 AM, Nathan Andelin wrote:

From: Alan Campin
You will also find a link in the archive to the new version.

I found the link and downloaded the .zip file. Unfortunately it didn't solve the
problem. It also included several other open-source projects that I didn't need.
AFAIK, there were no installation instructions.

Thanks for the suggestion.

-Nathan