Re: How do I associate jnlp files with the JRE I downloaded from IBM

I just tested it out on a Windows 10 VM. Semeru 8 JRE MSI, x64 (8.0.302.0)
has Iced-Tea in it, but you have to ask for it during the installation. If
you whiz by the installation prompts, you might miss it.



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Jacob
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date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:47:52 -0500

from: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >

subject: Re: How do I associate jnlp files with the JRE I downloaded

from IBM



I thought they dropped it in the latest batch? If I read it correctly it's

not in 9 at all and only included in 8.

Then again Oracle has deprecated javaws too, so we wait for a better

solution for those places where the java downloads are required by IBM.



Jim Oberholtzer

Chief Technical Architect

Agile Technology Architects





On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 9:40 AM Jacob Banda <jnbanda@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jnbanda@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:

This is a good point. If it weren't for certain apps that require Java

Web

Start, we wouldn't be using it either, e.g. certain vendor Out-of-Band

Management applications.

On a side note for Jim, if you use the MSI for Semeru 8, Iced-Tea is

bundled

in it. (Just make sure to select those components during the install).

There's also https://openwebstart.com/, but I haven't given it much

attention (yet).

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Jacob

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-----Original Message-----

date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:16:39 -0500

from: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<mailto:midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >

subject: Re: How do I associate jnlp files with the JRE I downloaded

from IBM

Rob,

I agree with the don't' use download (mis)director wholeheartedly, I've

always hated that software. Your source at IBM and I have had that

discussion before too. That said, there are places where we need to

download stuff (LPPs come to mind) using the Java tools, since IBM simply

won't allow any form of FTP to those files in ESS (and a couple of other

places).

So the choice is HTTPS and select each file etc, or use the Java client

and

get the group of files easily and faster.

So the solution seems to be a piece of software called Icetea-web. It

has

the functionality of javaws (Java Web Start) but uses a slightly

different

command for it. Still a pain because we have to save the JNLP file then

run it with this command to get it to work.

Jim Oberholtzer

Chief Technical Architect

Agile Technology Architects

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 8:59 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx

<mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:

I had a great guy from IBM on the case I opened with iACS. Anyone

would

recognize the name.

Basically he said this is his opinion and not IBM's but do not use

Download Director. This is where the .jnlp file came from. He says to

avoid DD like the plague.

He also had a tactful way of saying I'm an early adopter and probably

never saw the memo where I should be using the install program provided

with iACS instead of just copying the files into a desired directory.

(Although some propeller heads may prefer that way.)

The install program is in the Windows Application folder.

I've found that Edge outright blocks .jnlp files. Newer versions of

Java

aren't rather fond of them.

Rob Berendt

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Subject: How do I associate jnlp files with the JRE I downloaded from

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How do I associate jnlp files with the JRE I downloaded from

https://developer.ibm.com/languages/java/semeru-runtimes/

Should I have used the JDK instead?

Rob Berendt

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