Using the SDK Author Editor with Java Web Start
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 2:15 am
We are using the SDK editor as applet to access a CMS document repository and it is working great.
However, since Chrome(Google) is at war with Java and removed all NPAPI support, and the possibility that Mozilla may follow suit, I was considering packaging the Editor into a java application and running it with Java Web Start and exit the browser wars.
I'll have to move my HTML5/Javascript code that is the web page wrapper for the Applet into the java application but it may be worth it. 3 of our users normally use chrome and all had issues getting Safari/JRE configured correctly to run the applet. Every time we have a new user it seems like its a crap shoot on whether the applet is going to run with problems or not. And the problems are usually getting the browser setup correctly.
Any body doing this with great success or failure?
Does Java Web Start run as problem free as Oracle says it does?
Any gotchas to watch for?
thanks,
Scott
However, since Chrome(Google) is at war with Java and removed all NPAPI support, and the possibility that Mozilla may follow suit, I was considering packaging the Editor into a java application and running it with Java Web Start and exit the browser wars.
I'll have to move my HTML5/Javascript code that is the web page wrapper for the Applet into the java application but it may be worth it. 3 of our users normally use chrome and all had issues getting Safari/JRE configured correctly to run the applet. Every time we have a new user it seems like its a crap shoot on whether the applet is going to run with problems or not. And the problems are usually getting the browser setup correctly.
Any body doing this with great success or failure?
Does Java Web Start run as problem free as Oracle says it does?
Any gotchas to watch for?
thanks,
Scott