Side-by-side JREs

[SLE]

Hi there,

Some of our intranet and desktop applets/applications, incompatible with
MSJVM, require different JREs.

- Is it possible to have different JREs side-by-side on the same Windows XP
desktop without conflicts whatsoever? If so, how?
- Is there a solid way of dynamically (even better automatically) having
applets in MSIE address the appropriate (or explicitely required/supported)
JRE without user intervention or MSIE restarts?
Thanks for all feedback.

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SLE

[Raymond DeCampo]

SLE wrote:

Hi there,

Some of our intranet and desktop applets/applications, incompatible with
MSJVM, require different JREs.

- Is it possible to have different JREs side-by-side on the same Windows XP
desktop without conflicts whatsoever? If so, how?
- Is there a solid way of dynamically (even better automatically) having
applets in MSIE address the appropriate (or explicitely required/supported)
JRE without user intervention or MSIE restarts?

See the HtmlConverter tool that comes with the JRE. It allows you to do
exactly this. Also, if the needed JRE is not on the machine, it can set
up the applet so it will prompt the user to download it (it is very
idiot proof).

HTH,
Ray

--
XML is the programmer's duct tape.

[Bob Kranson]

Yes. You can have multiple JRE's on the machine.

You should look into the applet signature and codebase initialization. This
will set the required or necessary JRE configuration for the applet.

The desktop applications will follow the system path, java home, and class
path. This is typically why you do NOT set these on an end user machine.
Try to get this pathing information into the startup scripts of the desktop
applications. Or, you can put the required JRE as part of the application
deployment itself. There is a default search path for the java virtual
machine. It will take some rework to make it .....user-proof?

Good luck!

Regards,
Bob Kranson
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Hi there,

Some of our intranet and desktop applets/applications, incompatible with
MSJVM, require different JREs.

- Is it possible to have different JREs side-by-side on the same Windows
XP
desktop without conflicts whatsoever? If so, how?
- Is there a solid way of dynamically (even better automatically) having
applets in MSIE address the appropriate (or explicitely
required/supported)
JRE without user intervention or MSIE restarts?
Thanks for all feedback.

--
SLE