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Wayne Gibson wrote:
> Hi,
> thanks for the information..
> 
> But isn't Java Web Start used for deploying Standalone Java Applications?
> I would love to be able to use an installer, but I have to cater for users 
> that aren't able to install applications on their machines.
> So the Jar file is the only option :(
> 
> Also I have write it with the Java 1.1 jdk in mind.
> 
> Any other Ideas?
> 
> Wayne 
> 
> 
No, actually Java Web Start does support the download of Applets. In 
fact it is perfect for your situation. It will present a slash screen 
and displays a progress bar while it downloads your applet and then 
invokes it.

The only thing not sure about the 1.1 jdk requirement.

*The Applet-Desc Element*
Java Web Start has support for launching Java Applets. This support 
provides easy migration of existing code to Java Web Start.

An Applet is launched using the applet-desc element instead of the 
application-desc element. For example:

   <applet-desc
       documentBase="http://..."
       name="TimePilot"
       main-class="TimePilot.TimePilotApp"
       width="527"
       height="428">
     <param name="key1" value="value1"/>
     <param name="key2" value="value2"/>
   </applet-desc>

The JAR files that make up the Applet are described using the resources 
element as for applications. The documentBase must be provided 
explicitly since a JNLP file is not embedded in an HTML page. The rest 
of the attributes correspond to the respective HTML applet tag elements.

The main-class attribute is used instead of the code attribute.  The 
main-class attribute is assigned the name of the Applet class (without 
the .class extension).  This attribute can be omitted if the Applet 
class can be found from the Main-Class manifest entry in the main JAR file.

Note: Applets must be packaged in JAR files in order to work with Java 
Web Start.


Look at this
http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/1.2/docs/developersguide.html

Also http://mindprod.com/jgloss/javawebstart.html

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