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On 17 Nov 1997 23:50:29 GMT, "B. van der Steen"
<bvdsteen@worldaccess.nl> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm considering using JBuilder to create simple applications that will run
>on
>both Windows 95, Windows NT 4.x and Macintosh platforms.
>I've seen in many examples that Java can build simple tic-tac-toe
>applications,
>but what about real-life issues like:

First off, if you write a Java 1.1 app with JBuilder, you'll need to
find a compliant 1.1 VM for the Macintosh.  I'm not currently aware of
any.



>+ creating and handling help files?

HTML is probably the best way to go.  You can use HTML beans like that
HotJava bean to display the html in you rapp.


>+ serial communication on Windows and Mac?

Typically you have to drop down to a native method to take care of
this.  Thus, you put cross-platform capabilities at risk.



Andrew
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