web browser plugin problem .... JRE not found?  
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Boyd Speerschneider





PostPosted: 2003-12-13 11:53:00 Top

java-programmer, web browser plugin problem .... JRE not found? Hello,

I'm trying to load a Java 1.2 applet into IE 5 using the browser plugin.
When I do so, I get an error message telling me that the plugin cannot find
the JRE where in the path specified (ie., the path to which I just installed
the plugin).

What's going on here?

TIA,

- Boyd S.
 
Andrew Thompson





PostPosted: 2003-12-13 12:52:00 Top

java-programmer >> web browser plugin problem .... JRE not found? "Boyd Speerschneider" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to load a Java 1.2 applet into IE 5 using the browser plugin.

What 'browser plug-in'? Are you talking about the
Sun/Java Plug-In - or the native MS JVM (which
only supports Java 1.1)

Try this page to find out what level of Java
your (rather antiquated) browser supports.
http://www.physci.org/test/JRE/

Try each of the links at the top until one of the
white pages redirects to a yellow page.
(I am gonna _have_ to make that more user friendly)

> When I do so, I get an error message telling me that the plugin cannot
find
> the JRE where in the path specified (ie., the path to which I just
installed
> the plugin).

Just ..what does that mean? Is that a human language?

> What's going on here?

Hard to say what's going on without an URL.
What's the URL you're trying to load?


 
Boyd Speerschneider





PostPosted: 2003-12-13 14:33:00 Top

java-programmer >> web browser plugin problem .... JRE not found? "Andrew Thompson" <email***@***.com> wrote in news:OVwCb.50414
$email***@***.com:

> "Boyd Speerschneider" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
> news:email***@***.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to load a Java 1.2 applet into IE 5 using the browser plugin.
>
> What 'browser plug-in'? Are you talking about the
> Sun/Java Plug-In - or the native MS JVM (which
> only supports Java 1.1)

I'm referring to the Sun/Java Plug-In to provide Java 1.2 support to web
browsers.

> Try this page to find out what level of Java
> your (rather antiquated) browser supports.
> http://www.physci.org/test/JRE/
>
> Try each of the links at the top until one of the
> white pages redirects to a yellow page.
> (I am gonna _have_ to make that more user friendly)
>
>> When I do so, I get an error message telling me that the plugin cannot
> find
>> the JRE where in the path specified (ie., the path to which I just
> installed
>> the plugin).
>
> Just ..what does that mean? Is that a human language?

Sorry about the typo. What I meant to say is that the error message is
"Cannot load JRE from specified path: <path>" where <path> is the path
where I just installed the plugin.

>> What's going on here?
>
> Hard to say what's going on without an URL.
> What's the URL you're trying to load?

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/darkstep/html/JavaSoundDemoPlugin.html

This is an applet which is a demo of the Java Sound library.
It requires Java 1.2 to run, thus I need to get the plugin working.

> --
> Andrew Thompson
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> * http://www.AThompson.info/andrew/ personal site

Thanks for your time.
 
 
Andrew Thompson





PostPosted: 2003-12-13 17:21:00 Top

java-programmer >> web browser plugin problem .... JRE not found? "Boyd Speerschneider" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
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> "Andrew Thompson" <email***@***.com> wrote in news:OVwCb.50414
> $email***@***.com:
>
> > "Boyd Speerschneider" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
> > news:email***@***.com...
...
> > What's the URL you're trying to load?
>
> http://web.tampabay.rr.com/darkstep/html/JavaSoundDemoPlugin.html

Ugghh! That openning dialog..
'When runnimg the <demo> as an applet these permissions are necessary...
The permissions need to be added to the .java.policy file"

They must be kidding!
Have these people not heard of JWS?

> This is an applet which is a demo of the Java Sound library.
> It requires Java 1.2 to run, thus I need to get the plugin working.

I hunted around and was amazed to find
that Sun itself seems to offer the demo -
as a _ZIP file_, rather than off the net..
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/samples/JavaSoundDemo/

The irony of Sun offering an Applet in a zip file
rather than in a web page are ..beyond words.

Is that the zip you are working with?
Does it have the same (horrendous*)
code as the web page in the first URL?

* I have come up with a better alternative for
any applet that requires a 'minimum version'
of Java, it is far less subtle, and far more robust,
than Sun's htmlconverter.

If there is nothing in the docs to suggest the
demo requires 1.2 specifically I would recommend
installing the latest plug-in, stripping the page back
to a simple <applet> call, and throwing the
JavaVersionApplet in there with a target of 1.2

That might get it jerked into gear (may not as well)