> -----Original Message----- > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have been experimenting with starting Merlin via Java Webstart a few > months > ago. The result will hopefully make its way to the standard distribution > over > the coming months.
WebStart is something I've been playing around with again recently. I have some WebStart apps that use Fortress, but none with Merlin. > On top of that, Merlin is capable to launch applications via remotely > located > decriptor files (the block.xml), like; > > merlin -execute http://niclas.hedhman.org/apps/spiffy.xml > > And the Jars required will be downloaded from the declared repositories. > (This is the latest and greatest of Merlin technology part of the 3.2 > release.) I know we had talked about this one, but I didn't know it was in 3.2. So, what happens if merlin can't reach the spiffy.xml because of nasty network traffic? Is there a cache? You can essentially create a cache by pointing to SNAPSHOTS, but then you end up with a lot of unnecessary downloads. I'm just thinking about how to run merlin using the remote block.xml but also being able to handle things when the network goes down (offline mode). Sounds like we're redoing a lot of JNLP. J. Aaron Farr � SONY ELECTRONICS � DDP-CIM � (724) 696-7653 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
