Posted by Sven Gothel on Dec 05, 2012; 7:32pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/ZipException-when-loading-native-jars-tp4027387p4027419.html

On 12/05/2012 01:05 PM, gouessej [via jogamp] wrote:
>
> Sony uses Java Web Start for PoxNora. I have used Java Web Start both for my
> hobby projects and at work since almost seven years. It is possible to run it
> locally but you have to detect proxies because localhost can be used only
> without proxy. Java Web Start must be configured correctly when a firewall is
> used if it doesn't automatically detect its parameters.
AFAIK the offline mode of Webstart has been fixed a while ago,
but I am no more an expert in this regard and have not tested it
w/ all the different configurations (firewall, proxy etc).

> If Java Web Start
> isn't reliable enough for you, why not trying JavaFX native packaging
> <https://blogs.oracle.com/talkingjavadeployment/entry/native_packaging_for_javafx> (and
> future versions will include built-in support for autoupdate)?

To allow a wide spread availability, relying on a proprietary
distribution model might be difficult.
Disclaimer: I don't know whether this javafx pack200 magic deployment model
is open source'ed yet and available in e.g. OpenJDK in free software form.

>
> I hope Sven's suggestion will work fine in your case.

Since Rayan will provide a test project and gave me information about
the onejar source code, I guess I will be able to fix it.

Even though this might not be our default use case,
different deployment scenarios can only better our code.

~Sven

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