Name: diC59631 Date: 11/30/98


The association created for .jar files on Win32
systems invokes javaw.exe. However, if you
double-click a file that does not contain a
"main-class" attribute (ie an applet file), then
you get no response. Nothing appears to load and
there is no error message.

In this situation, javaw should display a message
box with some sort of user-friendly message. "Failed
to load Main-Class manifest attribute from xxx.jar"
may be an acceptable message for developers, however
it will surely confuse our customers. I suggest
the following message instead: "The file xxx.jar
does not appear to contain an executable application."
(Review ID: 43480)
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