Name: nt126004 Date: 10/04/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java web start 1.2

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
Windows XP
 
ADDITIONAL OPERATING SYSTEMS :


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When using the html/js code snippets provided to enable
the one-click download feature in jws 1.2 (Windows only),
the download only includes the java web start program, not
a jre, even though the documentation clearly states (from
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/guide/jws/relnotes.html#autoinstall):
 
"They will click through one security dialog box, which
will automatically initiate a download of either Java Web
Start alone or Java Web Start plus Java Runtime
Environment 1.4.1"
 
However, the step-by-step setup guide states (from
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/guide/jws/developersguide.html#autoinstall):
 
"The cab file does not contain a Java Runtime Environment,
so you will need to have a Java Runtime Environment
installed before using this auto-download feature"
 
If that is true (no jre included) it would render the
one-click feature virtually useless, and I would request
an enhancement to include a jre in the download (like the
first quote). If it is not true, please correct the bug by
including one.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1.Set up a website follwing the instructions in
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/guide/jws/developersguide.html#autoinstall
2.Using a jre/jdk-less windows machine, run a jws program
from the website
3.Jws crashes because no jre is installed

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
The one-click is expected to include a jre in the download
(if the developer requests it by setting up the website
appropriately), but jws will always download without one.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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N/A (the source code is the web scripts given on the jws support pages)
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(Review ID: 165046)
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