Profile Web Start

If you have Java Web Start already on your PC then select the following link,

Java Web Start allows the user to download the PROFILE Web Application to their PC and run as an application. The user needs to do the following,

1. First go to the Download JAVA SUN Web Start Web Site.

   Find the heading
   Where Do You Get Java Web Start?
   Java Web Start is included in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) as part of Java SE 6.

   Select the "Download Now" Link.

   Select the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Download.

2. Second select the following link to download the Web Portal Module as a Web Start Application to your PC.

"With Java Web Start, you launch applications simply by clicking on a Web page link. If the application is not present on your computer, Java Web Start automatically downloads all necessary files. It then caches the files on your computer so the application is always ready to be re-launched anytime you want -- either from an icon on your desktop or from the browser link. And no matter which method you use to launch the application, the most current version of the application is always presented to you."

General Questions
What is Java Web Start and how is it launched?

If for some reason you lose you PROFILE Plot Icon on the Desk Top and would like to have it installed. The following web site will help in launching PROFILE web app from the user's PC. If they have run the web start version before. I found that the Java Control panel has reference to the Web start software and I only needed to follow the "Instructions to launch from Application Cache Viewer" section below and I can create an icon on my PC that can launch the PROFILE software. It is set up to run off line so it should work without the browser, see the link below,

General Questions What is Java Web Start and how is it launched? ( http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/5000070700.xml )

This web block is the section that I cut from the above web site that explains how to find the Web Start version in the Java Control Panel,

Launching an Application Using Java Web Start Software

• From a browser: Click on a link from a web page.

• From desktop icon: If you use an application frequently, you can create a shortcut on your desktop or in the Start Menu. Java Web Start may ask if you would like to create shortcuts or an entry in the Start Menu. If you say "yes," all future launches of the application can start without a browser.

• From Java Application Cache Viewer: Java Web Start also provides an Application Cache Viewer which you can launch from the Java Control Panel. The Cache viewer enables you to directly launch applications that you have downloaded.

Instructions to launch from Application Cache Viewer

1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double click on the Java icon. The Java Control Panel will start.
2. Click on the General tab
3. Click on the Settings button from the Temporary Internet Files section
4. Click on the View Applications button
5. Double click on the respective application from the list that you want to launch
• From command prompt: You can also launch an application from a command prompt by typing javaws jnlp_url where jnlp_url is a url to the jnlp file of the application.
1. Go to Start > Run > type "command". A command prompt window will appear.
2. Type "javaws url_of_jnlp"

Author: John R. Victorine jvictor@kgs.ku.edu

This page created May 2011
The URL for this page is http://www.kgs.ku.edu/stratigraphic/PROFILE/webstart.html