Ugh @ proprietary jar files. If you're lucky, their widgets will be based on AWT or Swing widgets(which are already based on AWT), and a rewrite won't be the monumental task it might appear.
Levi
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:36:46 -0500
"Robert Ahrendt" <robert.ahrendt@verizon.net> wrote:
> Sorry the other email wasn't for Levi it was for the original sender, But
> Levi is right the use proprietary jar files that have to be moved to the
> server running the apps.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of Levi
> Bard
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:46 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] A JAVA Question.
>
>
> Does VisualCafe just use AWT? I had the impression that it used a
> proprietary gui...
>
> Levi
>
> > I will assume the program was programmed using the AWT
> > api and you wish to update it to use the SWING api.
> > These api's are just the GUI portion of Java so to
> > answer your question: Firstly, standard java any
> > version will run on MS winders whatever(98,nt,2000,xp)
> > with one caveat.. if MS J+ VM will not run without
> > error you need to disable it and install IBM or SUN's
> > VM wich is totally standard. Secondly, updating a
> > Java program from 1.1,1.2 AWT to 1.3,1.4 SWING is a
> > rewrite or port of the application not a configuration
> > issue. There are many advantages to SWING not the
> > least of which is that it is many times faster than
> > AWT and it provides a much cleaner and intuitive
> > interface for you programs.
> >
> > Hope this answers some of your questions.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > --- wchast@utilpart.com wrote:
> >> Thnk you, I had sort of suspected as much though I
> >> am not
> >> totally giving up.
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Levi Bard [mailto:levi@bard.sytes.net]
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:16 AM
> >> > To: slug@nks.net
> >> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] A JAVA Question.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I've never used visual cafe, so caveat. I would
> >> say that
> >> > it's going to be
> >> > a rewrite, unless someone has made a script to
> >> translate VC
> >> > boilerplate
> >> > into Swing widgets.
> >> > By converting to Swing, the app will become
> >> accessible to
> >> > anyone with a
> >> > version 1.2 or later JVM. Code clarity, on the
> >> other hand, is in the
> >> > hands of the coder.
> >> >
> >> > HTH,
> >> > Levi
> >> >
> >>
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