Java Web Start - Examples/Demos/Tips & Tricks

• Launch Styles examines some ways of linking to/launching JWS apps. that might be more logical to the end-user.
• JRE versioning. JWS provides runtime versioning, but its use is subtle and slighlty complicated. This document aims to clear the confusion and provide simple examples that achieve the desired result.
• JRE update was a feature offered to users of IE on Windows that offered some promise of a painless and automatic update. That dream has evaporated - this document covers some of the reasons why.
• component-extensions offered by PSCode
• API demos have been moved to a dedicated page.
  • BasicService
  • ClipboardService
  • DownloadService/Listener
  • ExtensionInstallerService
  • FileOpen/SaveService
  • JNLPRandomAccessFile
  • PersistenceService
  • PrintService
  • SingleInstanceService/Listener
• Example applications and applets have been moved to a dedicated page. These apps. use JNLP API services, web start trimmings (menus, icons, splash screens..) or show interesting or little known aspects of web start.
  • JTest
  • The Giffer
  • Knock, Knock