Re: java calc

From:
"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
12 Nov 2006 20:02:46 -0800
Message-ID:
<1163390566.714241.107620@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Pradyut wrote:

Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote:

Pradyut Bhattacharya writes:

java -jar javaapplication7.jar


I clicked ">" and following happened...


upgrade to the latest jre... then try


I took one look at your original link and thought
'should suggest web-start' before surfing straight
out of there.

Now that you are making suggestions to your
potential end-users, and the people who were kind
enough to actually download and try the application
(of which, I wasn't), I will suggest..

'web-start'
- could forewarn the end user the minimum Java version
required (and prompt for download).
- sandbox this calculator (so it cannot do anything
harmful to the user's computer).

But while we are on the subject of minimum Java version,
a quick perusal of your GUI* did not suggest it requires
a high level of Java (I would guess Java 1.2) - what is in
your code that sets the minimum Java version? Generics?

* http://myjavaserver.com/~pradyut/files/java_calc/java_calc.JPG
BTW - the screenshot was a nice touch - good work.

Andrew T.

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