NetRexxR 3.00 jar file - very minor nit

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NetRexxR 3.00 jar file - very minor nit

billfen
That would be fine as well - ideally tne RexxLA site should have a button
"Click Here to install NetRexx", and it would happen automatically no
matter what the operating system is.  

On 6/15/2011 4:45 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
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>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 15:29, [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
wrote:
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>     and that the various installers need to be more OS appropriate - a
windows
>     install should look like any other package install for windows (i.e.
using
>     a windows installer and a simple "download/click to install"
approach).
>
>
> I am against this. How about using Java for what it is good for?. Even
better, why can´t the NetRexx installer be written in NetRexx itself?.
>
> In my view, installing NetRexx should be as simple as clicking on an
"Install" icon from any Java-enabled web browser, and it should launch a
pure-Java installer package using Java Web Start.
>  
> Here is a detailed example of various pure-Java installers
>
>
http://javabyexample.wisdomplug.com/java-concepts/34-core-java/63-make-an-in
staller-for-your-java-applications.html
>
> Then, of course, you can provide .zip packages, too.
>
> FC

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