So any rumors when Java 6 finally becomes available on OS X?
Andrus
On Apr 11, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Bill Michell wrote:
> Java 6 offers a nice mechanism in awt to open URLs in a platform
> independent way…
>
> Java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI uri) works a treat. I guess
> a Java 6 dependency is currently still a bit much to ask.
>
> --
> Bill Michell
> Development Team Leader, Broadcast Platforms, BBC FM&T (Journalism).
>
>
> From: Bill Michell [mailto:bill.michel..bc.co.uk]
> Sent: 10 April 2008 17:35
> To: woproject-de..bjectstyle.org
> Subject: RE: WOLips on Windows [was RE: Eclipse update sites]
>
> No – the WO5.4.1 _WOLaunchServices class no longer even tries to
> find the WOOpenUrl.exe file. It just goes straight to “/usr/bin/
> open” with no extension – which is never going to work on Windows.
>
> Fortunately, WOApplication declares _WOLaunchServices _lanchServices
> as public and not final, so it is possible to drop in a replacement.
> Unfortunately, the critical method is declared as private so can’t
> be overridden – so there is a lot of work to do if you want to craft
> your own replacement L
>
> It does sound like this is something that WOLips should be doing
> itself…
> --
> Bill Michell
> Development Team Leader, Broadcast Platforms, BBC FM&T (Journalism).
>
> From: John Huss [mailto:johnthus..mail.com]
> Sent: 10 April 2008 16:26
> To: woproject-de..bjectstyle.org
> Subject: Re: WOLips on Windows [was RE: Eclipse update sites]
>
> If AutoOpenInBrowser it's usually because you're missing the
> WOOpenUrl executable. This isn't available after 5.3 but you can
> easily create an exe and opens the default web browser to the
> correct url and put the exe in the right spot to make it work.
>
> Also, I think I remember seeing that WOOpenUrl wasn't even included
> in a fresh install on 5.4 on Mac, but I could be wrong.
>
> Personally, I think it would be great if WOLips provided a way to
> launch the browser with the correct url instead of relying on WO to
> do it. It seems like something that should be the IDE's
> responsibility.
>
> John
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:11 AM, David Avendasora <webobject..vendasora.com
> > wrote:
>
>> AutoOpenInBrowser is completely broken on Windows now, even with
>> the Application._isSupportedDevelopmentPlatform hack – but
>> everything else, being just java, simply works.
>>
>
> I'm guessing this is a WO IDE integration issue, and I believe that
> Mike has done some substantial work on that side, but I don't know
> if it is anything that either broke or will help with WOLips on
> Windows.
>
>
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