Need to install the OpenJDK 8 with IcedTea plugin in Windows 7 to run the Applet in Firefox browser

[Maria Prabudass]

Hi,

We need to install the OpenJDK 8 with IcedTea plugin in Windows 7 to run the Applet in Firefox browser for both in 32 and 64 bit.

Kindly let us know the appropriate installers for 32 and 64 bits respecitively.

We tried to install the OpenJDK(we used the openjdk-8 installer and firefox version 45) and try to run the Applet, but we are unable to get the output as IcedTea plugin not getting included in the Firefox's list of plug-ins. 

Please be informed that we are successfully using the Oracle Java(version 8) for applet in firefox browser till date and planned to migrate to OpenJDK as Oracle Java is getting into comercial market. 

I look forward to your valuable suggestions.

Kind Regards,

Maria

[Alex Kashchenko]

Hi Maria,

On 09/27/2018 06:30 PM, Maria Prabudass wrote:
> Hi,
>

> We need to install the *OpenJDK 8 with IcedTea plugin in Windows 7 to run
> the Applet in Firefox browser for both in 32 and 64 bit.*

>
> Kindly let us know the appropriate installers for 32 and 64 bits
> respecitively.
>
> We tried to install the OpenJDK(we used the openjdk-8 installer and firefox
> version 45) and try to run the Applet, but we are unable to get the output
> as IcedTea plugin not getting included in the Firefox's list of plug-ins.
>
> Please be informed that we are successfully using the Oracle Java(version
> 8) for applet in firefox browser till date and planned to migrate to
> OpenJDK as Oracle Java is getting into comercial market.
>
> I look forward to your valuable suggestions.

Applets are not supported in IcedTea-Web on Windows - Browser Plugin
(that allows to run Java Applets in browser) is not included with jdk8
MSI installers.

Only WebStart (JNLP) applications are supported on Windows.

Please also note, that IcedTea-Web Browser Plugin is also deprecated on
Linux and not going to be included with icedtea-web package in Linux
distributions in future.


>
> Kind Regards,
> Maria
>


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-Alex

[Maria Prabudass]

Hi Alex,

> Browser Plugin (that allows to run Java Applets in browser) is not included with jdk8 MSI installers. 

Kindly update me which version of Openjdk MSI installers contains Browser Plugin(that allows to run Java Applets in browser).

> Only WebStart (JNLP) applications are supported on Windows. 

Kindly share some usefull links to proceed further using openjdk for applet execution.

Thanks,

Maria

[Alex Kashchenko]

Hi Maria,

On 09/27/2018 07:00 PM, Maria Prabudass wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
>> Browser Plugin (that allows to run Java Applets in browser) is not
> included with jdk8 MSI installers.
>
> Kindly update me which version of Openjdk MSI installers contains Browser
> Plugin(that allows to run Java Applets in browser).

No version of ojdkbuild OpenJDK MSI installers contains Browser Plugin.

>
>> Only WebStart (JNLP) applications are supported on Windows.
>
> Kindly share some usefull links to proceed further using openjdk for applet
> execution.

WebStart implementation that is included with ojdkbuild OpenJDK MSI
doesn't support applets. If that is possible (if no interaction with web
browser page is required from applet), it may be better to change the
applet application into JNLP application.

For JNLP applications, please install MSI selecting WebStart component,
then open a link to JNLP file in a web browser (both http:// and jnlp://
links are supported) or run downloaded JNLP file from Windows Explorer
(<jdk_install_dir>/webstart/javaws.exe should be automatically used as a
launcher in both cases).

You can find some examples of JNLP applications here -
https://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web-Tests#IcedTea-Web_webstart_.28javaws.29_test_applications

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-Alex