[platform-swt-dev] JNLP for SWT (was re: Can an SWT applet be created?)

[Jim White <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad O'Hearne wrote:
> I basically want to use SWT in place of Swing in an applet.  Can this be
> done?  Or alternatively, is there a way to deliver an SWT control via the
> browser?

That would require a means to plug-in SWT's native code into the 
browser.  Obviously that would be quite browser+platform specific. 
Clearly a case where a pure Java implementation of SWT would be beneficial.

A more practical approach would be to create a JNLP (Java Web Start) 
application as that does support deploying native code and can usually 
be launched from a browser.  It would be very helpful if the Eclipse/SWT 
site provided an example for this (if it does not already do so).

http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/

Jim
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