Creating sessions for Java Web Start deployment

You can create Java Web Start sessions from scratch or from Web-to-Host HTML sessions. The reverse also applies if you want to create an HTML Web-to-Host session from a Java Web Start session.

  1. Create or edit a Java session in the Session Configuration Manager.
  2. On the Session Options page, select Enable Java Web Start (Oracle JVM only). (Clear the check box to create an HTML Web-to-Host session.)
  3. In the URL folder box, enter the URL where you want to publish the session. (If you unchecked the box, this option is unavailable.)
  4. Save the session.
Note: Java Web Start sessions should only be saved on a Web server. In addition, the full, legal URL path to the location where you published the sessions must be entered in the Session Configuration Manager. Some sessions will not function properly. These are those created using the localhost address, containing workstation names, or using an address obtained while browsing to the file, for example with Windows Explorer. Sessions can be saved, however, to any Web server, even those that do not have Web-to-Host installed.

When a Java Web Start session runs, the .JNLP file and associated applets are updated from the server. However, the session itself runs locally from the client workstation. Sessions run locally do not have access to online Help files unless you select the Install user guide locally option when creating the session.