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And that will install the JRE on any of the other platforms as well?
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And that will install the JRE on any of the other platforms as well?

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Also, what if the client has a JRE installed, but it's not the required version? Will it install the required version?..
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Also, what if the client has a JRE installed, but it's not the required version? Will it install the required version?..

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Well, that sounds good :-)<br />
I'll have a play with it shortly, and get back to you
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Well, that sounds good :-)
I'll have a play with it shortly, and get back to you

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&gt; Yes, AFAIK<br />
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from that comment i take it you haven't actually ever used it?<br />

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> Yes, AFAIK

from that comment i take it you haven't actually ever used it?


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&gt;&gt;from that comment i take it you haven't actually ever used it?<br />
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From that comment i take it that you've used it on every possible platform..?
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>>from that comment i take it you haven't actually ever used it?

From that comment i take it that you've used it on every possible platform..?

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so if the user has, say, 1.3 installed, but my app has been compiled in 1.6, then will web start automatically upgrade? or...
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so if the user has, say, 1.3 installed, but my app has been compiled in 1.6, then will web start automatically upgrade? or...

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probably not, what OS?<br />

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will be mainly windows platforms;<br />
but i would also like it to be compatible on some of the other major OS's..
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will be mainly windows platforms;
but i would also like it to be compatible on some of the other major OS's..

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I need a _free_ Windows (and perhaps other platform?) installer, which will install a particular version of the JRE (in my current case, 1.6), in addition to other certain files (JAR's, classes,..).
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I need a _free_ Windows (and perhaps other platform?) installer, which will install a particular version of the JRE (in my current case, 1.6), in addition to other certain files (JAR's, classes,..).

Installer (JRE + Application files)

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.