My company is also experiencing webstart pain especially with JRE 1.6 update 19 and 20. Our problems revolve around the Mixed Code security warning. (everything is properly signed and the problem is intermittent) Anyhoo, I stumbled across getdown by threerings. I haven’t tried it yet, but seems promising https://github.com/threerings/getdown/wiki
We fixed this using the Choose element in the csproj file. We have several different configurations set up so all we do is drop this block into your proj file and you can use VS’s Configuration to help you out. I do want to second Rob’s advice to move passed app.config. I have been moving … Read more
We have dedicated DEV, TEST, STAGE, and PRODUCTION servers. We also have a dedicated build machine which runs Cruise Control. Cruise Control is configured for a Continuous Integration build, which runs after code is checked in. It is also configured for separate Development, QA, Stage, and Production tasks. To deploy to development, the code is … Read more
Yes, you can use Tomcat7 Maven Plugin. Here is the steps: 1) Install Maven Integration for Eclipse (m2eclipse) to your eclipse from Eclipse Marketplace etc. 1.1) Navigate to Help -> Eclipse Marketplace and search “Maven Integration for Eclipse”. 2) From eclipse, create a maven project. 2.1) Navigate to File -> New -> Project… -> Maven … Read more
It took me a bit, but I figured out how to make the extensions work with IIS 6. First, you need to rework the base routing to include .aspx so that they will be routed through the ASP.NET ISAPI filter. routes.MapRoute( “Default”, // Route name “{controller}.aspx/{action}/{id}”, // URL with parameters new { controller = “Home”, … Read more
This can easily be done with distutils by subclassing distutils.core.Command inside of setup.py. For example: from distutils.core import setup, Command import os, sys class CleanCommand(Command): description = “custom clean command that forcefully removes dist/build directories” user_options = [] def initialize_options(self): self.cwd = None def finalize_options(self): self.cwd = os.getcwd() def run(self): assert os.getcwd() == self.cwd, ‘Must … Read more
As for the current version 0.11.2 (2014-03-25), the way to define the merge strategy is different. This is documented here, the relevant part is: NOTE: mergeStrategy in assembly expects a function, you can’t do mergeStrategy in assembly := MergeStrategy.first The new way is (copied from the same source): mergeStrategy in assembly <<= (mergeStrategy in assembly) … Read more
If you have only created a MySQL connection pool, you must also create a JDBC resource. This can be created from the context menu above the one you used to create the connection pool. In my Glassfish, my JDBC resource, jdbc/__default is using the connection pool mysql_lemon.
How to MANUALLY build and deploy a jax-ws web service to tomcat I was trying to figure out how to MANUALLY build and deploy a web service for learning pourposes. I began with this excellent article http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/jax_ws_2/ (new URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/javase/jax-ws-2-141894.html) The idea was to do the whole thing using only a notepad and the command … Read more
Yes, you can create a self-extracting installer containing both MSI and the setup.exe bootstrapper file. I think it is possible to do that with WinZip, or you can use IExpress coming with Windows. Here is a guide how to create a self-extracting executable with IExpress. You can either use the IExpress wizard or manually write … Read more