Runtime Revolution

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Externals

When you write an external for RunRev and you go to include it in "the externals" of the stack. It is best to

 * Have the full path to the external, and
 * Do not escape spaces.  For example "/Users/gordy/My Project/test.bundle", not "/Users/gordy/My\ Project/test.bundle"

Java Web Start Mechanism

It is possible to use the Java Web Start mechanism to unstall, update, and run an executable produced by RunRev (or anything else for that matter). Here is an overview of the process:

We write a Java application WebStarter" that is responsible for downloading and starting a native executable. This WebStarter'' must run as a signed applet, because it will obviously require access to the native file system.


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