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DistView
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Related
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Installing and Running CBE
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Running Session Manager
Running DistView-Based Applets
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The following distribution contains both the source files (*.java) and the corresponding Java classes (*.class) for the umich.cbe.distview package. It includes the code for the server and client side of the DistView toolkit, some utility files, and some sample applications/applets (a simple client, ChatBox, WhiteBoard). The package umich.cbe.distview is part of a larger package developed at University of Michigan, but it should work standalone as well. A Makefile is also included, allowing the generation of the Java class files using the gnu make utility.
The same code distribution should work both on UNIX, Windows and Macintosh,
although on Windows and Macintosh some configuration may be needed in order
to be able to execute cgi Perl scripts for generating the html files corresponding
to different applets. We provide the code as it is, with instructions for
running the server code on UNIX platforms. Downloaded client applets should
work on any platform with a browser that supports JDK1.1.x. In order to
run the server application, a web server (used for downloading client applets)
and JDK1.1.x
are needed, although we strongly suggest using JDK1.1.3 or later.
Known Problems:
- This release is only JDK 1.1.x compatible. It is NOT JDK 1.0.2 compatible.
- For simplicity, this release does not rely on signed applets. At Michigan we used signed jar files in order to allow certain client applications (WhiteBoard) to perform local I/O operations. We used Netscape's certification server to sign the jar files.
Downloading instructions:
- Please consult the copyright information for obtaining and using the DistView code.
- There are two options for downloading the Distview code:
- A binary version which contains only the class files and the appropriate script files - distview_cbe.tar.gz (1094 kbytes).
- A version which contains the source code for DistView - distview_cbe_src.tar.gz (694 kbytes).
- Consult the Readme file for configuring and running instructions.
- Check out the user documentation to get familiar with the environment and the applications.
gunzip distview_cbe.tar.gz
Extract the files from the archive
tar xfv distview_cbe.tar
After extracting the files from the distview archive, the folder structure umich/cbe/... is created, containing the packages umich.cbe.*. Make sure that the environment variable CLASSPATH is set to the place where the umich folder is placed, i.e., umich should be located at $CLASSPATH/umich.
