Update JNLP File

Hi, in the sap note 716604 recommend me that i make the update of the version of Sun J2SE version(1.4.2_20 b04) and i have to download an archive with extension JNLP but i dont know hoy i can update this version with this file
Any ides for this issue??
Thanks and regards!!

Hi Aaron,
The JNLP you have downloaded contains follwoing details
1. Location of the resources on the server (see jnlp-tag)
2. A describtion of the application (see information-tag)
3. The needed security permissions (see security-tag)
4. The needed resources on the client (see resources-tag)
a. J2SE version needed
b. Jar-files needed
c. Properties for getting JNDI context
5. The main class for starting the application (see application-desc-tag)
You can change the values of some in that xml formated file.
you need to deploy this file (.jar and .jnlp etc) in your application server directory.
Refer the below document for details.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/35a46378-0801-0010-a3b7-91595122de3d
Regards,
Prasanna

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