Using JNLP with Netbeans on Mac OSX

Question

I am trying to get an idea on JNLP by running locally from folder before I start using it with web server. Therefore its a new-bie question. I have a jar file in "netbeansProjectFolder/dist" folder along with library folders. I created a jnlp file in netbeansProjectFolder. The file contains the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="file://Users/myName/Desktop/netbeansProjectFolder">
<information>
<title>JNLP test</title>
<vendor>me</vendor>
<homepage href="www.web.com" />
<description>Demonstration of JNLP</description>
</information>
<offline-allowed/>
<security>
<j2ee-application-client-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.2+" />
<jar href="file://dist/myJNLP.jar"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="MyFrame"/>
</jnlp>
I am trying to run it locally but cannot find resources. I think there is no problem with location, is there any other issues I have to worry about? By the way, jar runs independently without any problem. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Note that the jar href should be a path
that is relative to the codebase.
I also noted that your JNLP element has
a codebase but no href for the JNLP itself.
I suggest
a) changing it along these lines
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp
  spec="1.0+"  
  codebase="file://"
  href="Users/myName/Desktop/netbeansProjectFolder/LAUNCHFILE.jnlp" >
<j2se version="1.2+" />
<!-- remove the codebase from the jar ref -->
<jar href="dist/myJNLP.jar"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="MyFrame"/>
</jnlp>b) Validating the result aginst the DTD.
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AndrewThompson64