If I remove 'AS_JAVA' from 'asenv.bat' the client starts at least.
However this variable has been set by the 'package appclient' script
and it's documented that this should be adjusted to the environment of
the actual client.
It seems it's better to let the script find out the JDK..
-Benrhard
On 1/23/12, Tim Quinn <tim.quinn_at_oracle.com> wrote:
> Bernhard,
>
> Can you send me the error message? Does it contain a file spec (full
> or partial)?
>
> - Tim
>
> On Jan 23, 2012, at 11:32 AM, Bernhard Thalmayr wrote:
>
>> Hi Tim, there are no spaces at all in the path I use. However '8.3'
>> filename syntax would only be possible If I change the default
>> 'glassfish' directory inside the packaged appclient as this directory
>> name has already 9 characters.
>>
>> I extracted the appclient within C:\temp.
>>
>> -Bernhard
>>
>> On 1/23/12, Tim Quinn <tim.quinn_at_oracle.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Jan 23, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Bernhard Thalmayr wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the additional information Tim, much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> When JIRA is accessible again I will file some bugs.
>>> Please see Rebecca's earlier response that these have been fixed for
>>> 3.1.2.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> However I still did not get the packaged appclient to work.
>>>>
>>>> I used the package-appclient script on a Server and downloaded the
>>>> jar
>>>> to a Windows XP client.
>>>>
>>>> After expanding it I changed the JAVA in 'asenv.bat' and adopted
>>>> 'sun-acc.xml' (within <appclient-install-dir>domains
>>>> \domain1\config).
>>>>
>>>> However when I try to launch 'appclient.bat'
>>>> (<appclient-install-dir>\bin\appclient.bat -client
>>>> <path-to-client-jar>) I get an error ... unfortunately it's a
>>>> localized one ... something like 'incorrect syntax for filename,
>>>> directoryname or drivename.
>>> One quick thought - If any paths contain a space that might be
>>> causing
>>> a problem. You could try defining any such paths using the 8.3 file
>>> name syntax (e.g., \Docume~1\etc) and see if that helps, at least to
>>> get you past this hurdle. Certainly blanks in file paths should work
>>> but maybe they don't.
>>>
>>> - Tim
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Could you please provide an example how to make the packaged
>>>> appclient
>>>> run correctly?
>>>>
>>>> I've already read any documentation/blog/FAQ I could find but
>>>> without success.
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>> Bernhard
>>>>
>>>> On 1/23/12, Tim Quinn <tim.quinn_at_oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello, Bernhard.
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks as if there are a few mismatches between the doc and the
>>>>> code.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can use "-output path-to-file.jar" to override where the JAR
>>>>> file
>>>>> will be created.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for the directory structure, after expanding the generated JAR
>>>>> file
>>>>> you should see an appclient subdirectory. Inside there is a
>>>>> glassfish
>>>>> directory which is the location the doc means when it refers to
>>>>> "appclient_install_dir."
>>>>>
>>>>> - Tim
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 23, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Bernhard Thalmayr wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi experts,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is there any documentation around for the command 'package-
>>>>>> applicent'
>>>>>> but the 'reference-guide'?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems that the documentation does not match the behaviour..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From the doc:
>>>>>> "Use the package-appclient command to pack the application client
>>>>>> container libraries and
>>>>>> jar files into an appclient.jar file, which is created in the
>>>>>> current
>>>>>> working directory."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However it seems that the 'applient.jar' file is always created in
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <install-dir>/glassfish/lib/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> which is suboptimal on 'UNIX' as typically the '<install-dir>' is
>>>>>> read-only for 'normal users'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also the documentation for the 'extracted appclient' seems not be
>>>>>> correct ... the structure of the extracted appliant does not match
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> one documented which makes in not that easy to follow the doc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>> Bernhard
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> IT-Consulting Bernhard Thalmayr
>>>>>> - Painstaking Minds -
>>>>>> 83620 Vagen (Munich area)
>>>>>> Germany
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> IT-Consulting Bernhard Thalmayr
>>>> - Painstaking Minds -
>>>> 83620 Vagen (Munich area)
>>>> Germany
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> IT-Consulting Bernhard Thalmayr
>> - Painstaking Minds -
>> 83620 Vagen (Munich area)
>> Germany
>
>
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IT-Consulting Bernhard Thalmayr
- Painstaking Minds -
83620 Vagen (Munich area)
Germany