is there a version of internet explorer available for osX? i do not believe so. not since IE 5.0 waay back in ox8.5 era has ms made a version for apple... even though they are a large stockholder in apple stock... I'm pretty sure it's a browser problem. MANY web apps refuse to run in anything but IE, and that's simply cause the "java" they program in is arranged for ms's browser... suckky, but true.

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If it's a java web start program, the browser is only used to download the program, using a 'jnlp' protocol URL

On the Mac, Java is a system service - not part of any browser's distribution [Opera, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Camino....]

IE for the Mac was abandoned after OSX 10.1, and was inferior even back then when compared to the other available options.

As highlighted in red, I guess we can thank Hewlett Packard for their role in this problem:

===== Friday, February 27, 2009 9:40:47 AM US/Eastern =====
No windows L&F
Feb 27, 2009 9:41:00 AM com.hp.tis.ewo.global.logging.SimpleLoggerImpl info
INFO: Creating new EWA net specific HTTP Connection to http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com/EWA-net/ewa-net;jsessionid=0000_UvZBXJuAS1p4XSS6pkkFmJ:12hnj7610?appid=150&userid=epc00000&sessionid=PcKPNmQ9YQsWnKvrud5xNT6&license=start&LOGIN=0&JRE=1.5.0_16&CURRCLIENTNAME=my-power-mac-g5.local
Feb 27, 2009 9:41:00 AM com.hp.tis.ewo.global.logging.SimpleLoggerImpl info
INFO: SSL Certificate check is now set to ask
Feb 27, 2009 9:41:00 AM com.hp.tis.ewo.global.logging.SimpleLoggerImpl info
INFO: Incoming URL: 'http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com/EWA-net/ewa-net;jsessionid=0000_UvZBXJuAS1p4XSS6pkkFmJ:12hnj7610?appid=150&userid=epc00000&sessionid=PcKPNmQ9YQsWnKvrud5xNT6&license=start&LOGIN=0&JRE=1.5.0_16&CURRCLIENTNAME=my-power-mac-g5.local'
Feb 27, 2009 9:41:00 AM com.hp.tis.ewo.global.logging.SimpleLoggerImpl info
INFO: Mapped URL used for the request: 'http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com/EWA-net/ewa-net;jsessionid=0000_UvZBXJuAS1p4XSS6pkkFmJ:12hnj7610?appid=150&userid=epc00000&sessionid=PcKPNmQ9YQsWnKvrud5xNT6&license=start&LOGIN=0&JRE=1.5.0_16&CURRCLIENTNAME=my-power-mac-g5.local'
urlPath is: EWA-net
urlClientPort is: 80
urlWebAppPort is: 80
urlHost is: epc-prod.startekinfo.com
userid is: epc000000
sslEnabled is: false
sslEnabled is: false
urlWebAppPort is: 80
Problems executing fetch of an environment variable.
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no hpwin32 in java.library.path
Autodeployment installdir initialized with: null
Autodeployment url initialized with: http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com:80/EWA-net
Calling Workshop Handler with: http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com:80/EWA-net
Login name is: epc00000
Feb 27, 2009 9:41:00 AM com.hp.tis.ewo.global.logging.SimpleLoggerImpl error
SEVERE: Problem detecting client type, assuming this device is no diagnose system: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no hpwin32 in java.library.path
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no hpwin32 in java.library.path
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1682)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:822)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:993)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.common.win32.Hpwin32DllLoader.loadLibrary(Hpwin32DllLoader.java:63)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.common.win32.Registry.(Registry.java:59)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.common.win32.RegistryKey.exists(RegistryKey.java:40)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.ClientDetector.isStarDiagnosis(ClientDetector.java:60)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.setup.ewanapi.AutoDeploymentEngine.needToStartInstaller(AutoDeploymentEngine.java:60)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.trigger.AutoDeploymentTrigger.execute(AutoDeploymentTrigger.java:100)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.trigger.TriggerLoop.run(TriggerLoop.java:100)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.connectivity.http.EwaHttpUrlConnection.getBaseHttpConnection(EwaHttpUrlCo nnection.java:414)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.connectivity.http.EwaHttpUrlConnection.(EwaHttpUrlConnection.java:340)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.ServiceFactory.getConnection(ServiceFactory.java:194)
at com.proquest.epc.view.bl.ServerConnectionBL.sendToAppServer(ServerConnectionBL.java:150)
at com.proquest.epc.view.bl.ServerConnectionBL.sendRequest(ServerConnectionBL.java:91)
at com.proquest.epc.view.rh.LoginRequestor.execute(LoginRequestor.java:24)
at com.proquest.epc.view.impl.MBEPCApplication.main(MBEPCApplication.java:329)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Launcher.java:1206)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Launcher.java:1153)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.continueLaunch(Launcher.java:996)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleApplicationDesc(Launcher.java:526)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleLaunchFile(Launcher.java:218)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:165)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
Problems while starting auto-deployment.
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no hpwin32 in java.library.path
Start of cookie check ...
Problems executing fetch of an environment variable.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
Autodeployment installdir initialized with: null
Autodeployment url initialized with: http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com:80/EWA-net
Trying to read the EWANAPI server inifile from: http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com:80/EWA-net, workshop id: 000000
IniFile.read called in http-branch with: http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com:80/EWA-net/download/clientapps/ewanapi/ewanapi.ini.000000?userid=epc00000
IniFile.read called in http-branch with: http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com:80/EWA-net/download/clientapps/ewanapi/ewanapi.ini.installer?userid=epc00000
IniFile.read called in http-branch with: http://epc-prod.startekinfo.com:80/EWA-net/download/clientapps/ewanapi/ewanapi.ini?userid=epc00000
Read the EWANAPI Server inifile.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
at com.hp.tis.ewo.setup.IniFile.getString(IniFile.java:142)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.setup.SetupContext.(SetupContext.java:123)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.setup.ContextController.getServerContext(ContextController.java:95)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.setup.ContextController.getCookieInfo(ContextController.java:242)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.setup.cookie.CookieEngine.shouldLeaveCookie(CookieEngine.java:91)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.trigger.CookieTrigger.execute(CookieTrigger.java:77)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.trigger.TriggerLoop.run(TriggerLoop.java:100)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.connectivity.http.EwaHttpUrlConnection.getBaseHttpConnection(EwaHttpUrlCo nnection.java:414)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.connectivity.http.EwaHttpUrlConnection.(EwaHttpUrlConnection.java:340)
at com.hp.tis.ewo.clienttools.ServiceFactory.getConnection(ServiceFactory.java:194)
at com.proquest.epc.view.bl.ServerConnectionBL.sendToAppServer(ServerConnectionBL.java:150)
at com.proquest.epc.view.bl.ServerConnectionBL.sendRequest(ServerConnectionBL.java:91)
at com.proquest.epc.view.rh.LoginRequestor.execute(LoginRequestor.java:24)
at com.proquest.epc.view.impl.MBEPCApplication.main(MBEPCApplication.java:329)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Launcher.java:1206)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Launcher.java:1153)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.continueLaunch(Launcher.java:996)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleApplicationDesc(Launcher.java:526)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleLaunchFile(Launcher.java:218)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:165)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
Problems while starting ClientSettingsTrigger.
#### Java Web Start Error:
#### null

I don't get how some Mac users had intermittent success in the past...it must've been the right combination of local and remote Java versions. I've found many links related to this problem, including French and German MB enthusiasts.

I've found the aforementioned hpwin32.dll file in my Java cache directory at /users/username/Library/Caches/Java/cache/javaws/http/Depc-prod.startekinfo.com/P80/V1.9.243.1/DMEWA-net/DMdownload/DMjars/RNclient_native.jar/. So, how do we get that added to the java system library path?

The stack trace shows an example of how, if you set your mind to it and expend extra effort, you can write programs in [mostly] Java that are distinctly non-portable.

It seems to be using a native code library to the Windows Registry [itself a bad idea, with a horrible implementation] without a graceful failure when the native code cannot be resolved.

I installed hackintosh on my $400 laptop to piss off the mac people I know... gee my dual core 2.0ghz $400 lappy is running circles around your... oh thats right $1500 1.8 intel turd...

Have nice day!
We drive diesel's yet most of america thinks they are dirty and not nearly as economical as they really are...


Linux rules, mac drools and windows blows.

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Oh boy, here we go again...

Errr... the low end Macbook is a 2.0GHz Intel core 2 duo machine. No, it isn't cheap, it's $1000. Yes, you can get something cheaper if you want. No, it isn't priced much differently from a comparably equipped Dell or other mainstream PC maker's laptop.

Thank you. You too.

What's your sig mean, anyway?

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