Auto-download JRE : use computer proxy's settings and option to disable it

[databird sàrl]

When we are using proxy server for all outgoing connection on a network, when 360worksSM try to download the JRE at startup, the plugin make a direct connection and don't use default computer proxy's value.

That cause the error :

An error occurred while downloading https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.prosc.store.download/jre/win/1.8.0_152.zip. Couldn't connect to server. (7)

So, could you please add support of current computer proxy settings ?

And could you also please add an option to use already-installed version of JAVA on the computer instead of downloading the JRE ?

 

[ryan360Works]

Hello,

The download of the JRE only needs to happen once. If the plugin cannot download the JRE automatically, you can install it manually by following the instructions here

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And could you also please add an option to use already-installed version of JAVA on the computer instead of downloading the JRE ?

This is how our plugins used to work. We explicitly changed this is the new framework so that Java was not required to be installed on the machine. Adding this option would be a huge re-write, if even possible,  so unfortunately it is not something that we will do. If you would like you can use older versions of our plugins but if you run into any issues, the first step will be to update to the latest version to see if the issue persists. 

Please let us know if you have any questions!

[databird sàrl]

Thanks for your quick reply !

 

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The download of the JRE only needs to happen once

Yes... but when all network connection must go through a proxy the download is not done... And I think it's not a big job to add computer proxy's settings to be taken into account on that download !

And for shared computer, the download is done on each session...

 

For the option of using local installed JAVA, I understand your point of view...  but why not just adding a setting to let user configure a custom JAVA path ? And if JAVA is found, don't download your version 

But if the download is working well through a proxy, that point is not mandatory. It's just an improvment to let user do what he want !

 

[ryan360Works]

For terminal services/shared desktops the JRE can be put in C:\Program Data so that the entire path is C:\ProgramData\360Works\Plug-ins\jre\1.8.0_152 . This way it will not be wiped out between shared session and the download will not happen every time. 

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but why not just adding a setting to let user configure a custom JAVA path ? And if JAVA is found, don't download your version

Conceptually this may seem like a simple option to add to the code but in practice doing so would entail hours upon hours of development. I will put this in a feature request list for consideration but cannot guarantee that it will be implemented.

[databird sàrl]

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C:\ProgramData\360Works\Plug-ins\jre

👍 nice solution for shared computer ! You can update your documentation to communicate this good solution.

 

But please add proxy support on JRE download on the next release !