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Is JRE 1.6.0_01 Available for Auto-Download yet?

There is a serious problem with printing in JRE 1.6.0 b105 so I need to get my users on the latest JRE 1.6.0 b106 which fixes the printing problem.

What is the version in the JNLP that I need to use to get webstart to download b106? I've tried the following variations of the <java> tag in my JNLP but no luck:

<java version="1.6.0_01" max-heap-size="256M" href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/javase"/>

<java version="1.6.0 b106" max-heap-size="256M" href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/javase"/>

<java version="1.6.0_01-b06" max-heap-size="256M" href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/javase"/>

The webstart client will error out with a message similiar to:

The application has requested a version of the JRE (version 1.6.0_01) that currently is not locally installed. Java Web Start is unable to automatically download and install the requested version. This JRE must be installed manually.

[975 byte] By [javaguy323a] at [2007-11-27 3:52:27]

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# 1

Short answer is no. Not all versions of JRE are enabled for autodownloadvia JNLP. What is the bug id you're referring to? I'd recommend you raise thisissue on bugs.sun.com so that it can be considered. Hope this helps.

gymma at 2007-7-12 8:56:30 >

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# 2

Really? I thought all official versions would be downloadable through webstart. I'm curious why would Sun not make them available. Now I need to explain to my higher-ups why I promised to get webstart to automatically update all our user's JRE but now failed to make good. :-(

Regarding the printing problem: With b105 the printouts would have text that is upside, mirrored and cropped. It was a total mess. The problem is reproducible. We manually upgraded some users to b106 and the problem disappeared completely. I think Sun fixed it in 106 but now the problem is getting all our users onto JRE b106.

Java Webstart is supposed to do this for me but now it appears to be failing me big time.

javaguy323a at 2007-7-12 8:56:30 >

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# 3

I'm not saying that it never will be available, :-) Like I said, your best bet is toget visibility on this issue on bugs.sun.com.

gymma at 2007-7-12 8:56:30 >

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# 4

it dosent work for download? even trail version?

EDDIELEIa at 2007-7-12 8:56:30 >

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