Welcome to IRIS/Web

Plug-in Help Page

Note that IRIS Web requires the Java plug-in version 1.4.2 or later. If you do not have this, you need to download and install it before the demo will work. There are two choices for getting the plug ins:

Installation Instructions For Windows Platforms
 Tested Browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Netscape 6.2.3
  • Netscape 7.0
    Note: Netscape 4.xx and Internet Explorer 5 have applet refresh problems.

    Installation of the Java exe File:
    1. Use Windows Explorer, and click on the Java .exe file.
    2. Answer questions posed by the install shield. In particular it will ask if you want to make this the default Java for Internet Explorer and Netscape, say yes to both.

    JavaScript in Netscape Instructions:
    To turn on JavaScript, select Edit/Preferences. Then select the "Advanced" Category. You should then see a button labelled "Enable JavaScript". Note that the "Enable Java" button does not effect the Java plug-ins.

    Installation Instructions For Linux Platforms
     Tested Browsers:
  • Netscape 6.2.X
  • Netscape 7.0.X
  • Mozilla 1.4.X

    Installation of the j2sdk RPM File:
    1. Become root by running the su command and entering the super-user password.
    2. Remove any previous java rpm's you may have installed (check the /usr/java directory).
    3. Run the rpm command to install the packages:
    #rpm -iv j2sdk-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.rpm
    This will install the packages comprising the Java 2 Runtime Environment.

    Java Plug-in Installation Instructions:

    1. Uninstall previous installation of the Java Plug-in, if applicable.
    rm -fr $HOME/.netscape/java
    rm $HOME/.netscape/plugins/javaplugin.so
    rm $HOME/.netscape/plugins/libjavaplugin.so
    One or more of these files may not exist on your machine, depending on which previous versions of Java Plug-in you have installed.

    2. For Netscape 6.x or later browsers: Create a symbolic link to the JRE plugin file. To do this, you will need to know your Netscape install directory (called "NETSCAPE6" here, probably /usr/local/netscape), and your JRE install directory (called "JRE" here, probably /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jre). For example:
    cd /usr/local/netscape/plugins
    If you use a Netscape 6.1x or later browser:
    #ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./
    If you use a Netscape 7.2x or later browser:
    #ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./

    3. For Mozilla 1.4, that comes installed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 3: Create a symbolic link to the JRE plugin file.
    cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
    #ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./

    Start your Web Browser, or restart it if it is already up. You can test that the Java Plug-ins are installed correctly by pressing Help/About Plug-ins.


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