299759 - Java plug-in does not work with .zip builds

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Timothy B. Anderson (Tails)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050705 SeaMonkey/1.0a
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050705 SeaMonkey/1.0a

Java plug-in does not work in .zip installer.  I also have tested this with my
own build with a .zip installer.  Firefox has a .reg patch for their .zip
installer.  I think there should be one for SeaMonkey

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to a java enabled site.
Actual Results:  
The Java plug-in does not load.

Expected Results:  
Offered a .reg file to fix this bug and make Java plug-in work.

Comment 1

[Dan Fischbach]

Don't you need to put some DLL files in your plugins dir for Java to work?

Comment 2

[OstGote!]

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/java.html#Win32

Comment 3

[Steve Chapel]

When I install or update Java, I need to copy the Java plugin files from the
Mozilla plugin directory to the SeaMonkey plugin directory. I'm using the
*installer* for SeaMonkey build 2005091013 from the Gecko 1.8 branch on Windows
XP SP2. This may be a Tech Evangelism bug for Sun to update the Java installer
to install the plugin files in SeaMonkey, as it does for Mozilla.

Comment 4

[Steve Chapel]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Don't you need to put some DLL files in your plugins dir for Java to work?

That's what I thought, too. I deleted all the Java DLL files from the plugins
directory, but Java applets still work. Maybe the problem can be fixed by
deleting those files, if they exist.

Comment 5

[Steve Chapel]

This problem seems be be resolved with the advice given.