61656 - SmartUpdate Failed in Netscape 6

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect, P3)

Description

[thinh.pham]

condition:

The Software Installation has been checked in the preference of N6
           X Enable software instatllation


problem:
The javascript that supposed to install the plugin (JAR file) hang at the code

   		trigger = netscape.softupdate.Trigger; 


complete install script:
function downloadNow ()
{
        

        if (navigator.javaEnabled() ) 
        { 
                trigger = netscape.softupdate.Trigger; 
                if (trigger.UpdateEnabled() )
                {
       //                 vi = new netscape.softupdate.VersionInfo(1,0,0,0); 

                        // Downloads for Windows 95/NT
                        if (navigator.platform == "Win32")
                        {
                                trigger.StartSoftwareUpdate 
(jar_url,trigger.FORCE_MODE);   
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                if (navigator.language == "en")
                                { // English 
                                        trigger.StartSoftwareUpdate 
(jar_url,trigger.FORCE_MODE); 
                                        //alert("english language-FORCE Mode 
install");
                                }
                        } 

                }
                else
                        document.write("Enable SmartUpdate before running this 
script.");
 
        }
        else
                document.write("Enable Java before running this script.");
        //alert("Download OK.");

Comment 1

[Phil Schwartau]

I believe the methods for this have changed in Netscape 6; see this
comment, for example, from bug 60526: 


  ------- Additional Comments From [e-mail] 2000-11-17 20:50 -------

  The Netscape.softupdate.* package was implemented in Java and accessed via 
  Liveconnect. Netscape's JVM is gone in 6.0 so "SmartUpdate" has been 
  re-implemented as "XPInstall".  The InstallTrigger object replaces 
  netscape.softupdate.Trigger, for example.



However, let me transfer this over to the XPInstallEngine component
just to be sure about this -

Comment 2

[Keyser Sose]

Reporter is this still a problem in the latest nightlies?

Comment 3

[Keyser Sose]

Marking WORKSFORME due to the fact this has changed and due to lack of response.
Reopen if this is not the case.

Comment 4

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Re-opening so I can mark invalid

Comment 5

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

There is no "SmartUpdate" in Mozilla. XPInstall is the moral equivalent, but 
the java-based smartupdate commands will not work.

Comment 6

[Jimmy Lee]

Marking Verified.

Comment 7

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** Bug 143330 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***