Instructions and Requirements for Loading Geninfer.

Requirements:

• Netscape browser
• Swing compatibility
  To install Swing:
  • Download and unzipSwingJarFiles.zip

  For Windows:

  • Copy the Swing Jar files into Netscape's Java\Classes subdirectory.
  • Restart Netscape.

  For UNIX:

  • Set the CLASSPATH variable to include the Swing Jar files. In order to do this open the .environment file and add:
    setenv CLASSPATH ${CLASSPATH}: path to the JAR file followed by a colon and path to the next JAR file.
    For example,
    setenv CLASSPATH ${CLASSPATH}:/SwingJarFiles/beaninfo.jar:/SwingJarFiles/motif.jar
  • Restart Netscape.

  Installing the Java 1.2 plug-in will not work because the plug-in prevents signed applets from functioning properly. For more information about making Netscape Swing compatible, see http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/archive/web_arch/applets_arch/applets.html.

• Activated codebase principals
  To activate codebase principals:
  • Open the file prefs.js, located in Netscape's Users/ directory (the exact location of the Users directory varies). Edit this file only while all instances of Communicator are shut down because Communicator will overwrite prefs.js when it exits.
  • To prefs.js add:
    user_pref("signed.applets.codebase_principal_support", true);

  The codebase principles are necessary because Geninfer is currently not encrypted. To allow the program to access your file system with your permission, the codebase prinicples must be activated. For more information about activating codebase principals, see http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/security/sectn2.html

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