error in launching/running the application

[seema pal]

An error occurred while launching/running the application.

Title: ReloadEditor
Vendor: ReloadTools
Category: Launch File Error

JAR resources in JNLP file are not signed by same certificate

my jnlp file---

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- JNLP File for SwingSet2 Demo Application -->
<jnlp
codebase="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor"
href = "EditorFrame.jnlp" >
<!--jnlp
codebase = "http://172.28.44.20:8080/EditorFrame" href = "EditorFrame.jnlp" -->
<information>
<title>ReloadEditor</title>
<vendor>ReloadTools</vendor>
<homepage href="http://www.google.com" />
<description>ReloadEditor</description>
<description kind="short">A demo of the capabilities
of the ReloadEditor Graphical User Interface.</description>
<icon href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/reload-editor.gif"/>
<offline-allowed/>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>

</information>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.4+"/>

<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/reload-editor.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/castor-0.9.5.3-xml.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/jdom.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/reload-diva.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/reload-dweezil.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/reload-jdom.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/reload-moonunit.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/reload-support.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/xercesImpl.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/xml-apis.jar" />
<jar href="file:///home/guest/scormplayer/editor/lib/AppleJavaExtensions.jar"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="uk.ac.reload.editor.EditorFrame"/>
</jnlp>
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[Jared Cope]

So what kind of error?

[j.g. jungman]

When you will run the above JNLP, you will get the following Web Start exception:

JAR resources in JNLP file are not signed by same certificate

The reason for this is simple - one of the jar files that you are using was already signed by another party. Here is the way to find it:

jarsigner -certs -verbose -verify activation.jar

You will see a long list of certificates (one for each file). This means that this specific jar was signed by another party (Sun in our case). The solution for the problem is simple - put this jar in a separate JNLP and reference it in your main JNLP:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="https://jaxb-workshop.dev.java.net/webstart/" href="activation.jnlp">
<information>
<title>Activation</title>
<vendor>Sun Microsystems, Inc.</vendor>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<offline-allowed/>
<resources>
<jar href="activation.jar"/>
</resources>
<component-desc/>
</jnlp>

As you can see, we don't ask for permissions, as this specific jar doesn't need them. Then, you reference this activation.jnlp in your main JNLP:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="https://jaxb-workshop.dev.java.net/webstart/" href="wizard.jnlp">
<information>
<title>XJC Wizard</title>
<vendor>https://jaxb-workshop.dev.java.net/</vendor>
<description>Wizard frontend for XJC generator</description>
<description kind="short">Wizard frontend for XJC generator</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<offline-allowed/>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.5+"/>
<jar href="jaxbw.jar"/>
<jar href="substance.jar"/>
<jar href="jaxb-api.jar"/>
<jar href="jaxb-impl.jar"/>
<jar href="jaxb-xjc.jar"/>
<jar href="jsr173_api.jar"/>
<extension name="activation" href="activation.jnlp"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="org.jvnet.jaxbw.xjcfe.wizard.WizardMainFrame"/>
</jnlp>