Without using a Web browser

For Windows users, distribute the JNLP file that was generated from the Deployment Wizard (for example, myzieweb.jnlp) to your end users. Once the file is distributed, users can type start myzieweb.jnlp to start the Web Start application and begin installing the Z and I Emulator for Web client. Since the file extension '.jnlp' will be registered to the Web Start application, the Web Start application will start, read the file, and download all the appropriate archive files from the Z and I Emulator for Web server that was specified in the Deployment Wizard-generated JNLP file. The Z and I Emulator for Web Web Start client will start when the download completes.

If you have not distributed the JNLP file to Windows users or your clients are running platforms other than Windows, users can still download the Web Start client without a Web browser by starting the Java Web Start Application Manager directly and pointing to the JNLP file on the Web server.

For Windows clients, users can perform the following steps:
  1. Open the Java Web Start Application Manager by double-clicking the javaws.exe file, typically located in the C:\Program Files\Java Web Start directory.
  2. Point to the JNLP file on the Web server at http://ZIEServer/ZIEAlias/myzieweb.jnlp.

For Linux clients, a user can type /javaws http://ZIEServer/ZIEAlias/myzieweb.jnlp to install and run the Z and I Emulator for Web session. A Z and I Emulator for Web icon appears in the Java Web Start Application Manager. Users can double-click this icon to launch Z and I Emulator for Web.