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Bug ID: 6908502 deployJava.installLatestJRE() does not work sometimes - download problems
6908502 : deployJava.installLatestJRE() does not work sometimes - download problems

Details
Type:
Bug
Submit Date:
2009-12-08
Status:
Resolved
Updated Date:
2011-09-22
Project Name:
JDK
Resolved Date:
2011-08-17
Component:
deploy
OS:
windows
Sub-Component:
deployment_toolkit
CPU:
x86
Priority:
P3
Resolution:
Fixed
Affected Versions:
6u18
Fixed Versions:
7u2

Related Reports
Backport:
JDK-2214679 - deployJava.installLatestJRE() does not work sometimes - download problems

Sub Tasks

Description
uninstall all JRE on your machines

go to:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/applet/deployingApplet.html

it should invoke installLatest to install latest JRE and run applet.

but sometimes it fail with a download error dialog now.

Comments
SUGGESTED FIX

webrev: http://sa.us.oracle.com/projects/deployment_data/7-client/6908502
2011-06-14 
EVALUATION

This problem doesn't reproduce every time. In fact, it's less likely to reproduce than reproducing it. When the problem occurred, the HttpSendRequest in CDownloadDialog::DownloadFile returns an error code of 12029 (ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT) while trying to download http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=36668 which in turns download the JRE iftw bundle. Adding some retry logic when encountering ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT seems to have fixed the problem.

Also including some cleanup in this fix: 
- use windows error code instead of defining our own; 
- local variable name, szURL, is in conflict with the input parameter name.
2011-06-14


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