Auto-Launch JNLP on click

Question

How do I get a JNLP file to auto-launch on click? (as opposed to clicking save or open when clicked) Is this some type of MIME association that the browser must first recognize?

Canica

Are you opening it from within Chrome? Chrome does not automatically run JNLPs (most browsers do.) – Durrell

Answer 1

There is a server configuration file that specifies MIME or content type by file extension. For JNLP, it should be application/x-java-jnlp-file.

Curry

Answer 2

I think the other answer is outdated as of today.

Try changing your link from http:// or https:// to jnlp:// or jnlps://.

So your url would look something like this: jnlp://your.server/path/yourjnlp.jnlp

Caveat: For me, typing this in the Chrome URL doesn't work. It needs to actually be a link inside the page that gets clicked. There may also be a Windows requirement but I haven't confirmed that.

See this for more info: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=518170

Pilcher