[eclipse-dev] Launching XP Eclipse via Network w/o Java Installed Locall

["Fred R. McClurg" <frmcclur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Friends of Eclipse:

Can the XP version of Eclipse be launched from a network
location without depending upon a local installation of
Java on the client PC?

I have a hunch that the "-configuration" part of my command
line below is not right.

Does anybody have an example regarding what the "-configuration"
pathname is supposed look like?  Does anyone have an example
regarding what is supposed to be in the "-configuration" file?

Here is what I have for the properties of my Eclipse shortcut:

   \\crntds20\swtools\eclipse\2.1\eclipse.exe -vm "\\crntds20\C$\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_02\bin\javaw.exe" -data c:\eclipse\workspace -configuration \\crntds20\swtools\eclipse\2.1\startup.jar

Here is the error message that I get via the ".log" file:

   !SESSION ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   !ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Apr 15, 2003 08:39:01.284
   !MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
   !STACK
   java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: //crntds20/swtools/eclipse/2.1/startup.jar
           at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
           at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
           at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
           at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.processConfiguration(Main.java:788)
           at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:746)
           at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:583)

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Fred R. McClurg, mailto:frmcclur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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