RCP and Java Web Start

A Rich Client Platform (RCP) is software consisting of the following components:

• A core (microkernel), lifecycle manager
• A standard bundling framework
• A portable widget toolkit
• File buffers, text handling, text editors
• A workbench (views, editors, perspectives, wizards)
• Data binding
• Update manager

With it, programmers can build their own applications on existing platforms. Instead of having to write a complete application from scratch, they can benefit from proven and tested features of the framework provided by the platform. Building on a platform facilitates faster application development and integration, while the cross-platform burden is taken on by the platform developers.

OSGi
http://www.vogella.de/articles/OSGi/article.html



http://i-proving.ca/space/RCP+and+Java+Web+Start

Java to EXE
http://www.excelsior-usa.com/articles/java-to-exe.html

how to make a jar file that include dll files

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1611357/how-to-make-a-jar-file-that-include-dll-files

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1846072/bundling-native-dll-with-jar

Java Communication API

http://www.kuligowski.pl/java/rs232-in-java-for-windows,1

http://www.intellog.com/blog/?p=255

After much searching, I solved the problem by putting the "bluecove-2.1.0.jar" file in "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11\jre\lib\ext" folder.
http://groups.google.com/group/bluecove-users/browse_thread/thread/db2e7632e7420712?fwc=1&pli=1