Launching RR from a web page

[Len Morgan]

There was a thread about 3 years ago about having a RR that ran within 
the browser and I'm wondering if anything came of that?  The reason I 
ask is I have a very good chance of getting a big programming contract 
but one of the customer's top requirements is that it be web based.  He 
wants nothing to be installed on the workstations.

While I could send DHTML, I think we all agree that RR would give a much 
better experience to the end user and frankly, would be much easier on 
me.  So, is there some way to launch a stand-alone from a web page?  I 
know I can "start using" a stack from a URL so I'd only need a 
stand-alone to get the process going.  I think his concerns are:

1) The "java version problem."  A lot of his users have their own 
programs (by the way, we're talking about 500 connected users) that use 
one version of java or another and if they upgrade it to be able to use 
my code, it will break the applications they already have (by the way, I 
have no intention of doing this in java - I'd rather loose the contract). 

2) If changes need to be made, he doesn't want to have to go to 500 
machines and install something.

With my own stand-alone, I wouldn't have to worry about versioning 
problems since I would know when it changed.  I could also check for a 
new version of the stand-alone every time I start it up and get the new 
version.  Since my stand-alone would really do nothing more than 
download a stack (with the REAL program on it), I doubt that I would 
need to change it that often (the stacks on the other hand are a 
different matter but since I can refer to a URL, he'd be ok with that.  
It's just that I'm not sure how to get the stand-alone on the user 
machine without looking like I'm installing something.

len morgan