vanilla Red Hat 8.0, kde 3.0.3, mozilla 1.5, Sun JDK 1.4.2, www.datek.com java streamer applet fails

[dcw]

I have Mandrake 9.1 and also had problems with streamer.

I have been using a perl script as a streamer replacement and it works 
great. You can download it from CPAN web site at:

http://search.cpan.org/~jeri/Finance-Streamer-1.10/lib/Finance/Streamer.pm

It is called Finance-Streamer. If you try it and it works I have 
modified the example program so that it displays data across the screen 
instead of down the screen. You have to get your password for the 
Streamer by looking at the source of the running streamer. The password 
is not the same as the one you use when loging into datek.

If you have questions or need help, email me.

David

On Wednesday 19 November 2003 05:51 pm, Ken Wolcott wrote:
> Hi James;
>
>   The problem is that www.datek.com states that they only support
> windoze platforms :-(
>
> "...Streamer minimum browser requirements: Netscape Navigator® 4.7 -
> 4.79, Microsoft® 4.0 - 6.0 and a minimum operating system of
> Microsoft® Windows 95 or higher..."  Well, Linux is higher than
> Windoze 95 :-)
>
>   I tried konqueror (the version that comes with Red Hat 8.0) and
> nothing from the streamer will come up, with mozilla at least it will
> do something for a short while...galeon doesn't work either...
>
>   Yes, I'm considering running InterNOT Exploder under wine...really
> wish we could work without ANY MICROSLOP products (**sigh**)
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott
>
> On Wednesday 19 November 2003 17:11, you wrote:
> > Ken Wolcott wrote:
> > > Hi;
> > >
> > >   I'm using vanilla Red Hat 8.0 (kde 3.0.3.x) with mozilla 1.5,
> > > Sun JDK version 1.4.2.  I go to www.datek.com, login and start
> > > the streamer.
> > >
> > > There are two problems.  One is, streamer java applet
> > > comes up completely black, cannot see the quotes.
> > > Secondly, after about a minute or so of starting
> > > streamer, I get:
> > >
> > > Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-2"
> > > Exception in thread "AWT-Motif"
> > > Java process: caught exception from
> > > sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start
> > > Exception in thread "main"
> > >
> > > Suggestions: Upgrade kde? Upgrade Red Hat?  Change Linux
> > > distribution? Don't use kde?  Don't use Linux?  Don't use datek?
> > >
> > > I'd rather not use Windoze XP.  The Windoze98 machine is too slow
> > > and can't be upgraded.  I'd rather use Linux.  Please help me get
> > > things I want to get done without using Windoze.
> >
> > I can only try the demo and it works on Konqueror 3.1.4+.  But, it
> > won't work with Mozilla.  I am having other Mozilla problems and it
> > might be something in RedHat.
> >
> > Now, if the demo works for me and it doesn't work for you there may
> > be hope. :-)
> >
> > I presume that you are a subscriber, so I would bring the fact that
> > it doesn't work to their attention.
> >
> > If you want to use Linux, you can purchase CrossOver Office which
> > will run IE 5.5.  The demo works with that.  It is also possible to
> > install IE 5.5 your self with WINE.
>
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