Can I supress the loading dialogs in Java Web Start?

Question

I'm trying to put together a Java Webstart app, but don't want it to display the Webstart splash screen, or "downloading app" boxes. Is there any way I can turn them off? (I'm fine with it displaying the Permissions Request box, but nothing else).

Answer 1

Yes, use the -nosplash option.

Place this:

<argument>-nosplash</argument>

in your JNLP document.

Answer 2

Or you can use your on startup image:

MyProject1.0 My Company. Application Launcher For MyProject1.0 ....

Answer 3

Note, that for production use you might want the visual feedback to users, to avoid the "It doesn't work today" (where a big update must be downloaded over a slow line resulting in long startup times).