Why does it take much longer to download vbjorb.jar and lm.jar in a VBE 5.x applet when compared to VBJ 4.5?

Problem:

• Product Name: VisiBroker Java
• Product Version: 5.x
• Product Component: ORB

Why does it take much longer to download "vbjorb.jar" and "lm.jar" in a VBE 5.x Applet when compared to VBJ 4.5?

Resolution:

It takes much longer because of 2 reasons:

1. The "vbjorb.jar" file is much larger in VBE 5.x (About 4 MB vs 2 MB)

2. An additional "lm.jar" file is needed in VBE 5.x because of the new licensing mechanism in VBE 5.x.

An easy workaround for this problem is to cache the jar files for repeated use by the Applet.