flexibleretirementplanner.com & downloaded version

[Cincy_1988]

Last night (06/27/2024), flexibleretirementplanner.com was down, probably going through some sort of maintenance. When the site was down, I couldn't open the version (Java version) that's on my laptop. Is there a link between the two?

Is my information entered in the downloaded version sorted somewhere on the web site?

[jimr]

The FRP program never sends any data to the FRP website under and circumstances. However, whether the FRP website needs to be up to run FRP depends on how you're using the program.

If you installed FRP on windows or downloaded it manually and are launching FRP using the frp.jar file, the website doesn't need to be up and running for FRP to run. In this case, there is absolutely no connection between FRP and the website.

If you're running the planner using the non-installed .jnlp launch method (java network launch protocol), the website needs to be up and running just for the program launch. This is because the .jnlp launcher fetches the latest frp.jar program file from the website and then launches the program. In this non-installed launch case, there is still no information transferred to the website. The only communication is to fetch the latest frp.jar file from the website.

Here's some info on Java Network Launch Protocol
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial ... /jnlp.html

[Cincy_1988]

Thank you.

I've downloaded the program (frp-standalone-04-04-02) on my MacBook Air (with M2 chip) but was using "launch-frp-application.jnlp" instead of "frp.jar".

I just turned off my network and the program opens using either "launch-frp-application.jnlp" or "frp.jar". I don't know why the program didn't open last night.

[jimr]

There's probably a timer on how long the .jnlp launcher will cache the frp.jar that it downloads from the website. I think it's configurable in your Java control panel, but I'm not positive. The whole point of the jnlp launch system retrieving the frp.jar from the hosting website is to ensure you always get the latest version, otherwise it could just use the local copy of frp.jar indefinitely.

[Cincy_1988]

Yes, after I unchecked "Keep temporary files on my computer" in Java setting, launch-frp-application.jnlp doesn't work when wireless is off but frp.jar works.

Thanks for teaching me a new thing!