It's not normal, of course. The download should take place only if you have an obsolete version on the client machine. This mandatory download seems to be a deliberate action by AFPEX developers - my guess is that they did it for extra 'security'.
There is a thread on flyer.co.uk where somebody has found a way to make the download work only when required, by editing the properties of the java object, but the edits will be lost when it's downloaded again.
The other solution is to never close the terminal application (but merely log out of it) which means the only way to shut down your PC is by using the hibernation mode (which I don't use because bluetooth drivers often don't come out of hibernation properly - windoze does need a reboot regularly).
I guess this is one problem with java - you never know when the vendor is going to hit you with an updated version, and if you are on a good 3G connection you could blow away £XXX within minutes.
Last edited by IO540; 4th August 2008 at 06:49.