[libreoffice-users] Re: Base and Java 1.7 - does not work

[steelej <jcs.libreoffice@soroban.co.uk>]

NoOp wrote
> 
> On 05/15/2012 03:09 PM, steelej wrote:
>> I have been a happy user of LO for a long time but have just started to
>> explore Base.
>> 
>> I have been unable to get Base to work with the latest JRE on Windows
>> Vista
>> or on W7. When I select this version in the Java options it fails to
>> recognise that it is a valid JRE. 
>> 
>> Environments used for testing
>> Base appears to run with Java 1.6.0_32 on 32 bit W7 using LO 5.3.3 but
>> not
>> with 1.7.0_04. This version is a Virtual Machine
>> 
>> Base also runs (more extensive testing) with LO 3.5.2.2 using Java
>> 1.6.0_31
>> on a 32 bit Vista but fails to run if I select 1.7.0_04. On the first
>> occasion I tried on this environment LO crashed completely and would not
>> start - I had to go into the xml configuration file and remove the
>> reference
>> to Java there. 
>> 
>> Is there a known bug associated with the latest version of Java?
> 
> 1.7.0_04 works for me w/WinXP,W7, and linux. The WinXP is running in
> VMWare, the W7 is running from a partition. Can you be a little more
> specific as to what is not working?
> 
> 
> When I select Java 1.7 as the runtime environment I can open Base and
> select a table. When I open the table for editing I see a dialog box that
> has the title 
> *JRE is defective*
>  
> The message in the box says:
> 
> LibreOffice requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this
> task. The selected JRE is defective. Please select another version or
> install a new JRE and select it under Tools – Options –LibraOffice – Java
>  
> I have checked that Java is working correctly, at least according to the
> Java/Oracle site.
>  
> Unfortunately my VirtualBox virtual machine has just been corrupted so I
> have lost my W7 instance.
> 
> John
> 
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