Re: IBM i and Java Support - Steve Will

"Tim Rowe" <timmr-r/[email protected]>
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   If you were it was not by someone that read the startup guide instructions
   :)  While latching the jar does work in most cases, the recommended and
   best practice ie, as documented by IBM... call the startup exe for your
   specific workstation.

   Tim

   Tim Rowe, timmr-r/[email protected]
   Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i
   IBM i Development Lab, Rochester, MN
   (507) 253-6191 (Tie) 553-6191

   http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/are/index.html



     ----- Original message -----
     From: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby-F80Zt/[email protected]>
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     Subject: Re: IBM i and Java Support - Steve Will
     Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2018 5:27 AM

     " Your desktop short cut should point at the acs launch_win-64.exe."

     I could've sworn I was told Way back when to put a shortcut to the
     ascbundle.jar on the desktop.

     On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 4:39 PM Tim Rowe <timmr-r/[email protected]> wrote:

     >    Your desktop short cut should point at the acs launch_win-64.exe.
      file.
     >    Always best to start ACS with the launch script rather then just
     > starting
     >    a JVM.
     >
     >    Tim
     >
     >    Tim Rowe, timmr-r/[email protected]
     >    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for
     IBM
     > i
     >    IBM i Development Lab, Rochester, MN
     >    (507) 253-6191 (Tie) 553-6191
     >
     >    [1]http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/are/index.html
     >
     >
     >
     >      ----- Original message -----
     >      From: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby-F80Zt/[email protected]>
     >      Sent by: "JAVA400-L" <java400-l-bounces-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
     >      To: java400-l-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]
     >      Cc:
     >      Subject: Re: IBM i and Java Support - Steve Will
     >      Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2018 3:27 PM
     >
     >      Been doing this tinkering on a spare Win10 desktop
     >
     >      So I added the JAVA_HOME even though what I read said it was only
     for
     >      the
     >      java development kit.
     >
     >      Now the desktop shortcut to the .hod file works.
     >
     >      But the desktop shortcut to acsbundle.jar does NOT work.  It's
     asking
     >      for
     >      an app.  There is no file association for .jar.
     >
     >      What is the proper thing to put there?  My Win7 desktop
     associates it
     >      with
     >      "Java(TM) Platform SE Binary" which is Oracle.  I right-click the
     .jar
     >      file
     >      and point it to java.exe, but it doesn't "take".
     >
     >      On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 3:48 PM Charles Wilt
     <[email protected]>
     >      wrote:
     >
     >      > JAVA_HOME needed to be set to the parent directory...not bin...
     >      >
     >      > All is working (or at least starting :) )
     >      >
     >      > Charles
     >      >
     >      > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 12:12 PM Charles Wilt <
     > [email protected]>
     >      > wrote:
     >      >
     >      > > I've removed all oracle JRE & JDKs...
     >      > >
     >      > > I've download OpenJDK and added JAVA_HOME environment
     variable and
     >      to my
     >      > > path.
     >      > >
     >      > > from a command line..
     >      > > java -version
     >      > > returns
     >      > > openjdk version "11.0.1" 2018-10-16
     >      > > OpenJDK Runtime Environment AdoptOpenJDK (build 11.0.1+13)
     >      > > Eclipse OpenJ9 VM AdoptOpenJDK (build openj9-0.11.0, JRE 11
     > Windows
     >      10
     >      > > amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20181020_83 (JIT enabled,
     AOT
     >      enabled)
     >      > > OpenJ9   - 090ff9dc
     >      > > OMR      - ea548a66
     >      > > JCL      - f62696f378 based on jdk-11.0.1+13)
     >      > >
     >      > > However, acslaunch_win-64 returns
     >      > > Unable to load 64-bit Java module.
     >      > > Retrying with Windows_i386-32/acslaunch_win-32.exe
     >      > > Unable to load 32-bit Java module.
     >      > >
     >      > > Charles
     >      > >
     >      > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 10:58 AM Kevin
     <kevin-tqP8Gns028oe5n95sSBpClpr/1R2p/[email protected]>
     >      wrote:
     >      > >
     >      > >> Exactly..
     >      > >>
     >      > >> All I did was remove any trace of java from my PC..including
     >      cleaning
     >      > >> the registry and all the relevant env vars..
     >      > >>
     >      > >> Then placed the new java in a ....Java.... folder...and
     pointed
     > the
     >      path
     >      > >> and JAVA_HOME vars to it.
     >      > >>
     >      > >> Then everything worked..even my old version of ACS.
     >      > >>
     >      > >> On 11/12/2018 17:50, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
     >      > >> > The version of Java that Oracle wants paid for is 8 - only
     > that -
     >      so
     >      > >> > if you update from there, you will be fine. Question
     becomes,
     > can
     >      you
     >      > >> > update? The installer we have is for Java 8.
     >      > >> >
     >      > >> > Tim Rowe, I believe, also has published instructions on
     setting
     >      ACS to
     >      > >> > use a different version of Java, including IBM's, which
     has no
     >      > >> > problems like this.
     >      > >> >
     >      > >> > Cheers
     >      > >> > Vern
     >      > >> >
     >      > >> > On 12/11/2018 8:37 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
     >      > >> >> He never categorically answers this, but am I to infer
     that
     > come
     >      > >> >> January,
     >      > >> >> if we want to continue to use java from Oracle on Windows
     >      desktops
     >      > >> >> for ACS,
     >      > >> >> we need to pay for it?
     >      > >> >>
     >      > >> >> If so, I most likely misread earlier, because I was under
     the
     >      > >> >> impression it
     >      > >> >> did not affect us ACS users.
     >      > >> >>
     >      > >> >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 9:16 AM David Gibbs <
     > david-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
     >      > >> wrote:
     >      > >> >>
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