Re: Application Starting Problems Fixed - Java (5.0 and 1.4.2.) Related

Hi there,

On 09/09/2006, at 4:15 AM, Tony Hoffman wrote:

> I did what several people suggested, which was configure my  
> development box to compile on Java 1.4.2 (or what is set up on my  
> deployment box). I had Java 5 on my development machine, and  
> although I could set the Java compiler in XCode to 1.4* this had  
> (obviously) no effect on my build through the command line.
>
> I can go on record as saying that the Java preferences window in  
> the Utilities folder that comes with Java 5.0 (setting both options  
> down to 1.4.2) has no impact on the Terminal's build. Resetting the  
> JavaVM framework through the Terminal ended up being a lot harder  
> than I hoped it would be (I'm not a Unix guy), so I reinstalled  
> Tiger and restarted the Terminal, did a Java check (Java -version),  
> confirmed the 1.4.2, and everything went swimmingly from there.
>
> Thanks to everyone who chimed in on this. Here's hoping someone  
> finds this next time they try and install on a Development box with  
> 1.4.2 from a deployment box on Java 5.0. I have a feeling that's  
> going to happen at least a couple more times.

No need to change your default JVM from 1.5. Just set the -target and  
-source javac options as 1.4+. That way when you deploy to a box that  
has JVM 1.4.2 you won't get a major-minor version mismatch...

with regards,
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Lachlan Deck