Java

[Maya Cain <ec...@gmail.com>]

I had an older copy of OpenOffice which ran very well but then I found
there was a newer version and so I updated and now my database will not
work.  I get a message saying that the Java environment has changed.  The
text function and the spreadsheets both appear to be working.  Can you tell
me, please, what I need to do to fix this as I have a very large database
which, at the moment, I cannot edit.

Thank you for any help.

Maya Cain

Re: Java

[Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>]

Hello Maya,

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 07:18:55AM -0700, Maya Cain wrote:
>    Thank you, Ariel and Andrew
> 
>    I think I tried that already but will try again ... and which list
>    should I subscribe to so that I get replies?  ... haven't had to
>    deal with this stuff for awhile so I'm confused and playing
>    catch-up ...

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Regards
-- 
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina

Re: Java

[Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>]

Hi Andrew, Maya

Maya is not subscribed to the list, so she missed your answer; I'm Ccing
here now.

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 06:57:34PM -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> 
> On 06/19/2012 12:29 PM, Maya Cain wrote:
> >I had an older copy of OpenOffice which ran very well but then I found
> >there was a newer version and so I updated and now my database will not
> >work.  I get a message saying that the Java environment has changed.  The
> >text function and the spreadsheets both appear to be working.  Can you tell
> >me, please, what I need to do to fix this as I have a very large database
> >which, at the moment, I cannot edit.
> >
> >Thank you for any help.
> >
> >Maya Cain
> >
> Not entirely sure, but try this:
> 
> Use Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Java
> 
> The top check box should be set to use Java.
> 
> It may take a bit, but a list of available Java implementations
> should be shown. I may be mistaken, but, I think that OOo will work
> with a java version 1.6.x but not 1.7.x, so, select a version that
> begins with 1.6.

I theory (and practice) Java 7 works, though there are some users
reporting it does not work for them:

https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119525
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119993

I couldn't reproduce any of them, Java 7u5 works fine on Windows XP 32
bits, and Windows 7 64 bits; OpenJDK 1.7.0_03-icedtea works fine on
Fedora 17.


Regards
-- 
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina

Re: Java

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <an...@pitonyak.org>]

On 06/19/2012 12:29 PM, Maya Cain wrote:
> I had an older copy of OpenOffice which ran very well but then I found
> there was a newer version and so I updated and now my database will not
> work.  I get a message saying that the Java environment has changed.  The
> text function and the spreadsheets both appear to be working.  Can you tell
> me, please, what I need to do to fix this as I have a very large database
> which, at the moment, I cannot edit.
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Maya Cain
>
Not entirely sure, but try this:

Use Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Java

The top check box should be set to use Java.

It may take a bit, but a list of available Java implementations should 
be shown. I may be mistaken, but, I think that OOo will work with a java 
version 1.6.x but not 1.7.x, so, select a version that begins with 1.6.

Much of OOo does not require Java. The database portion does I believe.

-- 
Andrew Pitonyak
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