[Default settings]Selecting a java environment

[RGB ES <rg...@gmail.com>]

I think there is already a bug report for this, but I cannot find it right
now. When you perform a new install with a new profile, under the menu
Options → OpenOffice → Java you have the "Use Java runtime environment"
checkbox selected, but *none* of the available java environments listed
below is checked: you need to explicitly click on the radio button to the
left of one of the java version. This confuse new users, specially if they
have only one java environment on their systems, because they do not
realize that there is a radio button there and think that the first
checkbox should be enough, not understanding why base or other java based
components/extensions do not work. See for example this thread on the forum:

http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=60830

Is it possible to make AOO automatically select one of the listed java
environments? Or at least to make more clear that no jvm is selected?

Regards
Ricardo

Re: [Default settings]Selecting a java environment

[Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>]

I can see this being an issue, if a Java enviroment cause AOO to crash,
this will cause unexpected crasshes just by 'viewing' the Configuration
options.

Doing something for the user automatically is a very dangerous territory
and possible exploit.


On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 2:32 PM, RGB ES <rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think there is already a bug report for this, but I cannot find it right
> now. When you perform a new install with a new profile, under the menu
> Options → OpenOffice → Java you have the "Use Java runtime environment"
> checkbox selected, but *none* of the available java environments listed
> below is checked: you need to explicitly click on the radio button to the
> left of one of the java version. This confuse new users, specially if they
> have only one java environment on their systems, because they do not
> realize that there is a radio button there and think that the first
> checkbox should be enough, not understanding why base or other java based
> components/extensions do not work. See for example this thread on the
> forum:
>
> http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=60830
>
> Is it possible to make AOO automatically select one of the listed java
> environments? Or at least to make more clear that no jvm is selected?
>
> Regards
> Ricardo
>



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