Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: Libreoffice and Java

Thanks Stuart...

So, if you (like I always do) first uninstall JRE 1.6, then install 1.7 
(32bit of course), will it still be broken?

On 8/28/2012 12:10 PM, V Stuart Foote <VStuart.Foote@utsa.edu> wrote:
> Bob McDonald wrote
> > JRE 1.7 32 bit edition works if (and only if) JRE 1.6 is installed first
> > and is pointed to in the options.  (you can even uninstall JRE 1.6
> > afterward...)
> > Neither of the 64 bit versions work.  (or show up as Java versions in the
> > options list under LO)
>
> Actually, that is completely wrong and in reality is one of the reasons so
> many folks have problems with the transition from JRE 1.6 to JRE 1.7--they
> do not clear out the old and incorrect configurations.
>
> Here are extracts of the javasettings_Windows_x86.xml configuration file
> with the JRE in use by Libre Office. It is found per-user at
> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\3\user\config
>
> For JRE 1.6u34:
>
> <jreLocations xsi:nil="true"/>
> <javaInfo xsi:nil="false" vendorUpdate="2004-01-30" autoSelect="false">
> <vendor>Oracle Corporation</vendor>
> <location>file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Java/jre6</location>
> <version>1.6.0_34</version>
> <features>0</features>
> <requirements>0</requirements>
>
> and of JRE 1.7u6
>
> <jreLocations xsi:nil="true"/>
> <javaInfo xsi:nil="false" vendorUpdate="2004-01-30" autoSelect="false">
> <vendor>Oracle Corporation</vendor>
> <location>file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Java/jre7</location>
> <version>1.7.0_06</version>
> <features>0</features>
> <requirements>0</requirements>
>
> This .XML configuration file is NOT updated when you upgrade your JRE!  It
> must be deleted and allowed to rebuild--using your system environment PATH,
> or you will end up with non-functional LO Java functions.

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