jre

Force Internet Explorer to use a specific Java Runtime Environment install?

When viewing someone else's webpage containing an applet, how can I force Internet Explorer 6.0 to use a a particular JRE when I have several installed? ...

MalformedInputException while using Shrinksafe with IBM JRE

While trying to use Shrinksafe custom_rhino.jar to build Dojo I get MalformedInputException. The problem occurs when build reaches custom widgets/templates which contain french letters stored in UTF-8. The AIX machine has LANG=en_US which should be correct, judging by other documented problems regarding MalformedInputException with IBM J...

How do you establish context and call an WebSphere EJB from the Sun JRE (not IBM)

Is there a way to call an EJB that is served through WebSphere (iiop://host:port/ejbName) from a vanilla JRE (like Sun). A lot of people have been telling me that this type of architecture relies in a homogenous environment. Thoughts? ...

How do you specify a particular JRE for a Browser applet?

I have an third-party applet that requires JRE v1.5_12 to work correctly. THe user is installing JRE v1.6.07 or better. It used to be with 1.5 and below, that I could have multiple JRE's on the machine and specify which one to use - but with 1.6 that apepars to be broken. How do I tell the browser I want to use v1.5_12 instead of the ...

JRE Upgrade

Hi, Is there anyway to upgrade the installed JRE in the system? We are having 1.5.0_08 installed in out HP Unix system.We have to upgrade this to 1.5.0_15.Is there a way to patch up the existing JRE and upgrade to a newer version.Or can this only be achieved by installing the newer JRE and set this in the system PATH. Thanks for y...

How to check JRE version prior to launch?

What's the best way to determine if the version of the JRE installed on a machine is high enough for the application which the user wants to run? Is there a way of doing it using java-only stuff? I'd like the solution to work on Windows/Linux/MacOSX - if the JRE version is too low a message should be displayed. Currently I'm getting an e...

Java SE 6 vs. JRE 1.6 vs. JDK 1.6 - What do these mean?

I see many different Java terms floating around. I need to install the JDK 1.6. It was my understanding that Java 6 == Java 1.6. However, when I install Java SE 6, I get a JVM that reports as version 11.0!!!??! Who can solve the madness? ...

What are major differences between C# and Java?

I just want to clarify one thing. This is not a question on which one is better, that part I leave to someone else to discuss. I don't care about it. I've been asked this question on my job interview and I thought it might be useful to learn a bit more. These are the ones I could come up with: Java is "platform independent". Well nowa...

Difference between classpath and endorsed directory

Does anyone know what the difference is between adding an appropriate JAR-file (eg. Apache XALAN) to a JRE's endorsed directory and adding it to the application's classpath? Is it possible to take a jar-file that can be added to the endorsed lib and instead add it to the classpath? ...

JRE on Android

This might sound like a stupid question, but google didn't help me. Is there a JRE available for Android? If so which version is it? Are there any major features missing? If not does that mean all java apps need to be recompiled for Dalvik to work on the Android? Update; Will there ever be JRE available for the Android? ...

What does the JRE consist of ?

i know that the JDK consists of all java packages .But what does the JRE consist of apart from java.exe ? I could understand the necessities of things in 'bin' folder in the JRE but what about the 'lib' folder ? ...

Command to give a list of JREs installed on the system

Is there any command which would list down all the JRE versions and releases installed on a system? ...

Why are there many JRE implementations?

I was wondering..There is Sun's JRE, IBM's JRE, BEA's JRE, Oracle's JRE and some more less know JREs in the market. Why is there so many JRE implementations? Does the fact that Sun opened the Java platforms mean that there will be one open JRE / JDK? Or are we going towards what happened with Linux and its many distributions ? ...

Is there a possibility for smaller JRE / packaging Java software for Softgrid

My Java program is being distributed as a Microsoft App-V package (also known as Softgrid) on a customer. The JRE size is causing some headache, being quite large when distributed over slower connections (the App-V seems to cause the Java package to be included with the distribution and not as a zipped distribution but as a uncompressed,...

Eclipse: Build and conform to different JRE versions

Is there a way to build my app using one version of the JRE but have my source conform to another version? I would like to debug my app locally using 1.6 because OS X's 1.6 is much better than 1.4.2, but because of backwards compatibility reasons we actually ship using 1.4.2. ...

How can you package an executable jar with a portable JRE?

I want to be able to distribute by executable JAR without having to make the user upgrade to the latest version of the JRE. How can I package a JRE into the JAR so that they can run the jar with no JRE installed on their system? ...

How can I associate a console with a Java application?

Since I've been learning Java, I've been able to create GUI programs. However, even simple "Hello World!" programs will not work, if they require a console. My research on the topic has lead me to the conclusion that my Java Runtime Environment does not have a console associated with it. Is it possible to call the Win32 "AllocConsole" ...

Problem running Java application

I have developed a Java swing application, then I have deployed it through a .jar package. I run my application on my PC double-clicking over the .jar file and everything goes fine, everything goes fine from command line (dos prompt) too. Here my problem. I have tried to run my app on another PC: same OS (Windows XP) same JRE (1.6...

Google app engine JRE Class "Black List"

There is a "JRE Class White List" for the Google App Engine. What I would really like is a "Black List" -- in other words, Java APIs that will not work on GAE. Does such a list exist? Have any developers run into problems with Java APIs on GAE? ...

How to run eclipse without running JRE install?

I wish to run eclipse for C++ on Vista but I absolutely do not want to run the JRE install. Is there any place where I can get a JRE in a zip that I can just dump in the eclipse folder and have it work? ...