RE: Classpath Setting Using only Folders

There is no way that I know of, and it is something I have searched a lot in
the past. I didn't know you could do it on windows ( so my searches
obviously weren't very good)

The only way to get round it is cheat and extract the jars into a folder.

However for long term supportability I suggest that you don't do this.



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On Behalf Of Scott Johnson
Sent: 20 April 2009 15:30
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Subject: Classpath Setting Using only Folders

Is it possible to specify the directory path to a folder containing
multiple jar files and not have to specify the jar files directly? This is
for calling Java stuff from within RPG on an i5 running jvm 1.5.

I have tried searching for good examples, but they all show specifying the
jar directly in the ClassPath. I have tested different scenarios and none
seem to work. The java guy here says that in the windows realm they do
something like: "C:\jardir\*;E:\morejars\*". Using '*' does not work on i5.

When dealing with something like JasperReports, specifying all the jars it
uses gets out of hand. I would rather just specify the folder containing
the jars.

Examples I have tried:
/QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext/JasperReports
/QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext/JasperReports/
/QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext/JasperReports/*


Thanks,
Scott J