RE: squirrel not starting after java update

-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:java400-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Thompson
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 5:30 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the IBM i
Subject: RE: squirrel not starting after java update

Dan, and Chuck:

If I am following, the following code:

if exist "%IZPACK_JAVA%\bin\javaw.exe"
(set LOCAL_JAVA=%IZPACK_JAVA%\bin\javaw.exe)
else
(set LOCAL_JAVA=javaw.exe)

Should be changed to use Double quotes also for the set:

if exist "%IZPACK_JAVA%\bin\javaw.exe"
(set LOCAL_JAVA="%IZPACK_JAVA%\bin\javaw.exe")
else
(set LOCAL_JAVA=javaw.exe)

-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:java400-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Kimmel
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 4:23 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the IBM i
Subject: RE: squirrel not starting after java update

Double quotes just allow you to have blanks embedded in the path.

C:\Windows\system32>dir
...
03/16/2013 05:55 PM <DIR> zh-HK
03/16/2013 05:55 PM <DIR> zh-TW
11/20/2010 07:27 AM 366,080 zipfldr.dll
2806 File(s) 1,401,262,441 bytes
99 Dir(s) 119,971,094,528 bytes free

C:\Windows\system32>if exist "zipfldr.dll" echo xx xx

C:\Windows\system32>

%IZPACK_JAVA% is probably not set on your machine.

-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:java400-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Thompson
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 3:06 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the IBM i
Subject: RE: squirrel not starting after java update

Sam,
I think I'm close but need to get back to work on a project.

Don't yet know why, but the batch file seems to miss-handle "set
LOCAL_JAVA=%IZPACK_JAVA%\bin\javaw.exe"

I'm guessing the line of code:

if exist "%IZPAK_JAVA%\bin\javaw.exe"

does not work because of double quotes ?

anyway, a big Thank You! to you and Dan, I'll try again when I have
some time . . .



-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:java400-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Sam Shirah
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 1:56 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the IBM i
Subject: Re: squirrel not starting after java update


Hi Gary,

I think you should put your Java\bin directory in your Windows
path and not worry about all the other stuff. I have actually never
set JAVA_HOME on any of my Windows PC's. I m not saying you
shouldn't, but I haven't had to since 1996. It's sort of a hassle if
you install to the recommended directories because they change with
each version so you have to update the path, but the kinds of issues you're

seeing seldom come up.

I use a simplified method. I partition my drives into OS,
programs and data
- that part doesn't matter. On my program drive, I have a Java
directory. It always has the current install, and always remains the
same on my Windows path. I also only install the JDK "private" JRE,
but since it's on the path, virtually everything has access to it.
And I never discover, as I did once, that a copy exists in the Windows

system directories.

If I have to use an older version to match a client, I have those
installed from zip downloads, and call Java the old fashioned way.

Squirrel is a great tool. I hope you get past these issues and on to using it.

HTH, or just throw tomatoes,


Joe Sam

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Thompson
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 3:13 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the IBM i
Subject: RE: squirrel not starting after java update

Dan,

%LOCAL_JAVA% : javaw.exe

%SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME% : C:\Program Files\squirrel-sql-3.5.0

The value for %SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME% looks correct to me.

So %LOCAL_JAVA% is wrong to me because there is no path and squirrel-
sql.bat is looking in %IZPACK_JAVA% to get path info as a path prefix
to "\bin\javaw.exe

"IZPACK_JAVA" : seems an odd choice

Ok, I'll add IZPACK_JAVA as a system env variable and report back . . .

thank you, again

-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:java400-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Kimmel
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 12:34 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the IBM i
Subject: RE: squirrel not starting after java update

See if %LOCAL_JAVA% and %SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME% contain expected

values

before this line executes.

LOCAL_JAVA should have the path to your new java installation ending
in "javaw.exe".
SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME should be the path, probably in "Program Files"
where Squirrel lives.

Supposedly versioncheck.jar is compiled in Java 1.2 which should run
anywhere.

ErrorLevel 1 could indicate that the jar file is not found in
"%SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME%\lib\versioncheck.jar", or that the javaw.exe in
LOCAL_JAVA is not java version 1.6, 1.7, or 1.8. There should be a log
file somewhere with the messages. If you can't find the jar file, you
need to display the contents of LOCAL_JAVA and SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME

just

before this command is run in the .bat file to see what to do next.

I very strongly suspect that JAVA_HOME is not set correctly on your

machine.

-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:java400-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Thompson
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 1:17 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the IBM i
Subject: squirrel not starting after java update

Last week Dan Kimmel kindly suggested some changes to
squirrel-sql.bat that may help identify the problem that started
when I updated java on my windows 7 laptop and also followed the
java update suggestion that old versions be removed.

My first change was removing the "/B" option.

That apparently did nothing, so I added "pause" cmds until I think I
have located the failing line:

"%LOCAL_JAVA%" -cp "%SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME%\lib\versioncheck.jar"
JavaVersionChecker 1.6 1.7 1.8

The next line is:

if ErrorLevel 1 goto ExitForWrongJavaVersion

And this is the path the batch file takes.

From my Windows laptop:

Java Control Panel
General tab, click About, I see:
Java Standard Edition
Version 7 Update 45 (build 1.7.0_45-b18)

So, apparently this does not meet JavaVersionChecker expectations

but I don't know what to do next . . .
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