Re: IBM i and Java Support - Steve Will

[Kevin <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly..

All I did was remove any trace of java from my PC..including cleaning 
the registry and all the relevant env vars..

Then placed the new java in a ....Java.... folder...and pointed the path 
and JAVA_HOME vars to it.

Then everything worked..even my old version of ACS.

On 11/12/2018 17:50, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> The version of Java that Oracle wants paid for is 8 - only that - so 
> if you update from there, you will be fine. Question becomes, can you 
> update? The installer we have is for Java 8.
>
> Tim Rowe, I believe, also has published instructions on setting ACS to 
> use a different version of Java, including IBM's, which has no 
> problems like this.
>
> Cheers
> Vern
>
> On 12/11/2018 8:37 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> > He never categorically answers this, but am I to infer that come 
> > January,
> > if we want to continue to use java from Oracle on Windows desktops 
> > for ACS,
> > we need to pay for it?
> >
> > If so, I most likely misread earlier, because I was under the 
> > impression it
> > did not affect us ACS users.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 9:16 AM David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Interesting article by Steve Will about Java support...
> > >
> > >
> > > http://ibmsystemsmag.com/blogs/you-and-i/december-2018/ibm-i-and-java-support/ 
> > >
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