Re: WDSc V 7.0 AE JRE requirements

From what I've read, Java 5 is required and the WebSphere components require 
the IBM JVM.

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Pete Helgren
Sent: Thu 3/8/2007 6:38 PM
To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] WDSc V 7.0 AE JRE requirements
 
I have been experimenting with several installations of WDSc AE v7.0 
because my primary aim was to get a version of WDSc that would be at a 
version of Eclipse that would support my other plugins which have been 
at 3.2.1 or higher for a while.

I initially installed WDSc AE 7.0 taking the option to use the version 
of Eclipse it shipped with rather than taking the option to "extend" an 
existing Eclipse installation.  The installer proceeded to the next page 
where I had the opportunity to de-select any options I didn't want to 
install but most of those options were checked.  After installing V7.0 
AE and playing around, I un-installed it, installed a clean copy of 
Eclipse and proceeded to reinstall WDSc 7 AE again.  This time, however, 
when I chose to "extend" this fresh copy of Eclipse,  many of the 
optional components were grayed out and unavailable to install.  When I 
clicked on one of them, there was a message telling me that "This 
feature is not supported with the current JRE used in the existing 
eclipse."  The JRE installed is 1.5.0_10 but when I changed to a 
different JRE (1.4.2_10), it wouldn't allow me to install at all, saying 
the at least 1.5 or higher was required.

So the question is: WHAT version of JRE are the other components relying 
on and how do I tell the installer that I want it to use that version 
for my eclipse installation?  Does it read a configuration file in 
eclipse or does it scan the available JRE's and choose the most recent 
one? I quickly scanned the readme and the installation manual but found 
nothing that denoted the requirement.

Thanks,

Pete Helgren
http://www.opensource4systemi.com