Re: WDSc V 7.0 AE JRE requirements

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks.

I think I get that.  What was throwing me is that the error message is a 
little generic.  It *should* say "This feature is only supported with 
the IBM JRE used when the eclipse runtime is installed from WDSc." The 
way the message reads now gives the end user the impression that a 
higher or lower JRE is needed, not that a JRE from a different 
manufacturer is needed.

I am OK that only an IBM JRE can be used and that it only can be 
installed as part of WDSc as long as it is BWC to Sun's.  My whole level 
of excitement  in the 7.0 release of WDSc was that I could stop 
maintaining two different versions of Eclipse.

I'll try installing MyEclipse on top of WDSc and see what happens.

Pete

Chenghui Li wrote:
> Pete,   if you choose to extend an existing Eclipse, the supported JRE 
> version is V5 (V1.5) only. If this JRE
> is from Sun, then because some of the components that WDSC depends on 
> don't support this Sun JRE V1.5,
> only the RSE component of WDSC are available. 
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> The JRE is the one that the Eclipse uses. You can find out which one is 
> used by selecting Windows->Preferences...,
> expand Java, click Installed JREs, the current one is checked.
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> Thanks.
>
> Chenghui Li
> WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries, 
> IBM, Toronto
> Phone (905)413-3215, T/L 969-3215
> email: chengli@xxxxxxxxxx
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
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> Pete Helgren
> http://www.opensource4systemi.com
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