https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107174
skierpage <i...@skierpage.com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEEDINFO |UNCONFIRMED
Summary|created new database, LO |Base should display a JRE
|hangs with "JRE Required" |Required notice instead a
| |blank window and hanging LO
Ever confirmed|1 |0
--- Comment #3 from skierpage <i...@skierpage.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1)
> Yes using Base still requires Java runtime environment, eventually the move
> to FireBird as default should remove need for enabling a JRE--but for now
> still required on the Windows builds.
OK, so the bug here is that Base doesn't tell you this, I changed the bug
title. I can't recommend LibreOffice to normal users if trying to use a default
part of the install will appear to work but then hang LibreOffice, display
blank windows, and give no information on the solution to the problem but a
confusing "JRE Required" window title. Instead Base must check for a JRE and
display a user-friendly diagnostic, ideally with a [Help] or other link to more
information. Maybe Base is trying to display such an alert, I'm not sure why
the "JRE Required" window is blank and unresponsive (see screenshot).
> Please install a 32-bit JRE [1] and retest.
This bug is not about whether I can make Base work, again it's about the
default behavior of LibreOffice.
> Note: the JRE will need to match the LibreOffice build flavor 32-bit or
> 64-bit,and will need to be selected active from the Tools -> Options
> -> Advanced dialog.
>
> =-ref-=
> [1]
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html
Awesome info thanks, it needs to be in the LO System Requirements and Release
Notes pages, and a Google search for "LibreOffice JRE Required" should find it.
I'll file a separate bug.
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