Yes, that is correct. Would still be broken if you don't also clean up the javasettings .xml configuration file. Additionally, for folks on a 64-bit build of Windows, if you install both a 32-bit and a 64-bit JRE, you need to watch which JRE gets called with LibreOffice. Oracle installers place copies of latest installed executable into the C:\Windows\system32 (the 64-bit executables), and also in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 (for the 32-bit executables). They are copied from the respective installation directories of the JREs, but with a default installation these executables will be "found" before any other instance referred by the PATH environment, so they are the JREs used by default--and that can cause problems if not expected (as can issues with location of a MS C++ runtime not being present with the Java virtual machine libraries). To convince yourself, leave the C:\Windows copies intact and run a Command Window, and then execute "java -version", if you have the 64-bit JRE installed and you will see the version labeled as 64-bit build--not the 32-bit. And that also seems to causes problems for LibreoOffice which on Windows remains 32-bit. To precisely control which JRE is used, you have to remove the executables from the system32 and SysWOW64 directories, and then establish a specific location on the PATH for them. Can be anywhere in the PATH environment variable, but for security after the Windows OS components. Also by convention you can create a JAVA_HOME environment variable and use a "%JAVA_HOME%\bin" reference in the PATH. Very useful (and the norm in Linux) in that you can programmatically change the JAVA_HOME variable when you need a different JRE (either the version or use of a 64-bit build). Stuart
________________________________ From: Tanstaafl [mailto:tansta...@libertytrek.org] Sent: Thu 9/6/2012 10:21 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: Libreoffice and Java Thanks Stuart... So, if you (like I always do) first uninstall JRE 1.6, then install 1.7 (32bit of course), will it still be broken? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
