Hi Tharindu, .NET has its own PITA issues - can you start Biztalk server just by setting up an environment variable and running a batch script? I don't think so. I don't think we need worry about things like this.
Regards, Senaka. On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Chintana Wilamuna <[email protected]>wrote: > IMO this it's no big deal to give control to the user to do this. We were > working with .Net devs a while back and they had no problem setting up > everything. They're knew Windows + .Net pretty well. > > -Chintana > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Tharindu Mathew <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm a .net guy who tries to start the wso2 server... and I'm told to set >> this JAVA_HOME... My first impression... this will not be as easy as the >> .net stuff I'm used to... Next, I'll go google this up and take about >> another half an hour to get this done. >> >> I'm working with a bunch of .net folks here and no one is complaining... >> but they are struggling to get the server to started... >> >> Something we need to fix? Maybe not, but it sure got me thinking... >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Thilina Buddhika <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Most of the tools/servers like Maven, Ant, Tomcat, Apache DS requires >>> users to set JAVA_HOME in advance which is kind of an standard approach. >>> This is the case for most of the other proprietary app servers, etc. >>> >>> Some other tools, ask users to point to the JRE installation directory >>> during their installation or it picks up the JRE installation and ask users >>> to verify it. >>> >>> [ There can be other tools who will detect Java installation by checking >>> the PATH variable or some other means. ] >>> >>> Because we do not provide any sophisticated UI based installer, our >>> current approach should be fine IMO, given that we have clearly documented >>> what needs to be done. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Thilina >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Vijitha Kumara <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> > Usually in Windows when you install Java, the java binary becomes >>>> readily accessible from the command prompt. >>>> >>>> Installer adds an entry to ../bin to the PATH, AFAIR... But Tomcat >>>> etc.. need JAVA_HOME to be available, not sure this has changed recently >>>> with the windows installers though. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Hiranya Jayathilaka <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> We use JAVA_HOME to locate the java binary in a reliable manner >>>>> (JAVA_HOME/bin). I guess in Windows, there are other ways to locate it. >>>>> Usually in Windows when you install Java, the java binary becomes readily >>>>> accessible from the command prompt. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Hiranya >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Vijitha Kumara <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> > Other programs seem to detect where it is...? >>>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps looking at a standard location "C:/Program Files/Java..." ? >>>>>> But cannot guarantee I guess. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Thilina Buddhika <[email protected] >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> If the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set in Windows(similar to >>>>>>> Linux), then nothing additional is required to be done. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It is pretty much similar to Linux. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Thilina >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Tharindu Mathew < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Other programs seem to detect where it is... can we do the same? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It's seems unnatural for a windows user to do this.... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tharindu >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> blog: http://mackiemathew.com/ >>>>>>>> M: +94777759908 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Dev mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Thilina Buddhika >>>>>>> Associate Technical Lead >>>>>>> WSO2 Inc. ; http://wso2.com >>>>>>> lean . enterprise . middleware >>>>>>> >>>>>>> phone : +94 77 44 88 727 >>>>>>> blog : http://blog.thilinamb.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Dev mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Vijitha Kumara >>>>>> Senior Software Engineer; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com/ >>>>>> email: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Dev mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Hiranya Jayathilaka >>>>> Associate Technical Lead; >>>>> WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.org >>>>> E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +94 77 633 3491 >>>>> Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Vijitha Kumara >>>> Senior Software Engineer; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com/ >>>> email: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thilina Buddhika >>> Associate Technical Lead >>> WSO2 Inc. ; http://wso2.com >>> lean . enterprise . middleware >>> >>> phone : +94 77 44 88 727 >>> blog : http://blog.thilinamb.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Tharindu >> >> blog: http://mackiemathew.com/ >> M: +94777759908 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >> >> > > > -- > Chintana Wilamuna > Associate Technical Lead > WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com > lean.enterprise.middleware > > phone: +94 75 211 1106 > blog: http://engwar.com/ > photos: http://flickr.com/photos/chintana > linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/engwar > twitter: twitter.com/std_err > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > > -- *Senaka Fernando* Product Manager - WSO2 Governance Registry; Associate Technical Lead; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com* Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://apache.org E-mail: senaka AT wso2.com **P: +1 408 754 7388; ext: 51736*; *M: +94 77 322 1818 Linked-In: http://linkedin.com/in/senakafernando *Lean . 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