Hi Kolja, On 9/9/07, Kolja Brix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is it not possible to check for the JRE version number in the very > beginning of the program using System.getProperty("java.version"); and give a > correct error message when the JRE is too old.
One problem is that a 1.4 JVM will not be able to load 1.5 targeted compiled code (wrong minor version), which is needed for the 1.5 syntax changes. It should be possible to have a workaround that uses 1.4 targeted code to do the checking, and only then run the 1.5 code. Egon -- ---- http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jabref-devel mailing list Jabref-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-devel