If I could get this kind of response rate for all my many unanswered
postings I would be ecstatic!
> ----------
> From: J. Lee Dixon[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: Discussion list for Java 3D API
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 12:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Lets get that JDK install fixed Please...Do the
> foll owing
>
> Whew, this thread is getting way too long. Do we really want to tell
> new developers that they have to go muck with the registry? If you want
> to test with different JRE versions, just use the "Java Plug-in control
> panel". Does anybody else use this thing?
>
> I vote for an updated FAQ entry talking about (easy) installation
> procedures... provide a step-by-step. Speaking of which, it would be
> nice if the first thing ppl were told before joining this list would be
> to search the archives and the FAQ before posting.
>
> Are we done? This thread has been beaten to a bloody pulp. %-{
>
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Olenin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 11:12 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Lets get that JDK install fixed Please...Do the
> following
>
>
> Hey, guys, what all this about? To resolve all problems, basically all u
> have
> to do is to tamper with Windows registry (i run Java and used to run J3D
> under
> Windows systems only. Don't know where installation information is
> written
> under Unix systems). Find all keys containing Java or JRE, see if they
> have
> smth to do with J2 environment and change the values! Well, some
> experience is
> certainly needed here, but it's really easy. Moreover, to automate the
> process
> (for instance, if u want to test your application with different JRE
> versions)
> u can create good old bat files - it'd take u a minute, but would safe
> hours
> if u do intensive testing.
>
> vladimir
>
> PS: i posted the bat and reg files around half a year ago here, but if
> there
> is still anyone interested to get them, just let me know.
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>
> Wednesday, September 06, 2000, 10:23:39 AM, you wrote:
>
> JMS> What's the purpose of having two JRE enviroments on your dev
> machine? Do
> JMS> you think this will allow you to test like an end user??? Dev
> machines never
> JMS> suit this purpose. If you uninstall the bundled JRE install by
> using the
> JMS> add/remove control panel app and reinstall it manually (using the
> JRE only
> JMS> download) in the same location as the JDK by appending \JRE you can
> JMS> eliminate the second JRE directory. (this is based on the
> assumption you
> JMS> haven't installed Java3D yet, if you have you need to uninstall
> that as well
> JMS> so you can install it to the new location as well)
>
> JMS> -----Original Message-----
> JMS> From: Discussion list for Java 3D API
> JMS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Wright
> JMS> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 9:17 AM
> JMS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> JMS> Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Lets get that JDK install fixed Please...Do
> the
> JMS> following
>
>
> JMS> I think the problem stems from the fact that many Java developers
> don't
> JMS> realize that there are TWO environments in which a Java program
> might
> JMS> execute (JDK & JRE). (And it could be worse depending on how many
> IDE's
> JMS> you have and how they are configured). Why should we know this?
> Heck,
> JMS> why do we even have two? This creates an awful lot of confusion
> (for
> JMS> developers... users have a much simpler world).
>
> JMS> Sure we can install Java 3D twice... but this isn't intuitive. How
> is a
> JMS> Java developer supposed to know this? From the volume of times
> this has
> JMS> come up on this list it's obvious that a lot of developers don't
> realize
> JMS> this (at least at first).
>
> JMS> As Lee pointed out it would be nice for Sun to fix the default
> install
> JMS> directory, but the real problem comes from having multiple
> environments
> JMS> from which your software might be run. The "fix" is better
> JMS> documentation (from Sun). It's little gotchas like this (that are
> JMS> usually learned via trial and error) that make it difficult to
> "learn
> JMS> Java".
>
> JMS> - John Wright
> JMS> Starfire Research
>
> JMS> "J. Lee Dixon" wrote:
> >>
> >> I didn't really think this was a big deal. The bundled install does
> >> make you have 2 JRE's, but that's what you have the "Java Plug-in
> >> Control Panel" for. I've never had to "fix a mess". I install the
> >> JDK/JRE, then the J3D-SDK, then the J3D-RUNTIME. Walla. The ONLY
> thing
> >> I have to watch for is the default install directory of the
> J3D-RUNTIME.
> >> That's the only thing I believe they should fix.
> >>
> >> -Lee
> >>
> >> J. Lee Dixon
> >> Software Engineer
> >> SAIC - Celebration, FL
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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