Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > > OpenOffice only bundles the Redist corresponding to the compiler used > to build OpenOffice (Visual Studio 2008), Which is why it would be -in theory, of course, I have no idea of the effort required but I suspect it'd be substant

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
Hello Elizabeth, On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 09:37:15AM -0700, Elizabeth Robinson wrote: > Hello. I am trying to create a form in Open Office Base.   I have > Open Office version 4.0.1. I have Java 7.0.510.13 including JRE file > javaw.exe sitting at C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin. I am using the > W

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 07:16:32PM -, johnny smith wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:05:07 -, Andrea Pescetti > wrote: > > >Aren't we already doing better, by bundling ... the Visual C++ > >redistributable ... with OpenOffice for Windows? > > in 3.4 times, only c++ 2008 was bundled, and n

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 05:09:17PM -, johnny smith wrote: > java 7 requires visual c++ redistributable 2010, which is not bundled > with The OP is using AOO 4.0, the Visual C++ Redist. isn't needed with that version. Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina pgp5jfxzvs5dC.pgp

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:05:07 -, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Aren't we already doing better, by bundling ... the Visual C++ redistributable ... with OpenOffice for Windows? in 3.4 times, only c++ 2008 was bundled, and now 2010 too? --- List Conduct Guide

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Fernando Cassia wrote: On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:09 PM, johnny smith wrote: java 7 requires visual c++ redistributable 2010 ... Oh come on devs, this should be checked by the software, no the user. How many code lines are needed to implement this check during -or more precisely, after- the OO i

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:09 PM, johnny smith wrote: > > java 7 requires visual c++ redistributable 2010, which is not bundled with > it, however. check if you have it installed. also, the right path seems to > be jre7, not jre7/bin. Oh come on devs, this should be checked by the software, no t

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:37:15 -, Elizabeth Robinson wrote: I am totally stumped. Went to the OpenOffice forum and saw some totally confusing explanation about 32-bit versus 64-bit. Please give me plain-English step-by-step instructions on (1) how to determine what "bit" I have and how to

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:37:15 -, Elizabeth Robinson wrote: I have Open Office version 4.0.1. I have Java 7.0.510.13 including JRE file javaw.exe sitting at C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin. I am using the Windows XP operating system. When I try to create a form with the Wizard, it tells me

Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread Elizabeth Robinson
Hello. I am trying to create a form in Open Office Base.   I have Open Office version 4.0.1. I have Java 7.0.510.13 including JRE file javaw.exe sitting at C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin. I am using the Windows XP operating system.   When I try to create a form with the Wizard, it tells me there