On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:09:59 -0500 Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> > Opening Synaptic and doing a search on "Java" I find that I have > > installed: > > > > j2re1.4 > > Blackdown Java Runtime Environment > > j2re1.4-mozilla-plugin > > Java plugin for Firefox > > (about:plugins says it is installed) > > openoffice.org-java-common > > OpenOffice.org common files > > > > There are several other java-related things installed, but none of them > > appear to have anything to do with the problem. > > > > What is wrong? What else do I need to install? > > > > I note in Synaptic that I have the option to install sun-java5-bin and > > sun-java-jre. They are currrently not installed. Would that solve the > > problem? Which JRE does OO.o require? > > The version of JRE that you have installed does not work well with OOo > as > you have discovered. You need to install the sun-java5-bin before you can use > Base properly. Before I received your reply I already tried installing the Sun JRE. Synaptic now lists sun-java5-bin and sun-java5-jre as installed. However, when I go into Tools > Options > Java it sees only Free Software Foundation, 1.4.2, which I think is the Blackdown Java. There is an Add button, but when I click on it it asks for the path. I have no idea where the Sun JRE is installed, or what it is called to search for it. Also curious why it did not detect it. I have a suspicion that the problem is not the Blackdown Java. I say that because that is what has always been installed, and Base is able to see Microsoft Access mdb files without a problem (although read only). I suspect, instead, that I am getting the "defective java" error message because Base can't figure out the DBase5 file. I exported the table as DBase5 from Access. I chose DBase5 because that was the lowest version number listed. Maybe Base is not able to read that format and throws up the "defective java" error message as a default. If that is the case, there are some other options in the MS Access export window. What file formats can Base read and also write to? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
