FAQ Installation
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[edit] Launching jACOB Designer in Eclipse fails with an exception about JAVA_HOME
Typically Eclipse is configured to use SUNs JRE (Java Runtime Environment) as Java platform. To launch to jACOB Designer in Eclipse you need SUNs JDK (Java Developer Kit). If you don't have a JDK installed or if you have not updated the Eclipse option to point to the JDK instead of the JRE, the Designer will fail with an exception about JAVA_HOME.
If you don't have a JDK installed on your system your can download the latest version from http://java.sun.com
Go to Preference in Eclipse (in the Window menu) and go to "Java/Installed JREs". You will find a JRE installed, for example "jre1.5.0_09". Now add the JDK by clicking the "Add..." button. Click the "Browse..." button and select the location of your JDK (for example "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_09"). Click "Ok" and enter a name for this JDK (for example "JDK 1.5.0_09"). Now select the JDK you just installed in your launch configuration.
[edit] After installation, the jACOB perspective does not show, the Eclipse project wizard does not show anything new.
- Check if you are using JDK 1.5 or higher, i.e. 1.4.2 JVM is not supported
- Check if the jACOB plugin is activated in the Eclipse Upload Manager (Help->Install/Update/Manage Configuration)
--Autorj 20:42, 8 March 2007 (MET)
