[H-GEN] Congifuring StarOffice 5.2 for Java

[Paul Gearon]

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> On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Paul Cornford wrote:
> > I am running StarOffice 5.2 for Linux (RH 7.1) and cannot seem to get
> > Java running. I have tried all of SO's help but to no avail. Yes, I have
> > tried Blackdown's jre118 with native threads and a number of other jre's
> > and jdk's but still nothing. I have managed to get Javascript running
> > though. Can anyone point me in the right direction for this as I am
> > trying to use SO5.2 for serious HTML development.

You can't get Java to run, or you can't get StarOffice to find Java?

BTW, the fact that Netscape named their scripting language "Javascript"
was an unfortunate decision that we have all had to live with.  For some
reason people seem to think that Javascript must be somehow related to
Java.  Basically there are 2 reasons for the name:

1.  The basic syntax is similar, though mostly cosmetic.
2.  Java was the buzzword of the day when Javascript came out.  Everyone
believed that it was going to change the face of the Net.  Netscape just
jumped on the bandwagon.

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, James McPherson wrote:
> did you use the jre which comes with StarOffice 5.2? Have you applied the
> patch for this version and platform? Have a look on sunsolve.sun.com for
> patchid (should be free) 109939-02.

There's a JRE with StarOffice???  Which version?  Whenever I install
StarOffice it goes looking through my path for a JRE, but has never
offered one of it's own (that's not a bad idea though).


Regards,
Paul Gearon

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