toggle_fow CTD

[Horst Nordfink]

I downloaded and installed version 6 yesterday from this site http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp.

No, the contents of my validateinstall are the same as listed as above.

If i run validateinstall.bat via the search function of my desktop, it comes up with something completely different:

Running validation. Could take a couple of minutes, please be patient. The validation requires a checklist to confirm that your installation is correct. Upon installation, you get one for a standard RTW/EB installation without BI/Alex. I can try to download another or update the checklist from the EB server, do you want to do this? (Y/N)

[bovi]

Then I'm sorry, I don't have any more help to give. The toggle_fow crash certainly doesn't happen on my machine, and Java behaves differently.

[Horst Nordfink]

That's ok bovi! It must be just one of those things that happens now and again. Either that or it's the faulr of my steam-powered laptop.

Thanks again for all your help, much appreciated!

Here is a balloon for your efforts

[Tellos Athenaios]

@Bovi, haven't you added a manifest file in your .jar archive then? After doing that it's just a matter of

java -jar myArchive.jar

In the .bat file.

Also, turning the echo off supresses output in the DOS box at times; even if you explicitly write to the console. (At least it did with my DRViewer...?)

[bovi]

I didn't, because the batch file was supposed to run it. Also, I use an option in that when creating the checklist, so it was easiest. Actually, I've never made an executable jar file, how do I go about creating this manifest?

Echo off means the commands in the batch file are not shown in the output, but rather only the output of said commands.

Edit: Nevermind, I found the thing in JDeveloper. How do I go about setting extra classpath for it (I'm using a library for talking to our FTP)?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Is it not easier to just make an object which handles all the talking from/with the FTP from within your main app? You are not using batch code to dynamically change the bit of code you want to call; are you?

Or did you do that, but why then would you need another entry point?

And I know what echo off does. In any case, if you really only want to feed some option to your program -- use a shortcut. Also prevents the user from terminating your program by 'accidentally clicking the X' in the DOS box.

In any case :

Main Attributes
Main attributes are the attributes that are present in the main section of the manifest. They fall into the following different groups:
general main attributes

• Manifest-Version:
  Defines the manifest file version. The value is a legitimate version number, as described in the above spec.
  
• Created-By:
  
  Defines the version and the vendor of the java implementation on top of which this manifest file is generated. This attribute is generated by the jar tool.
  
• Signature-Version:
  
  Defines the signature version of the jar file. The value should be a valid version-number string.
  
• Class-Path :
  
  The value of this attribute specifies the relative URLs of the extensions or libraries that this application or extension needs. URLs are separated by one or more spaces. The application or extension class loader uses the value of this attribute to construct its internal search path.

[bovi]

Is it not easier to just make an object which handles all the talking from/with the FTP from within your main app?

Certainly not. I'm not reinventing FTP when someone else has made a perfectly good library for it.

Or perhaps you mean to have the FTP commands in my java code, which I do. The command line (and thus, the batch file) takes a single parameter, and that's whether to do a validation (no option) or create a checklist (added createlist).

What is my batch file, if not this shortcut you propose? I'm the only one who probably ever need to run it in the mode to create a list anyway.

I tried to run it as an executable jar, and it seems to remove the DOS window that is required for the simple user input when running (which checklist to download), without making it into a swing application. I'm not doing this.