Bat Lang,

19-Oct-99 23:06:48, Bat Lang wrote to All
          Subject: NS/N 4.61 + JavaRT 1.18

 BL> I need help in integrating JavaRunTime 1.18 into NetScape-Nav
 BL> 4.61.

 BL> Last nite whilst trying to logon http://www.discovery.com/

That works for me.

 BL> I started to get the usual files loading activity at the bottom of
 BL> the Nav screen, when it said: "Loading Java" then a pause of ~5-10
 BL> sec, after which NS closes.

That did not happen here.

I got 2 popups about sending a cookie to any server and said "cancel" to both.

Under the NetScape setting for "Cookies" I have:
"Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server."
and
"Warn me before accepting any cookie."

 BL> So I reopen NS, go to the Java Options screen, and unmark: "Append to
 BL> the beginning of the system Classpath" and mark: "Ignore changes to
 BL> Classpath" and save those changes. Then I reopen NS and attempt another
 BL> logon as above.

I have "Ignore changes to Classpath" and that must have been default, since I
don't remember ever changing it.

 BL> At precisely the same point ("Loading Java" then a pause of ~5-10
 BL> sec) NS closes again. I reopen NS, go to the Java Options screen,
 BL> and mark: "Ignore system Classpath", save, then try another logon
 BL> as above.

 BL> At precisely the same point ("Loading Java" then a pause of ~5-10
 BL> sec) NS closes again. But this time, nothing on the desktop is
 BL> functional except the mouse, and it will only move the arrow
 BL> around, without any reaction to clicks on anything. Neither
 BL> Ctrl-Esc, nor Alt-Esc are functional. So I have to do the three
 BL> finger salute.

I've never had that problem on this machine, but I have seen it on another.

 BL> This time, I don't try to logon to 'discovery.com'. {^; But I look again
 BL> at my "IBM Java advanced properties" screen, and the "Java Path" window
 BL> checks OK, (meaning the path to JAVAI.DLL is correct =
 BL> D:\JAVA11\DLL\JAVAI.DLL).

Exactly the same here in NetScape.

Wow, I just noticed something really odd here.  Here NetScape shows that as
the D: partition, but in reality I don't have D:\JAVA11\ I have F:\JAVA11\ on
my HD.  Nowhere in my Config.sys does "java" show up on D: always F:.  I know
many months ago I changed where Java11 was located and did the 1.1.8 and the
4.61 upgrade after that.  Appearantly that old path was left over and never
had any adverse effect.  Actually if anything my NetScape and Java have been
solid as a rock on this machine all along.  I might add that my OS is on D:,
but even that is an anomaly, since it was installed on C: and I manually
edited all the necessary files to move it intact to D: about a year ago.

 BL> But my "Java Options" screen is blank,

Exactly the same here.

 BL> and that's one of the reasons I'm here with my sad story. The "Java
 BL> Classpath" and "Current Classpath" are now as stated above,

"Current Classpath" (near the bottom of that window) and in Config.sys =
F:\NETSCAPE\NJCLASS.ZIP;F:\JAVAOS2\LIB\JEMPCL10.ZIP;.\.;
F:\JAVA11\LIB\SecMa.jar;F:\Java11\swing\swing.jar;

I didn't see where you posted yours.  So you might check it.

 BL> but I don't have the foggiest of how to choose among the 12 listed
 BL> settings in the "List of options" window, and I am soliciting an opinion
 BL> of these settings, given that I just have the Java run-time, v 1.18.

Choose none of them.  1 of them is already default.

 BL> I am running Warp 4 on a P200, with 80Mb RAM, under FP12. Here are
 BL> some 'informants' to consider, FWIW:

Here I have Warp4 on a P200i with 64MB RAM, under FP9.

 BL> -----------------
 BL> Result of running Java version/-fullversion

 BL> D:\OS2]java -version
 BL> JAVA.EXE version "1.1.8"

 BL> D:\OS2]java -fullversion
 BL> JAVA.EXE full version "JDK 1.1.8 IBM build o118-19990728 (JIT enabled:
 BL> javax V3.5-IBMJDK1.1-19990728)"
 BL> -----------------------------------------------------------

Mine is exactly the same as yours.

--

 BL> BTW, this is NOT the '128 bit' version but the '40 bit', which I
 BL> find faster and better in many ways to the 128, which I lived with
 BL> until about 10 days ago, when I switched to the 40 bit, which
 BL> loads faster, and appears more willing to download large files
 BL> from IBM http sites without quitting before finished, a fault
 BL> which I found with the 128 bit version but not the 40. Well, there
 BL> you have it. If you need anymore clues, holler. I feel this
 BL> problem has to do with my lack of options, and I don't have a feel
 BL> for making a reasoned choice.

Humm... I have the 128-bit version now.  I had the 40-bit version before.
Years ago I found the 128-bit version more stable.  Neither version has ever
given me any problem with D/L.  And they both seems about equal in speed.

Sorry about my little path jumble confusion.  Check your ClassPath.  I thought
you might find my setup interesting, since we have similar systems including
the old original Matrox.  If everyone's system, Matrox, NetScape and Java were
as solid as mine is, then there would be almost no complaints at all.

     Thanks and Good Luck,        Andy Roberts
                                  andy@shentel.net
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