[Coco] Drivewire 4 vs. Java 9

[William Carlin]

I am using 1.8.0_151 without problems.  You can maintain multiple versions
on the same machine.  How you make DW4UI utilize a specific version of Java
will require a little research.

William H. Carlin, Jr.


On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com
> wrote:

> James, looks like they screwed us (again). We'll probably have to revert
> to older versions of Java just to run DW4, since there's no one keeping dw4
> up to date :-(
> BTW, I'm running 8.144 on Win7. Looks like I won't be updating anytime
> soon.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Jones <jejones3141 at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thu, Nov 16, 2017 10:59 am
> Subject: [Coco] Drivewire 4 vs. Java 9
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> Anybody have luck running drivewire 4 under Java 9? I'm gettingJava
> HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC
> wasdeprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future
> release.Launch failed: ClassCastException:java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader
> cannot be cast tojava.base/java.net.URLClassLoaderand searching for that
> exception text turns up a lot of posts from peoplehaving issues running
> things on Java 9.James Jones-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps:
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