Re: Where to download Java SDK and Java Access Bridge ?

[Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm commsecure com au>]

Hi Thomas.

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 13:22, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hi, Malcolm. Good point.Here is specific directions I have followed.
> 
> 1. Obtain the java 1.4.2 sdk or later from java.sun.com.
> 2. install it on your system.
> 3. Checkout the java-access-bridge from the gnome.org cvs server. Info is 
> located on gnome.org about obtaining cvs packages.
> 4. Compile the java-access-bridge and install it.
> 5. Now, you need to copy the files JNav.jar and gnome-java-bridge.jar into 
> /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib/ext/. These files for me were located in 
> /usr/share/jar, but subject to change depending on your configuration.
> 6. I then copied the accessibility.properties from /usr/share/jar to 
> /usr/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib/.
> 7. I now created a .orbitrc file in my home directory an added the line: 
> ORBIIOPIPv4=1
> 8. Save the file, and now you are ready to test the bridge.
> 9. I  open gnome-terminal, and switch to the Notepad program located in 
> /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/demos/jfc/Notepad/.
> 10. Finally, doing java -jar Notepad.jar will open and run Notepad,and you 
> should be able to read, write, and edit files in that application.

Excellent! :-)

Now we have something in the archives to point people at in the future
(and I might stand a chance of getting it working myself). Including the
simple test at the end is going to be helpful.

Thanks for writing all this down.

Cheers,
Malcolm