I saw Adrian's note about the new code, and I thought I would give it a go. Previously I had only used the released binaries, not the source. So I went through the install instructions for Linux, I already had Eclipse (by the way the example shown is very old, I am using Ganymede SR1 and it works well) and I noticed that in some places it talks about Java 1.4, in others 1.5. It strikes me that it would be better to move to OpenJDK (effectively Java 6) firstly because it is more "open source", and secondly because it gets around the next problem. Its also faster and better in other ways and runs on lots more platforms. The next problem I hit is that the new code seems to need org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout, and the Jar for that is not in the pre-req list. Now if we were using Java-6 (either Sun or OpenJDK) this would not be a problem (although it would need changing the package name) as it is part of the core Java Swing libraries now. https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18095#msg-18095 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:28:28 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18510#msg-18510 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18510#msg-18510 davidgoodenough RepRap Host Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:39:19 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18509#msg-18509 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18509#msg-18509
You say:-

"Download the jar from swing-layout.dev.java.net and include it in your classpath"

Can you give a link to the actual Jar file as I could not locate it. Probably can't see the wood for the trees.]]> emt RepRap Host Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:57:54 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18203#msg-18203 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18203#msg-18203
I only have one jar file being created using an up to date svn. Are there instructions anywhere? Where is the multimode host jar supposed to be? the jar thats created in the jar directory is the old one.

Thanks for the help]]> mellery RepRap Host Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:22:58 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18190#msg-18190 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18190#msg-18190 davidgoodenough RepRap Host Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:32:43 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18185#msg-18185 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18185#msg-18185 davidgoodenough RepRap Host Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:41:31 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18183#msg-18183 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18183#msg-18183
I just checked out [reprap.svn.sourceforge.net] and did the commands I posted about]]> mellery RepRap Host Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:24:15 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18180#msg-18180 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18180#msg-18180
BTW, I have generated a patch to move to using Java 6 GroupLayout (the one now in the Swing package). Once I have tested it I will post it here.]]> davidgoodenough RepRap Host Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:03:48 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18176#msg-18176 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18176#msg-18176
I did setup-reprap-host-dev-environment.sh

and then ~/projects/reprap/Reprap$ ant run

but the java app doesn't look like the multimode host from the blog post, did I run the wrong commands?

Thanks again]]> mellery RepRap Host Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:09:29 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18164#msg-18164 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18164#msg-18164
The proper solution is to move to Java 6 where it is part of the package but that requires source changes because the package changes.]]> davidgoodenough RepRap Host Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:13:48 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18161#msg-18161 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18161#msg-18161 mellery RepRap Host Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:55:58 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18096#msg-18096 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18096#msg-18096 davidgoodenough RepRap Host Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:34:27 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18095#msg-18095 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,18095,18095#msg-18095
So I went through the install instructions for Linux, I already had Eclipse (by the way the example shown is very old, I am using Ganymede SR1 and it works well) and I noticed that in some places it talks about Java 1.4, in others 1.5. It strikes me that it would be better to move to OpenJDK (effectively Java 6) firstly because it is more "open source", and secondly because it gets around the next problem. Its also faster and better in other ways and runs on lots more platforms.

The next problem I hit is that the new code seems to need org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout, and the Jar for that is not in the pre-req list. Now if we were using Java-6 (either Sun or OpenJDK) this would not be a problem (although it would need changing the package name) as it is part of the core Java Swing libraries now.]]> davidgoodenough RepRap Host Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:11:32 -0400