Problem with jpackage/Windows and using a different runtime

[Andy Herrick]

Klaus:

I sent you this reply a few weeks back, and didn't get any further reply ...

/Andy

On 5/16/2019 10:59 AM, Andy Herrick wrote:
> Klaus:
>
> My apologies for not getting back to you sooner.
>
> I have tried the (nearly) the exact steps you give and can run the 
> resultant app on windows.
>
> My best guess is that it is caused by a problem we have when there are 
> spaces in the path given to --runtime-image. (similar to 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8223953), but so far I have 
> not been able to reproduce.
>
> I assume ..\..\OpenJDK12\bin\myruntime resolves to a path including 
> 'Program Files'/OpenJDK12
>
> For the failing case, can you post the contents of 
> MyProject/application/app/application.cfg ?  Usually when a "jpackage 
> create-app-image" command succeeds but the app does not run you can 
> see the problem in the cfg file.
>
> /Andy
>
>
>
> On 5/9/2019 7:50 AM, Klaus Friese wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I downloaded the jpackage EA version from 
>> https://jdk.java.net/jpackage/ for some tests and I run into problems 
>> when using a different runtime (OpenJDK12) on Windows.
>>
>> This is my setting:
>> OpenJDK12 installed in c:\Program Files\OpenJDK12
>> OpenJDK13 with jpackage installed c:\Program Files\OpenJDK13
>>
>> I created runtimes for both versions with:
>>
>>    jlink --output myruntime
>>         --module-path ../jmods
>>         --add-modules ALL-MODULE-PATH
>>         --bind-services
>>         --compress=2
>>         --strip-native-commands
>>
>> I created the app with
>>
>>    jpackage create-app-image ^
>>         -o "/MyProject" ^
>>         -i /MyProject/path/to/my/jars ^
>>         -n application ^
>>         --runtime-image ..\..\OpenJDK12\bin\myruntime ^
>>         --main-class my.application.main.class ^
>>         --main-jar main.jar
>>
>> On Windows:
>> When using the OpenJDK13 runtime everything is fine.
>> When using the OpenJDK12 runtime the app doesn't start and I just get 
>> the message "Failed to load JVM"
>>
>> On MacOS
>> OpenJDK12 and OpenJDK13 are working fine.
>>
>> Is this an error in jpackage or is the error on my side?
>>
>> Best regards
>> dataplan GmbH
>> Klaus Friese
>> System Engineer Applications
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