JavaFX for Windows 32-bit

[Johan Vos]

Hi Robert,

This is a question that comes back every now and then :)

Porting to win32 bit is easy, but maintaining it is never trivial. Once we
do this, we should be prepared to provide fixes, upgrade, take into account
new compilers etc...
With Gluon, we want to add it to our list of support JavaFX LTS
configurations if there is enough commercial interest, so that we can
justify the effort.

- Johan

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 2:38 PM Robert Lichtenberger <
r.lichtenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

> In order to upgrade our JavaFX-based products to Java/JavaFX 12 I need a
> build of JavaFX for Windows 32-bit.
>
> The good people at AdoptOpenJDK kindly have provided Java 12 for win32
> already, but there is only one "Windows"-Download at Gluon which I suppose
> will be for Windows 64-bit.
>
> So I guess I'll just have to build it myself. According to
> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX this should
> be possible, since "Note also that on Windows, the version of the JDK you
> have set as JDK_HOME will determine whether you build 32 or 64 bit
> binaries.".
>
> What is the mid-to long-term perspective of JavaFX on win32? Will it be
> buildable for the next few years or should I prepared for breaking changes
> that will make it unusuable for win32?
>
> Any hints / opinions / pointers welcome,
> Robert Lichtenberger
>