[moneydance] Upgrading

[m.papierniak]

Bruce,
Thanks.  Right now I am running it with Java Version: 1.5.0_04.  You suggest 
that I go with Blackdown version?  I will do a google and see what I find.

On Monday 02 July 2007 8:53 pm, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Monday 02 July 2007, m.papierniak wrote:
> > I am looking for any advise for upgrading.  I am currently running
> > Moneydance #531 on MEPIS 6.0.  My concern is printing.  Every upgrade I
> > have done in the past has trashed my being able to print and only through
> > hours of this and that this and that and finally getting the printing
> > working again.  And, honestly I must say that I could not repeat the
> > steps taken to solve the problem.  Most frustrating.  I installed the
> > last major upgrade and printing didn't work so I backed out.  While I
> > would like to upgrade and have all the new functionality printing, of
> > checks, is an issue and loosing that is enough to keep me running an old
> > version.  So any advise is accepted..
>
> I'll stick my nose into this problem because it may be easy to solve.
>
> The problem of printing (which I have had off and on for about a year)
> deals with the various versions of Java and some changes that were made
> which caused the printing problems and someday maybe things will get
> straightened out.
>
> So the answer to the printing problem (on Linux) is to:
>
> 1) Find a version of java that works.
> 2) Stick with that version until something better comes along.
>
> The problem with doing major upgrades is that it probably wipes out your
> JRE pointer and causes it to point to either the JRE that comes with MD  or
> to some other version.
>
> I have always had good luck with  the Blackdown JRE version  j2rel1.4  (as
> kubuntu names it)
>
> The pointer I am currently using to use this version looks like:
>
> jre -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/jre/
>
>
> Now it is a simple matter to make that pointer....   one simple command
> done in the MD directory where it will use that jre pointer.
>
> Can you find a version of the above Blackdown jre  for Mepis?
>
> Changing to that has helped other users but I will certainly agree that
> printing has become a big mess for MD.
>
>
>
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