#7 AraWord and Gallery Manager throw a java exception (Unsupported major.minor version)

[Marco Gaiarin]

I've tried to upgrade AraSuite from 2.0.0 to 2.1, and suddenly AraWord and GalleryManager throw that java exception:

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: dialogs/mainFrame : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source)

reading around seems that it is caused by compiling classes strictly with a newer java version (8?). I'm currently using JRE 7u72.

Note that TICO works flawlessy, and also all AraSuite 2.0.0, with the same java version.

Java8 is strictly needed for AraSuite 2.1? Or, if not, can the suite be recompiled to be compatible with Java7 also?

Thanks.

[Joaquin Ezpeleta]

Hi.
Could you provide us with some additional information? Mainly, the used operating system and system architecture.

Regards Joaquín

[Joaquin Ezpeleta]

Hi again.
We have released a new version, 2.1.1, which solves the requirement of using higher java VM versions. Currently, jre 1.6 is enough.

Regards Joaquín

[Marco Gaiarin]

Sorry, i've received no notification of your comment.

It was Windows 7 64bit.

In the meantime i've moved to JRE8 and AraSuite 2.1.1, so i can confirm that now work.

Sorry...