Igor JAR does not load on Mac OS 10.5
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#1 Igor JAR does not load on Mac OS 10.5
Mac OS X uses an Apple-built Java 6 engine, and as such, the Igor JAR does not recognize it as Java 6, failing with the following exception:
5/20/08 8:08:38 PM [0x0-0x42042].com.apple.JarLauncher[414] Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
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This is a problem with the MacOS implementation of Java. What I'm planning on doing to get around this is to post a parallel JAR file compiled with an earlier version of Java, probably an earlier 5. There will be a loss of some functionality, but the major functions should still work just fine.
I'll be posting this release tonight or tomorrow.
-CS
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Closing as INVALID - the problem is in Apple's management of the JVM's. The user has to manually enable the Java 6 engine by making sure it is called first in the Java Application Runtime dialog in /Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Preferences.
That said, using Java 5 would be a good idea for Mac OS X users, as the Java 6 JVM is only usable for Leopard users with a 64-bit Intel architecture (a small portion of the Mac userbase).
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Reopening for at least one other MacOS user w/out Java 6