[Scilab-users] 5.4.1 Cannot create Java Main-Class

[Michael J. McCann]

Antoine,
     Good question. I have to admit I don't know which ones, if any, are 
Java based. (select from Mathcad, Matlab, R, Excel etc, (my photo 
editing software was OK), However, it presents a clue. I once tried 
Net-Beans on this machine and not having used it for years, in cleaning 
out unused stuff, I removed it, knowing that next time  I would get an 
up to date version anyway. That could well have happened since my last 
working run of Scilab. I see from looking at the installed Scilab files 
there is a JRE folder. I also found that while "Wscilab.exe" gets the 
problem, the console version comes up when I invoke Scilab.exe and it 
runs.  Would it help to install a new version of Netbeans or some other 
Java software?
THanks, Mike.
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On 07/08/2013 07:15, Antoine Monmayrant wrote:
> Le 07/08/13 02:17, Michael J. McCann a écrit :
>> Scilab 5.4.1 was working a week or two ago on Windows XP -SP3. I came 
>> back to it and started it again and got the message:
>>
>>  Scilab cannot create Scilab Java Main-Class (we have not been able 
>> to find the main Scilab class. Check if the Scilab and thirdparty 
>> packages are available).
>>
>> I removed Scilab, restarted the machine, down loaded it again from 
>> the website, re-installed it using defaults. Still the same message 
>> on the very first offer to start it after the installation.
>>
>> I don't know about Java and classes. I have not knowingly done 
>> anything with Java.  I'm stuck. What do I do now?
> Can you check whether other Java-based programs can run on your machine?
> Antoine
>> Mike.
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