Java 7 on Mac OS X with v8.0.10

Folks, One of the new features of dbvis v8.0.10 is support for Java 7 on Mac OS X. However, I can't find any documentation on how to change to target JRE to 1.7 from 1.6. I tried editing the plist by setting the target JRE to "1.7" or "1.7+", but neither one worked. Has anyone been able to do this, and if so, can you tell me how you did it? Thanks, Andrew

Hi Andrew, I have found a work-around for this. Replace the last line in the dbvsgui.sh file with this line (all on one line): $JAVA_EXEC -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=192M -cp $CP -Ddbvis.home=$DBVIS_HOME -Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=false com.onseven.dbvis.DbVisualizerGUI "$@" In other words, add the option that disables the Apple Screen Menu Bar. For some reason, keyboard shortcuts for actions that are included in a menu cause the action to be invoked twice when it is enabled. We will continue to look for a solution to this. Best Regards, Hans

Yes, I am using Java 7 (launching it through the shell script command-line because of the original problem that I brought up earlier in this thread).

Hi Andrew, Thanks for reporting this. I have reproduced the behavior you describe with Java 7 on Mac OS Mountain Lion. We will look into what's causing this. Best Regards, Hans

I found a bug in the v8.0.11 release (on Mac only, it seems), where when you paste information into the SQL Commander using the keyboard shortcut, it double-pastes the content into the editor. So every time I paste something, I am having to do an "undo" right afterwards to undo the 2nd paste so that the duplicate content gets removed.

Roger, Bummer - but thanks for the reply. I don't have a pressing need to use Java 7 with DV, so it's not a huge deal at the moment. Do you think the issue is with DV, or Oracle's Java 7 JVM for Mac? Keep up the good work - I love DV. Cheers, j

Is there an update on this? I got the command like to work - it seems: Product: DbVisualizer Personal 8.0.10 Build: #1766 (2012/07/10 21:25) Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM Java Version: 1.7.0_07 Java Vendor: Oracle Corporation OS Name: Mac OS X OS Arch: x86_64 OS Version: 10.8.1 But having to use the command line to make it work sort of gets old pretty fast. Is there a better solution? The previous post in this thread is several months old, so I thought something would have happened by now. THanks..

Hi, I've noticed the same behaviour on my Mac and after some research I've found the following statement: {noformat}"Oracle Java 7 .jdk only supports CommandLine only tasks"{noformat}And the output of 'java_home -t BundledApp' seems to confirm this: pluto:bin$ java -version java version "1.7.0_05" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_05-b06) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.1-b03, mixed mode) pluto:bin$ /usr/libexec/java_home /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk/Contents/Home pluto:bin$ /usr/libexec/java_home -t BundledApp /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home So it seems that this is not specific to DBVisualizer but a restriction of Oracle's implementation! (see https://wikis.oracle.com/display/OpenJDK/Mac+OS+X+Port+Project+Status) regards, Robin.

Hans, I clicked on the link to the "Mac OS X FAQ" from the page that you mentioned, but those instructions didn't help, maybe because they're just out of date. (It shows instructions for how to configure dbvisualizer for JVM v1.4.) Andrew

HI I have tried both options manual editing of the plist file and using the editor DBVis still does not recognise version 7