Hi Harry,
Your " understanding and experience"  only hold true if the programmer did
not specify
a specific version of Java.
I refer back to my post regarding this  http://tinyurl.com/nmspgy
<http://tinyurl.com/nmspgy>*As I mentioned, it is not unusual to come across
programs that were written that way.*
*It's not a programming error as such.At the time the program was written
,the coder*
*preferred to specify the version and path of Java used.*
*Hence my reference and link to the "Path" . as well as running different
versions of Java.*

Similarly.this happens with VB Run-times as well

Obviously,a less restrictive call on Java would allow the program to work
with different versions.
More explanation about the differences between Java v 5.0 and v6.0 and
several links in that topic/thread.
http://tinyurl.com/mah89h
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Harry Lichtbach <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> It is my understanding and experience that a Java app/applet compiled for
> java 5
> should run on java 6 with no problem.  I get from your description that the
> install program is checking for java 5 instead of checking for Java 5 or
> greater.  This would be a programming error by APC in the install program.
>  (If
> I'm wrong about this upward compatibility I sure would like to be updated.)
>
>
> Harry Lichtbach
> Almaden Unlimited
> San Jose, CA. USA
>
>

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