SFX (SmartDashboard 2.0) with Driver Station

[ktrobotcreator]

Originally Posted by byteit101

(sfx dev here) Shouldn't be necessary. Do you have multiple JVM's on your system by any chance?

On the system, here are the Java items that are installed:

Java 7 Update 45 (64-bit)
Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 45 (64-bit)
Java(TM) 6 Update 24

I believe they were just recently downloaded with Netbeans 7.4, though I was not the one to set it up. There shouldn't be anything hidden. We recently reset the computer to factory default settings so there shouldn't be any weird software from a long time ago installed that I'm forgetting about.

Also, I just tried referencing SmartDashboard and running that code, and it didn't make a difference.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by byteit101

(sfx dev here) Shouldn't be necessary. Do you have multiple JVM's on your system by any chance?

I only have 1, per the java uninstall tool. http://www.java.com/en/download/uninstallapplet.jsp

[ktrobotcreator]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

I only have 1, per the java uninstall tool. http://www.java.com/en/download/uninstallapplet.jsp

Well this is concerning... When I open the tool I don't see the information, which would mean I don't have java installed at all, even though I do... Are you running the newest update? I can try to download the newest version and then use the uninstall tool. Do you think that will help?

[ktrobotcreator]

Well I went ahead and did it and it works! SFX now opens with Driver Station!

Note to the developer: maybe add that to the documentation?

And thanks to all the help!

[byteit101]

So you uninstalled Java 6 correct? odd that there is no error message...

[ktrobotcreator]

Originally Posted by byteit101

So you uninstalled Java 6 correct? odd that there is no error message...

I uninstalled Java 6 and Java 7 Update 45. And yes, I found it strange that it didn't throw an error (which I have seen happen) and I was able to open it in every other way.

[riftware]

This works for me:
Putting this line into the FRC DS Data Storage.ini works for me - I have to switch to Java then back to default to launch it. Also it takes a second for it to show up.

DashboardCmdLine = "C:\\apps\\jdk1.7.0_51\\bin\\java.exe -jar c:\\SFX\\sfx.jar"

Things to know:
1: I installed java to the directory above so modify accordingly
2: I copied sfx.jar and plugins to a new directory called SFX right off the root of the C: drive.