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Hi everyone

SmartPLS 2.0 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) update 29 (IMPORTANT: 32 bit version!).

This software can be obtained (free of charge) for the computer operating systems Windows, Linux and Solaris.

PLEASE NOTE: SmartPLS 2 does not work with later version (e.g., JRE 7)!!! Everything was working fine including JRE 6 (version 29). However, Java's latest release, JRE 6 (version 31) and JRE 7, causee incompatibility problems with SmartPLS 2. When your bug report (approx. line 3) includes

"java.version=1.6.31"
or
"java.version=1.7.0",

then JRE 6 (version 31) or JRE 7 cause the problems (java.version=1.6.29 and earlier work fine with SmartPLS 2).

What are the solutions?



Solution 1

Just uninstall JRE 7 and install the JRE 6 update 29 (32 bit).
You find JRE 6 update 29 here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/ ... 13650.html


If you want to use JRE 7 and SmartPLS you need to keep (or also install) JRE 6 (update 29) on your system. If you already have JRE 6 (update 29, 32 bit) on your hard drive, you can use it for running SmartPLS. You have two other options:


Solution 2 (RECOMMENDED SOLUTION)

Copy JRE 6 (update 29) into the SmartPLS folder to automatically use it on every SmartPLS 2 start.

Step 1: Identify the path to your JRE 6 (update 29, 32 bit) installation (e.g., c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe) or, if not available, install before JRE 6 update 29 (see solution 1; http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/ ... 13650.html).

Step 2: Copy the content of the JRE 6 update 29 (32 bit) folder

Step 3: Identify the SmartPLS installation folder (e.g., c:\Program Files (x86)\SmartPLS)

Step 4: Create a JRE folder in the SmartPLS installation folder (e.g., c:\Program Files (x86)\SmartPLS\jre)

Step 5: Paste the content of the JRE 6 update 29 (32 bit) folder files into the jre folder in your SmartPLS installation (e.g., into c:\Program Files (x86)\SmartPLS\jre)

Then, SmartPLS should automatically use JRE 6 (update 29) on every start.



Solution 3

Use an already existing JRE 6 update 29, 32 bit (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/ ... 13650.html) installation by adding a smartpls.ini to your SmartPLS 2 folder.

Step 1: Identify the path to your JRE 6 update 29 (32 bit) installation (e.g., c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe) and copy the path.

Step 2: Open a text editor program (e.g., text pad) and write the following rows:
-vm
c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe

The second row is the path to your javaw.exe in your JRE 6 update 29 (32 bit) folder from step 1 and may be different in your specific case (installation folder of JRE 6).

Step 3: Save the file as
smartpls.ini
in your SmartPLS 2 program folder (e.g., c:\Program Files (x86)\SmartPLS)

Then, SmartPLS should automatically use JRE 6 pdate 29 (32 bit) on every start.



We hope that things will continue to work!

Best regards
Christian Ringle

Thank you Christian, your solution #1 in combination to solution #3 worked well for me on Win7 64bit running with Bootcamp on an iMac (27in).

How did I manage?
1. Installed Win7 on iMac using Bootcamp
2. Updated Win7
3. Installed Java SE "Windows x86 Offline" (jre-6u29-windows-i586.exe) (solution #1)
4. Made the SmartPLS.ini file (solution #3)

May I suggest to add a comment and a link to this thread on the download page?

All the best,
Dennis

Thanks Dennis!!!- that's the way how the forum should work. This information is highly valuable to us since no one in the SmartPLS team ever touched an Apple product :)

Cheers
Christian

Dear Christian,

Thank you for your compliment. It is a pleasure sharing the solving of my frustration with you and the readers of the forum. My frustration was that the bootstrap procedure for my complex model did not pass 460 samples on my (old) windows. I wanted to run it on my big screen iMac so I could run the analysis and type the results. I have made some adjustments to the earlier described procedure and now I have SmartPLS running in MACOSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) under Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit with Bootcamp 3.0.4 and Parallels Desktop 7 on an iMac 27in (Fall 2009). It would not surprise me if the following procedure will work for other Mac's:

1. Install Win7 on iMac using Bootcamp
2. For iMac 27 inch owners it is helpful to check the following link to deal with the black screen following the installing of Win7: http://klauskjeldsen.dk/boot-camp-imac- ... ck-screen/ or http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173 (I used Klaus' procedure; thank you Klaus)
3. Update Win7
4. Install Java SE "Windows x86 Offline" (jre-6u29-windows-i586.exe) (solution #1)
5. Install the SmartPLS program
6. Make the SmartPLS.ini file (solution #3)
7. To make sure your iMac continues to start in MACOSX: in MACOSX: System Preferences > Startup Disk and select OS X.

Now you can run SmartPLS using Bootcamp, however you can also run SmartPLS virtual in MACOSX. It is as if SmartPLS is running in MACOSX and no doubt this will make many Apple lovers very happy:

8. Install Parallels (this makes it possible to run SmartPLS from within MACOSX !)

cringle wrote:no one in the SmartPLS team ever touched an Apple product :)

What a pity ;-) but Win7 looks pretty neat too.

Good luck to you all and all the best,
Dennis

Dear Christian,

Thank you for your compliment. It is a pleasure sharing the solving of my frustration with you and the readers of the forum. My frustration was that the bootstrap procedure for my complex model did not pass 460 samples on my (old) windows. I wanted to run it on my big screen iMac so I could run the analysis and type the results. I have made some adjustments to the earlier described procedure and now I have SmartPLS running in MACOSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) under Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit with Bootcamp 3.0.4 and Parallels Desktop 7 on an iMac 27in (Fall 2009). It would not surprise me if the following procedure will work for other Mac's:

1. Install Win7 on iMac using Bootcamp
2. For iMac 27 inch owners it is helpful to check the following link to deal with the black screen following the installing of Win7: http://klauskjeldsen.dk/boot-camp-imac- ... ck-screen/ or http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173 (I used Klaus' procedure; thank you Klaus)
3. Update Win7
4. Install Java SE "Windows x86 Offline" (jre-6u29-windows-i586.exe) (solution #1)
5. Install the SmartPLS program
6. Make the SmartPLS.ini file (solution #3)
7. To make sure your iMac continues to start in MACOSX: in MACOSX: System Preferences > Startup Disk and select OS X.

Now you can run SmartPLS using Bootcamp, however you can also run SmartPLS virtual in MACOSX. It is as if SmartPLS is running in MACOSX and no doubt this will make many Apple lovers very happy:

8. Install Parallels (this makes it possible to run SmartPLS from within MACOSX !)

cringle wrote:no one in the SmartPLS team ever touched an Apple product :)

What a pity ;-) but Win7 looks pretty neat too.

Good luck to you all and all the best,
Dennis

... Yes, and Linux is really beautiful (check out Ubunto for example). Upps, I forgot that Apple has a harcore linux system under its hood :)

Ad max. # of bootstraps: Java uses a default memory size which you can expand!

viewtopic.php?t=866

viewtopic.php?t=370

Cheers
Christian

Hi,
I bought a new computer with an operational system Windows 7 Home Preumin and it came with Java 7. I read this topic and I followed the step 1, 2 and 3, but SmartPLS still not working and report a huge text about the problem. The five firts line form the report are:

eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.6.0_29
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=pt_BR
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86

Anyone has anyidea why this is happenig?

I tried to got help from the Dell suport, but they don't know why it is happening.

Thanks in advance,
Kamila

Hi

"java.version=1.6.0_29 "

tells you that you use the correct JRE version (which is 6).

There must be another source of problem (activation? etv.).

Please send a mail with detailled information and the log file to Sven Wende, Jan-Michael Becker and me.

Maybe we find a solution.

Best
CR

Solution No.2 work very nice. Thank you professor.

I added a special version of SmartPLS (for Windows only) in the download section that already includes a proper java runtime. Give it a try, if you get stuck with the other solutions.

Sorry, smartpls I downloaded the software could not be activated. Whereas, JRE7 I've downloaded. but still can not run. According to the delivered solution, if I was to download JRE6. After I downloaded it, still can't. Please help and effective solutions. Thanks

Hi

Please try solution 2 or check the new download (that inclided JAVA) in the download section.

Best
Christian

Hi,

Solution no.1 worked fine with a

WinXP, SP3, updated Java 7

deinstalled Java, installed your given link Java 6, reinstalled smartpls, everything automatically reconfigured, everything works again.

Thanks to the given solutions my heartattack went over. ;-)

There is no longer a 32 bit version of the Java 6 update on the link that you provide Christian. I've tried all the above suggestions and still can't get Smart PLS to work when I download it - has anyone any solutions??

Many thanks,
Deirdre

Should still be available.

However, why don't you try the SmartPLS download with the Java JRE "embedded"?
--> see download or click on this link:
downloads/smartpls/smartpls_2.0.M3_win3 ... ng_jre.zip

Best
CR