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AJohansen
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10 years ago

[Resolved] Specifying a different JAVA_HOME/Java version

In our project we need to use a third-party library that has compatibility issues with Java 7. It is known to work under Java 6, though. For this reason I would like to try running SoapUI 5.0 under Ja...
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AJohansen
New Contributor
10 years ago
SmartBear Support wrote:
You should set JAVA_HOME to your JRE\JDK directory (outside of the batch file) and then starting soapui-pro.bat should pick up and use the JAVA you set.


This does not appear to work with the stand-alone version of SoapUI. You may want to treat this as a bug.

On a fresh install of 5.1.0 I see the following:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\SoapUI-Pro-5.1.0\bin>echo %JAVA_HOME%
C:\dev\Java\jdk1.6.0_38

C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\SoapUI-Pro-5.1.0\bin>soapui-pro.bat
...
12:33:26,206 INFO  [SoapUI] Used java version: 1.7.0_55


SmartBear Support wrote:
You can also download and use the zipped version of SoapUI Pro that does not come with a JRE bundled.
http://www.soapui.org/Downloads/latest-release.html


Thanks, this worked.