WinXP Pro and Javascript question

[bill1971]

I understand that XP does not support Javascript. Where can I
download this, and do I really need it? I'm new to XP, but the
web displays look OK.
Thanks for your help.

- Bill

[DVNT1]

try here: http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html

[RustyGT]

bill,
Discovered the same problem myself recently.
Not all versions of XP come without support for Java.
Just the currently distributed ones.
Microsoft's Explanation

I tried the Java plug-in from Sun. [the link, DVNT offered]
It doesnt run real well!
Although you'd think it should have, Sun wrote it!
Maybe there's something I haven't set up right, Dunno.

Yes, you will need a 'Java plug in' for sites built purely in Java.
But 'Java Applets' inside html pages seem to work OK, without one.[?]
Go figure.

Cheers Rusty

[bill1971]

Thanks,Rusty and DVNT1:
As I mentioned above, all sites that I've visited so far seem to
display correctly. . .
Maybe a link to a purely java-based site would let me check it out
for sure.
Thanks again.

- Bill

[jkrohn]

Hehe common misconception!

Java is NOT Javascript and Javascript is NOT Java.

Javascript will work fine in XP. You need nothing but a Browser that supports it.
Javascript is BROWSER dependent.

Java is a programming language. It requires teh Java Virtual Machine to be installed. This is what you need with some versions of XP.

Jkrohn

[bill1971]

Ahhh!!
I think I see the light. Thanks for that clarification, J. . .

- Bill

[NDC]

For some reason, I haven't been able to get the Sun Virtual Machine to work properly on my Windows XP... The version that used to be on the Windows Update page worked fine when it was available.... My browser would just close and then generate a file named "hs_err_pid2004.log" on my desktop and here is the content...

An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.
Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x6D1B32C8
Function=[Unknown.]
Library=D:\Winapps\Java\bin\fontmanager.dll

NOTE: We are unable to locate the function name symbol for the error
just occurred. Please refer to release documentation for possible
reason and solutions.


Current Java thread:
at sun.awt.font.NativeFontWrapper.registerFonts(Nativ e Method)
- locked <1624E1A8> (a java.lang.Class)
at sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment.addPathFonts(Unk nown Source)
at sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment.registerFonts(Un known Source)
at sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment.access$000(Unkno wn Source)
at sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment.loadFonts(Unknow n Source)
- locked <107D69F8> (a sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment)
at sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment.mapFamilyName(Un known Source)
at java.awt.Font.initializeFont(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Font.<init>(Unknown Source)
at utcnist4.run(utcnist4.java:114)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Dynamic libraries:
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0x77F50000 - 0x77FF9000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll
0x77E60000 - 0x77F45000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
0x77C10000 - 0x77C63000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
0x77D40000 - 0x77DCD000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
0x77C70000 - 0x77CB0000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
0x77DD0000 - 0x77E5B000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77CC0000 - 0x77D35000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x772D0000 - 0x77333000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x71700000 - 0x71848000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\SHDOCVW.dll
0x76390000 - 0x763AA000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\IMM32.DLL
0x629C0000 - 0x629C8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\LPK.DLL
0x72FA0000 - 0x72FFA000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\USP10.dll
0x71950000 - 0x71A34000 C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.0.0_x-ww_1382d70a\comctl32.dll
0x773D0000 - 0x77BC4000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
0x77340000 - 0x773CB000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
0x771B0000 - 0x772CA000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
0x5AD70000 - 0x5ADA4000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
0x60000000 - 0x6004C000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSCTF.dll
0x10000000 - 0x1000D000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\tabhook.dll
0x75F80000 - 0x7607C000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\BROWSEUI.dll
0x72430000 - 0x72442000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\browselc.dll
0x75F40000 - 0x75F5D000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\appHelp.dll
0x76FD0000 - 0x77048000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\CLBCATQ.DLL
0x77120000 - 0x771AB000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x77050000 - 0x77115000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\COMRes.dll
0x77C00000 - 0x77C07000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
0x3A700000 - 0x3A718000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\imekr61.ime
0x00BC0000 - 0x00BD0000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctagent.dll
0x63000000 - 0x63094000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
0x762C0000 - 0x7634A000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
0x762A0000 - 0x762AF000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
0x76F90000 - 0x76FA0000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\Secur32.dll
0x76620000 - 0x7666E000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\cscui.dll
0x76600000 - 0x7661B000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\CSCDLL.dll
0x76670000 - 0x76754000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\SETUPAPI.dll
0x00E40000 - 0x00E48000 d:\winapps\Adobe\Acroread\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHel per.ocx
0x75E90000 - 0x75F31000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\SXS.DLL
0x01130000 - 0x0114A000 D:\Winapps\Norton\NAV\NavShExt.dll
0x76B20000 - 0x76B35000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ATL.DLL
0x76080000 - 0x760E1000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSVCP60.dll
0x1A400000 - 0x1A479000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\urlmon.dll
0x01230000 - 0x012B8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll
0x74770000 - 0x747FF000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\mlang.dll
0x71AD0000 - 0x71AD8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wsock32.dll
0x71AB0000 - 0x71AC5000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2_32.dll
0x71AA0000 - 0x71AA8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2HELP.dll
0x71A50000 - 0x71A8B000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
0x71A90000 - 0x71A98000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
0x01600000 - 0x01639000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\RASAPI32.DLL
0x76E90000 - 0x76EA1000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\rasman.dll
0x71C20000 - 0x71C6F000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\NETAPI32.dll
0x76EB0000 - 0x76EDA000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\TAPI32.dll
0x76E80000 - 0x76E8D000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\rtutils.dll
0x76B40000 - 0x76B6C000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WINMM.dll
0x76400000 - 0x765FB000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\msi.dll
0x722B0000 - 0x722B5000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\sensapi.dll
0x75A70000 - 0x75B13000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll
0x76F20000 - 0x76F45000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DNSAPI.dll
0x76FB0000 - 0x76FB7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
0x76F60000 - 0x76F8C000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
0x76FC0000 - 0x76FC5000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\rasadhlp.dll
0x63580000 - 0x63825000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\mshtml.dll
0x6FD80000 - 0x6FDB9000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\c_g18030.dll
0x6FD70000 - 0x6FD75000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\c_is2022.dll
0x746F0000 - 0x74719000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\msimtf.dll
0x63330000 - 0x63348000 C:\WINDOWS\ime\imkr6_1\imekrcic.dll
0x028D0000 - 0x028EB000 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Script Blocking\scrauth.dll
0x02A00000 - 0x02A1E000 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Script Blocking\ScrBlock.dll
0x76C30000 - 0x76C5B000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wintrust.dll
0x76C90000 - 0x76CB2000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
0x0FFD0000 - 0x0FFF2000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\rsaenh.dll
0x75C50000 - 0x75CE1000 c:\windows\system32\jscript.dll
0x746C0000 - 0x746E7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSLS31.DLL
0x72D20000 - 0x72D29000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wdmaud.drv
0x72D10000 - 0x72D18000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\msacm32.drv
0x77BE0000 - 0x77BF4000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSACM32.dll
0x77BD0000 - 0x77BD7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\midimap.dll
0x66E50000 - 0x66E8B000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\iepeers.dll
0x73000000 - 0x73023000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x74CB0000 - 0x74D1F000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\mshtmled.dll
0x71D40000 - 0x71D5B000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ACTXPRXY.DLL
0x73F70000 - 0x740B8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\quartz.dll
0x73EF0000 - 0x73EFF000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\devenum.dll
0x055E0000 - 0x055F5000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\npjpi140_01.dll
0x05620000 - 0x0563C000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\beans.ocx
0x05640000 - 0x05655000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\jpishare.dll
0x6D330000 - 0x6D445000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\client\jvm.dll
0x6D1D0000 - 0x6D1D7000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\hpi.dll
0x6D300000 - 0x6D30D000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\verify.dll
0x6D210000 - 0x6D228000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\java.dll
0x6D320000 - 0x6D32D000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\zip.dll
0x6D000000 - 0x6D0F6000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\awt.dll
0x6D180000 - 0x6D1D0000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\fontmanager.dll
0x69500000 - 0x6988A000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvoglnt.dll
0x73760000 - 0x737A5000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ddraw.dll
0x73BC0000 - 0x73BC6000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x6D2D0000 - 0x6D2DD000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\net.dll
0x085E0000 - 0x085EA000 D:\Winapps\Java\bin\packager.dll
0x6D510000 - 0x6D58C000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DBGHELP.dll
0x76BF0000 - 0x76BFB000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\PSAPI.DLL

Local Time = Sat Aug 31 00:00:22 2002
Elapsed Time = 2
#
# The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.0_01-b03 mixed mode)