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RH 2020 - 'Java not found' when generating PDFs

Community Beginner ,
Jul 16, 2020 Jul 16, 2020

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Hi all,

 

Just installed the new RH 2020. Since, it's ran sluggishly - and when generating a PDF, it says ''Java not found' in the log.

 

Is my system's Java out of date?

 

Thanks.

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Community Expert , Feb 15, 2021 Feb 15, 2021

You are showing a link to the Java Development Kit. You require the Java Runtime Environment. 

 

Java SE Runtime Environment 8 - Downloads | Oracle United Kingdom

 

You may require a different link as the above is for the UK but it is the Runtime Environment you need.

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Jul 16, 2020 Jul 16, 2020

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RoboHelp itself does not need Java so anything you have there should not affect performance. Did you install to the default location with admin rights?

 

Generating a PDF does require Java. Open the About RoboHelp sample project and look at the PDF Output topic. It's explained there.

 

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020

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Hi Peter. Thank you for your response.

 

I am running the latest version of Java 8 - which is higher than the version specified in the topic:

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I will get in touch with technical support.

 

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Jul 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020

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That's the version I am on now and I can generate a PDF document. Please let us know what support say.

 

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Jul 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020

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Please post back when you hear from support! I'm also having the same issue (same version as you, 1.8.0 261). The installer had already added an entry in the system PATH variable (pointing to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath) and I tried adding the Java folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_261\bin) to JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME, to cover all bases... no luck.

 

If I check the java version in a cmd, it works.

C:\Users\ioana>java -version
java version "1.8.0_261"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_261-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.261-b12, mixed mode)

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Support are investigating now and will come back to me. Will let you know when I've found out more.

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My path is also C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath.

 

It will be interesting to see what Support come up with.

 

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Jul 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020

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Please install 64bit version of Java 8 and above. Let us know if that resolves the issue.

 

thanks

Amitoj Singh

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Participant ,
Jul 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020

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I confirm that it works after uninstalling the 32-bit version and installing the 64-bit version. Totally a user error problem on my side!

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New Here ,
Feb 15, 2021 Feb 15, 2021

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Hi:

 

I am new to Robohelp. Working with Version 2020.3.32.

Problem: I am unable to generate the PDF. 

 

Performed the following tasks:

Installed JDK (jdk1.8.0_281) and JRE (jre1.8.0_281) in the following path: C:\Program Files\Java

Created the following System Variables:

  1. JAVA_HOME with the value as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_281
  2. Added the following value %JAVA_HOME%\bin in PATH

Tried generating PDF output from both Command Prompt  and RoboHelp. Following error disrupting the generation of PDF

Error: Java not found 

Robohelp PDF Error.png

 

Please help!

Regards,

Radhika

 

 

 

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Dec 11, 2022 Dec 11, 2022

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I downloaded Java v.8 to path to Windows 10 PC.

My path is also C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath

I validated Java installation.

I restarted my machine and brownser.

But I still cannot generate PDF from Robohelp 2020.

Any suggestions?

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Community Expert ,
Jul 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020

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Good news.

 

For anyone else reading this thread, I have been advised that no path is required by RoboHelp to Java.

 

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Please see the other replies in this thread. The most likely reason is that you have installed the wrong version, 32 bit rather than 64 bit or the other way around.

 

Also see this page for full instructions. PDF Output (grainge.org)

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Thanks @Peter Grainge . I did install the 64 bit version of JAVA. 

The following versions:

jdk and jre 64 bit.png

 

from https://www.oracle.com/in/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html

and

https://www.oracle.com/in/java/technologies/javase-jre8-downloads.html

 

My system configuration:

System configurations.png

 

Also referred PDF Output (grainge.org)

 

Regards,

Radhika

 

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You are showing a link to the Java Development Kit. You require the Java Runtime Environment. 

 

Java SE Runtime Environment 8 - Downloads | Oracle United Kingdom

 

You may require a different link as the above is for the UK but it is the Runtime Environment you need.

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Thank you @Peter Grainge  for the suggestions. I am able generate the PDF.

 

Regards,

Radhika

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Quick update here - I just ran into this same issue (I'm on a Mac fwiw). I followed the suggestions here to install the latest JRE (runtime environment). However I still had the same problem.

Spoke with Adobe Support and they suggested installing the latest JDK (development kit). 

After installing the latest JDK I was able to successfully save PDFs. 

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I think  you installed the 32-bit version. Can you try the 64-bit version instead?

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