B4J Question Java versions and the IDE

[Daestrum]

Does the IDE only allow Java versions 8 and 11 to be compiled ?

If I set the tools path to java 8 javac , it compiles in java 8.
If I set it to java 11 javac, it compiles in java 11.
If I set it to java 14 javac, it compiles in java 8 although the GetSystemProperty("java.version","") reports java 14.

 

[Erel]

It will also work with Java 9 and 10.

The recommended versions for now are 8 or 11. These are the long term versions.

If I set it to java 14 javac, it compiles in java 8 although the GetSystemProperty("java.version","") reports java 14.

It will always compile with the javac set in the paths dialog. However Java 14 is currently not supported.

 

[Daestrum]

However Java 14 is currently not supported.

Would that be on account of the supplied -source & -target params to javac ?

 

[Erel]

No. The IDE will not detect the version properly.

Java 14 is a short term supported version. Why do you want to use it?

 

[Daestrum]

Because we are using openjdk / openjfx, unless I am mistaken, these don't get updates / bug fixes. So we are basically using the version that was originally posted by yourself, when java 11 was available for use inthe IDE.

 

[Erel]

OpenJDK is updated. You can build your own package based on Java 11. You will just need to combine OpenJDK + OpenJFX in the same way as the package downloaded from here.