Trouble connecting to MIT

[Wes_Savage]

I am located in Philippines. For two months I have had great difficulty connecting to MIT.
So much difficulty I am lucky to get connected once in 3 days! Even then, I cannot stay connected. I cannot accomplish anything.

Anyone else having difficulty?

[Anke]

AI2Offline

[Wes_Savage]

Why am I getting this?

[Anke]

AI2Offline problems

See here (in the old AI2 forum): https://groups.google.com/g/mitappinventortest/c/f17MC0QbA5Y/m/BNBKgOvJCQAJ https://groups.google.com/g/mitappinventortest/c/fUJNhywxIkI/m/OoSXIgNjAgAJ https://groups.google.com/g/mitappinventortest/c/ktimADJvt28/m/cJbF3jS_AgAJ

[Wes_Savage]

I searched the page for the error but there is no mention of it there.
I am not allowed to post to that group.

[Anke]

Custom Package Name

This is what i get when i try to open A2OFFLINE. [Screenshot_1]

Custom Package Name

[Wes_Savage]

Thank you so much Anke.
Sometimes you cant see the trees due to the forest !

Evidently my Java was removed while uninstalling Google Android package long time ago

[Wes_Savage]

I do not get it! I had it working for 20 minutes and it worked perfectly and then it quit!

I uninstalled and reinstalled everything and rebooted.

NOW I get the same EAccessViolation error again

I am running Win7

[Anke]

@Wes_Savage

I am running Win7

Me2, then post a video of your steps ... (until the problem shows up).
Did you follow all the steps I showed in my links?

Especially this:

Summary

[Wes_Savage]

Cant post a video because I don't have and it wont work now

Don't understand how to set JAVA_HOME
The link is 404
I did a complete scan of C: for WinStartAIServer and nothing was found

[Anke]

@Wes_Savage

Don't understand how to set JAVA_HOME

[Anke]

Setting JAVA_HOME variable on Windows 7

[Wes_Savage]

Accomplished and the cmd.exe confirms but I still have the error.

There is no WinStartAIServer or WinStartBuildServer

[Anke]

@Wes_Savage

There is no WinStartAIServer or WinStartBuildServer

Do you see / have this?

[Anke]

... and this:

[Wes_Savage]

I have the following:

[Wes_Savage]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

I did this in C:\AI2Offline\AI2U:

1. buildserver.cmd and leave DOS window open.
2. startAI.cmd
3. startInvent.cmd and it runs!
4. closeAI2U to shut it down and close all the DOS windows!

I suppose I can write an exe to do all this and make all DOS hidden but why is my offline not working? It worked once and only once! Why do I not have WinStartAIServer or WinStartBuildServer? Obviously those two Win cmd files do what I have and can do with an exe I will create but I would rather have a working package.

BTW: when I say I don't have a WinStart file what I do is go to top of C: and do a search for "WinStart". if any such file exists anywhere on the drive it will be found. They just don't exist even if I search in C:\AI2Offline\AI2U

Thank you so much Anke.

Sure hope someone reads this and can help me to get the full package

[Anke]

1. We are talking about JDK 8.
2. We are talking about AI2Offline and not AI2U (the latter has been deprecated for years.)

[Wes_Savage]

OK.
I search for "Java JDK8 Windows7" and Oracle gives me this page: Java Archive Downloads - Java SE 8 | Oracle Philippines

The page warns its a very old JDK and dangerous!

Still, even though AI2U is outdated that is what I get after installation.
I do not have WinStartAIServer or WinStartBuildServer

I downloaded AI2Offline_x64.exe from AI2Offline download | SourceForge.net as you recommended. ???????????

[Anke]

@Wes_Savage

I downloaded AI2Offline_x64.exe from AI2Offline download | SourceForge.net as you recommended.

I have always used the portable version from the beginning (also with AI2U):