Introduction

The Java Activities Pack contains several activities that help you harness the power of Java code. With the ** Java Scope** activity, you can initialize a Java library, thus providing a scope for all subsequent activities. All activities in this pack must be run inside the aforementioned scope.

Install and Enable Java Access Bridge

1. Download Java Access Bridge

Download Java Access Bridge 2.0.2 from the Java Access Bridge Home Page at the following URL https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-tech-access-bridge.html

2. Installing Java Access Bridge for Windows 64-Bit

Copy the following files to the specified destination directories:

• %WINDOWSHOME% is the directory where Microsoft Windows is installed (for example, C:\WINDOWS).
• %JAVAHOME32% is the directory where your JDK or JRE for 32-bit systems is installed. The following are examples of directory names for Java SE 6 Update 24 for 32-bit systems:
  • § JDK: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\jre
  • § JRE: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6

Java Access Bridge File	** Destination Directory**
WindowsAccessBridge-32.dll	%WINDOWSHOME%\SYSWOW64
JavaAccessBridge-32.dll	%JAVAHOME32%\bin
accessibility.properties	%JAVAHOME32%\lib
access-bridge-32.jar	%JAVAHOME32%\lib\ext
jaccess.jar	%JAVAHOME32%\lib\ext

3. How to enable Java Access Bridge

• Go to Control Panel, choose Optimize Visual Display

• Check Enable Java Access Bridge

If it does not work then:

Step 1: Open Java app, open Task Manager

Step 2: Right click the Java app, then choose Properties

Step 3: Copy the location

Step 4: From Control Panel > choose Edit system environment variables.

Step 5: Click Environment Variables…

Step 6: Add the Location above to Path

Step 7: Go to Command line,

Step 8: Change directory to the Location above: cd <Location path from step 3>

Step 9: Run command: “jabswitch –enable”