[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Compiling for older version of java

[joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (joel)]

Olivier Thomann wrote:

> This means you didn't install a JRE 1.5, so the jre 1.6 is picked up 
> instead of a 1.5 one.
> I recommend that you add a JRE 1.5 in the Preferences>Java>Installed JREs

Ok, so what you are saying is that setting the 'Execution Environment' to 
J2SE-1.5(jre1.6.0_02) without actually having the JRE 1.5 installed will 
not work as I expected to?  I was trying to avoid needlessly installing 
another version of the JRE.

--Joel