How does HP Vugen locate the JRE used to record scripts?

Question

Recording a Vugen script using Java over HTTP requires a JRE.

How does HP Vugen locate this JRE used?

On a Windows 7, I've installed a fresh copy of JRE (without JDK), removed the PATH system variable, deleted all the registry entries under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft, and restarted HP Vugen. However, HP Vugen is still able to locate the installed JRE.

I'm using HP Vugen 12.01.

Answer 1

This is the answer I got from the responsible engineer:

Record: Java over HTTP(JOH) protocol uses WEB protocol for recording and than convert C-script to Java-script. JOH recording doesn't depend on JRE at all.

Replay: For replay you must have installed JDK.

• Java 8 not supported yet
• "%LR_PATH%/jre" it is default JRE for Flex protocol.

LR uses JRE from JDK directory: JDK_PATH\jre. You cannot change this setting from VuGen. You can copy your own JRE to JDK_PATH\jre and use that JDK

Hope this helps