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Hey everyone,
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I'm trying to get JavaFX up and running and once I got the user libs installed and tried to run the demo project I got this error. I don't know how to solve it. I think it means my language module is out of date.
I'm installing FX in Eclipse 26-03 and FX SDK is as you see in the error 26.
I'm just a hobbyist and not too familiar with what's under the bonnet.
Any suggestion muchly appreciated.
Error occurred during initialization of boot layer
java.lang.module.FindException: Error reading module: C:\Users\jStev\OneDrive\Java Projects\JavaFX SDK\javafx-sdk-26.0.2\lib\javafx.base.jar
Caused by: java.lang.module.InvalidModuleDescriptorException: Unsupported major.minor version 68.0
