opening sapgui for java within Eclipse causes crash almost immediately

[abo]

Hi.

On my Linux desktop (debian/testing) I already had "SAP GUI for Java 7.50 rev 5" installed and working well, using the following packages:

• openjdk-11-jdk:amd64 11.0.9.1+1
• openjfx 11.0.7+0-5

(In fact, asking SAPGUI for more information says: "jdk.module.path: /usr/share/openjfx/lib")

Next, I installed Eclipse 2020-12 and confirmed that I can connect to my VM with the demo system.

In order to allow integration of the SAPGUI in Eclipse, I saw that I needed to modify eclipse.ini and did that, appending the following lines:

--module-path=/usr/share/openjfx/lib 
--add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH 

So, how is it possible that a couple of seconds after I ask Eclipse to embed the SAPGUI and logging in, the whole castle comes crashing down? The error points to an issue with JavaFX but I thought I had it covered already!

03.01. 16:09:48.098 ERROR: MissingResourceException: when try to load bundle: <com.sap.platin.base.control.usability.ActionDesc> for realLocal: <it> localeString: <it>

Is there anyone who tried that and got it to work?

[abo]

Answering my own question for the sake of documentation: while Eclipse can probably run fine with any JDK, apparently it will support embedding the Java SAPGUI only when run with SapMachine

I got the idea from a blog post where the author installed both OpenJDK and SapMachine.