How do I run VBRC tools?

All VBRC tools require Java to run and are launched using Java Web Start. To run any of our applications you must have Java 1.6 or higher (Java 1.8 recommended) installed. You can install Java from the Java site.

When you click on the link for any of our applications, it will download a .jnlp file onto your computer. If Java Web Start is configured to run in your browser, the application will automatically launch after it has been downloaded. Otherwise, you can click on the .jnlp file to launch the application. If a dialog appears with “Open using application…”, select the javaws application, located at <JAVA_HOME>/javaws.

NOTE: Java 9 and 10 work, but will show deprecation warnings. Ignore these warnings. Starting with Java 11, Java Web Start will no longer work.