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Bug 53340 - Links from EA2 welcome screen cause IDE to hang
Summary: Links from EA2 welcome screen cause IDE to hang
Status: CLOSED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: ide
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Extbrowser (show other bugs)
Version: 4.x
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Martin Grebac
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Reported: 2005-01-13 10:34 UTC by John Jullion-ceccarelli
Modified: 2005-07-12 12:59 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description John Jullion-ceccarelli 2005-01-13 10:34:46 UTC 
In EA2 build 200501130000, windows XP with
Internet Explorer as default browser (system
default), click any to external web page from
welcome screen. First time it works ok, but status
bar keeps saying "Starting browser". Click any
other link and the IDE freezes up for about two
minutes.
Comment 1 John Jullion-ceccarelli 2005-01-13 10:47:18 UTC 
This issue happens to me, working from home over VPN, doesn't happen
for Geertjan, who's at work with the same system. I remember yesterday
I wasn't having any problems with the welcome screen links either.
Lowering priority.
Comment 2 _ ludo 2005-01-13 16:10:21 UTC 
yes, sometimes, via vpn or other, same on Help menus that are external
web pages links...
Seems network timeout for url access...

Core netbeans... 

Maybe related, but sometimes also XML file validation takes forever...
Comment 3 Marian Petras 2005-01-21 08:44:34 UTC 
Module Utilities just gets the URL and calls an OpenAPI method

  org.openide.awt.HtmlBrowser.URLDisplayer.getDefault().showURL(url)

The method has no return value and does not declare any exceptions
that could be thrown so there is no feedback available. Once this
method is called, further actions are out of control of the Utilities
module.

From the message displayed ("Starting browser"), it is apparent that
the above call eventually leads to module ExtBrowser. The problem with
opening the page should be handled either by OpenAPI code
(URLDisplayer) or in module ExtBrowser, possibly in other modules
involved.

Changing component field to 'extbrowser' for further evaluation.
Comment 4 Martin Grebac 2005-02-07 10:46:37 UTC 
I'm not able to reproduce, so I added some logging msgs to extbrowser
module, so if you are able to check it again, please use new build
(will be in tomorrow's daily build) with this switch:

 -J-Dorg.netbeans.modules.extbrowser=0 

and attach the output here. Thanks.
Comment 5 John Jullion-ceccarelli 2005-02-14 15:51:22 UTC 
Can no longer reproduce, using build 20050213-1717
Comment 6 Martin Grebac 2005-02-14 17:17:10 UTC 
OK, I'm closing this now. Please reopen if you get to this again.