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Summary: | null pointer error in Forte while specifying a package name | ||
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Product: | platform | Reporter: | Jim Light <jhlight> |
Component: | -- Other -- | Assignee: | Stanislav Lukes <slukes> |
Status: | CLOSED FIXED | ||
Severity: | blocker | CC: | dstrupl |
Priority: | P1 | ||
Version: | 3.x | ||
Hardware: | PC | ||
OS: | Windows 95/98 | ||
Issue Type: | DEFECT | Exception Reporter: | |
Attachments: | ide.log, a Forte log file |
Description
Jim Light
2001-01-17 18:43:44 UTC
Created attachment 474 [details]
ide.log, a Forte log file
As I see in the attached log file, you have both JDK and Forte installed in "Program Files". The space in the path can be a cause of many problems. Could you please reinstall JDK and Forte to a path without spaces? I hope this will solve your problem. Please, write additional comments to this bug what the results of the reinstallation were. Regardless of whether it was installed in a dir with spaces, the IDE should now throw NPE from some random class somewhere, it should say "please do not put me in a directory with space" (or work!). This appears to be a core bug. Can someone please change the priority and/or severity appropriately? I reinstalled the JDK and Forte in the default directory suggested by the installer instead of the Program Files directory and the problem is gone. I will leave it up to you as to whether a caveat about spaces in the directory name is worth documenting during the install (the release notes or readme is too late). I will leave the status as NEW and let you decide whether further action is needed before closing it, but I'm inclined to think that the inability to handle blanks in a path name is a bug. Your call. In any event I am operational and satisfied with the result. Thanks for you prompt reply to this issue. - Jim Light (jhlight@aol.com) closed, now it works fine. |