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In a current developer build, bring up the "Add Server Instance" dialog, fill in the Platform Location, and click Browse. Exception arises: java.lang.NullPointerException at javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:161) at org.netbeans.swing.dirchooser.DirectoryChooserUI.createTopToolbar(DirectoryChooserUI.java:567) at org.netbeans.swing.dirchooser.DirectoryChooserUI.createCenterPanel(DirectoryChooserUI.java:429) at org.netbeans.swing.dirchooser.DirectoryChooserUI.installComponents(DirectoryChooserUI.java:192) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicFileChooserUI.installUI(BasicFileChooserUI.java:136) at org.netbeans.swing.dirchooser.DirectoryChooserUI.installUI(DirectoryChooserUI.java:176) at javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(JComponent.java:652) at javax.swing.JFileChooser.updateUI(JFileChooser.java:1791) It appears to be looking for a .gif that isn't available.
Ouch, I forgot to commit the icon, sorry for that. I think NetBeans CVS support must hide it from me... fixed in main trunk: cvs server: scheduling file `homeIcon.gif' for addition cvs server: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently RCS file: /cvs/core/swing/dirchooser/src/org/netbeans/swing/dirchooser/resources/homeIcon.gif,v done Checking in homeIcon.gif; /cvs/core/swing/dirchooser/src/org/netbeans/swing/dirchooser/resources/homeIcon.gif,v <-- homeIcon.gif initial revision: 1.1 done