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how to produce the exception 1. select print from file menu in java code editor. 2. click on page setup 3. exception occur....
java.lang.NullPointerException: null attribute at sun.print.IPPPrintService.isAttributeValueSupported(IPPPrintService.java:1147) at sun.print.ServiceDialog$OrientationPanel.updateInfo(ServiceDialog.java:2121) at sun.print.ServiceDialog$PageSetupPanel.updateInfo(ServiceDialog.java:1263) at sun.print.ServiceDialog.initPageDialog(ServiceDialog.java:266) at sun.print.ServiceDialog.<init>(ServiceDialog.java:243) at sun.print.RasterPrinterJob.pageDialog(RasterPrinterJob.java:657) at sun.print.RasterPrinterJob.pageDialog(RasterPrinterJob.java:614) at org.netbeans.modules.print.util.Config.showPageSetup(Config.java:70) at org.netbeans.modules.print.ui.Preview$18.actionPerformed(Preview.java:755) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:236) at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:272) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6041) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3265) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5806) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2058) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4413) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2116) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4243) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4322) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3986) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3916) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2102) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2440) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4243) [catch] at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599) at org.netbeans.core.TimableEventQueue.dispatchEvent(TimableEventQueue.java:104) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:177) at java.awt.Dialog$1.run(Dialog.java:1045) at java.awt.Dialog$3.run(Dialog.java:1097) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:1095) at org.netbeans.core.windows.services.NbPresenter.superShow(NbPresenter.java:863) at org.netbeans.core.windows.services.NbPresenter.doShow(NbPresenter.java:897) at org.netbeans.core.windows.services.NbPresenter.run(NbPresenter.java:885) at org.netbeans.core.windows.services.NbPresenter.run(NbPresenter.java:109) at org.openide.util.Mutex.doEventAccess(Mutex.java:1355) at org.openide.util.Mutex.readAccess(Mutex.java:268) at org.netbeans.core.windows.services.NbPresenter.show(NbPresenter.java:870) at java.awt.Component.show(Component.java:1422) at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Component.java:1375) at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Window.java:806) at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Dialog.java:985) at org.netbeans.modules.print.ui.UI$Dialog$2.run(UI.java:658) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:597) at org.netbeans.core.TimableEventQueue.dispatchEvent(TimableEventQueue.java:104) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:173) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:168) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:160) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 142008 ***
still Exist in this version Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200808241401) Java: 1.6.0_06; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 10.0-b22 System: Linux version 2.6.24-19-generic running on i386; UTF-8; en_US (nb)
It is bug in jdk 6 under Linux, CR 6741351. It can be fixed by jdk team only, so closing as WONTFIX.
WORKAROUND: use jdk 1.5
related issue: 145720.
*** Issue 146108 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Couldn't this be handled in NetBeans? Something like: if( java.version == 1.6){ pageSetupButton.disable(); dialog.add(new Label("pageSetup does not work with JDK 1.6. Use 1.5.")); }