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Build: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200811110201) VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 10.0-b19, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.6.0_04-b12 OS: Windows XP, 5.1, x86 Stacktrace: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.netbeans.modules.vmd.midp.propertyeditors.PropertyEditorComboBoxNoUserCode.getAsText(PropertyEditorComboBoxNoUserCode.java:130) at org.openide.explorer.propertysheet.RendererFactory$StringRenderer.reset(RendererFactory.java:967) at org.openide.explorer.propertysheet.RendererFactory$StringRenderer.connect(RendererFactory.java:931) at org.openide.explorer.propertysheet.RendererFactory.prepareString(RendererFactory.java:372) at org.openide.explorer.propertysheet.RendererFactory.getRenderer(RendererFactory.java:235) at org.openide.explorer.propertysheet.SheetCellRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(SheetCellRenderer.java:153)
Created attachment 73626 [details] stacktrace
steps to reproduce: - create new Mobile Application - from navigator add Font Resource - from navigator open font properties - close properties dialog - close HelloMIDet.java and discard changes - open HelloMIDet.java NPE
This problem is even deeper then I tough. It looks like some static non-final fields can be assign to the null references and then problem is propagated to all Property Editors which use this value. Most likely this problem exists in final release of 6.5. It is candidate for PATCH_2 for 6.5 change set: http://hg.netbeans.org/main?cmd=changeset;node=0f67f616124b
verified
fix backported into release65_fixes branch http://hg.netbeans.org/release65_fixes/rev/1249f3662c14
Fix is verified with 65patch2 on WinXP.