Hi, I am new to this environment.I have downloaded the batik-source-1.5.1 distribution and followed the instructions for setting up the "ant_home = C:\My Documents\swapna_kotha\batik\xml-batik " ,
"path= C:\My Documents\swapna_kotha\batik\xml-batik" and "java_home= C:\j2sdk1.4.1_04" to run the svgbrowser. When I run the build file it says: "ANT_HOME is set incorrectly or ant could not be located. Please set ANT_HOME." Then I tried setting my ant_home to "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-ant-1.6.1" it was throwing these exceptions: ----------------------------------------- [java] java.lang.NullPointerException [java] at javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:138) [java] at org.apache.batik.apps.svgbrowser.AboutDialog.buildGUI(AboutDi alog.java:166) [java] at org.apache.batik.apps.svgbrowser.AboutDialog.<init>(AboutDial og.java:104) [java] at org.apache.batik.apps.svgbrowser.Main.<init>(Main.java:357) [java] at org.apache.batik.apps.svgbrowser.Main.main(Main.java:190) [java] java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException [java] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [java] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAcces sorImpl.java:39) [java] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMet hodAccessorImpl.java:25) [java] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ProcessDestroyer.removeShutdown Hook(ProcessDestroyer.java:116) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ProcessDestroyer.remove(Process Destroyer.java:186) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:49 5) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.fork(Java.java:702) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.executeJava(Java.java:161) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.execute(Java.java:77) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.ja va:269) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:301) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:328) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1215) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1063 ) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:632) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:183) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:197) [java] at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:56) [java] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Shutdown in progress [java] at java.lang.Shutdown.remove(Shutdown.java:102) [java] at java.lang.Runtime.removeShutdownHook(Runtime.java:218) [java] ... 20 more [java] Java Result: 1 ----------------------------------------- I am using this software on Windows2000 and IE6 with j2sdk1.4.1_04. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Swapna. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]