I know you have been around almost is not longer than I. no insult was intended. thanks.
Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 6/11/2009 9:02 AM: > Thanks BJ > I'm pretty sure I can overcome this problem...(I've been using OFBiz of > several years now.) Not to insult anyone - I just wanted to let you guys > know that the README instructions do not give the desired results. IMHO, > the project shouldn't be putting out pre-packaged code with instructions > that don't work as advertised. It's just not good for business. But > then, that is just my humble opinion. > > Regards, > Ruth > BJ Freeman wrote: >> try running >> ant run >> or >> startofbiz.bat for windows >> or >> startofbiz.sh for linux >> >> >> Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 6/11/2009 8:42 AM: >> >>> To Whomever May Be Minding the Store... >>> >>> Yesterday I downloaded the most recent version from the Apache site >>> (the big "DOWNLOAD OFBIZ" button) and followed the directions in the >>> README file exactly as stated: >>> >>> Welcome to Apache OFBiz! >>> >>> If you have a release build all you need to run OFBiz is a 1.5 series >>> JDK (not just the JRE, the full J2SDK). >>> >>> However if you have downloaded ofbiz from SVN then you should >>> load the demo data (strongly advised) with the following command >>> on the command line: >>> >>> ant run-install >>> >>> Once that is properly setup just run the executable jar file >>> that comes with OFBiz, which is ofbiz.jar. To do this on the >>> command line you would run: >>> >>> j_*ava -jar ofbiz.jar*_ >>> >>> There are also start scripts for Windows and Unix-based >>> operating systems, namely startofbiz.bat and startofbiz.sh. >>> >>> Once OFBiz starts, you can look at the demo storefront at: >>> http://localhost:8080/ecommerce/ >>> >>> That is, I opened a command line and typed in: java -jar ofbiz.jar >>> I pointed my browser to "http://localhost:8080/ecommerce"; with the >>> following result: >>> >>> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space >>> java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1770) >>> java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1735) >>> org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredAttrNSImpl.synchronizeData(Unknown >>> Source) >>> org.apache.xerces.dom.AttrImpl.getSpecified(Unknown Source) >>> org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredElementNSImpl.synchronizeData(Unknown >>> Source) >>> org.apache.xerces.dom.ElementImpl.getNodeName(Unknown Source) >>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilXml.firstChildElement(UtilXml.java:655) >>> >>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilProperties.xmlToProperties(UtilProperties.java:779) >>> >>> >>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilProperties$ExtendedProperties.<init>(UtilProperties.java:921) >>> >>> >>> >>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilProperties.getProperties(UtilProperties.java:539) >>> >>> >>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilProperties$UtilResourceBundle.getBundle(UtilProperties.java:850) >>> >>> >>> >>> org.ofbiz.base.util.UtilProperties.getResourceBundle(UtilProperties.java:485) >>> >>> >>> ... >>> >>> FYI - I just wanted to see how well the distribution/download works. >>> This is just to let you know that its not working so well. At least not >>> for this instance/version. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ruth >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- BJ Freeman http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation http://bjfreeman.elance.com http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro Systems Integrator.
