Peter.Schulte at gad.de wrote: >> Yes, but not with a Java 1.4.1 as ancient as yours. If I start a second >> XXE with command-line arguments, first instance is used to open the >> documents and this, even with Java 1.4.1 (1.4.1_07 though). > > Exciting. I deinstalled Java 1.4.1_03, installed 1.4.2_08 and I observed > the same behavior. > We tried both versions on another machine and got the problem too. > > As I mentioned before I had no problems with the previous version XXE > 3.0 and 3.0p1.
--> I confirm that if I start a second XXE 3.1 *with* *command-line* *arguments*, first instance is used to open the documents and this, on all platforms. --> I have found that this problem is related to your proxy server after all (we don't use proxies here at XMLmind -- except for testing). I can reproduce exactly the behavior you describe if I use Java 1.4.1 or Java 1.4.2 and if I declare a SOCKS proxy (This happens on Windows and on Linux. And this happens even if I specify ``no proxy for my local machine" using all its names and its IP addresses!). The workarounds are simple: * Use Options|Options, Proxies section and check "Direct connection to the Internet". * OR upgrade to Java 1.5 (I know you cannot do that for all your machines; this is just for recording the workaround in this mailing list). Conclusion: support of SOCKS proxies seems to be *very* buggy in Java 1.4. There is not much, we XMLmind, can do for that problem. Do not use SOCKS proxies with Java 1.4 or, recommended, upgrade to Java 1.5.
