Hello, I tried to start XXE in many ways including your recommendations found in FAQ. It always threw this error message:
internal error: cannot create application: java.lang.NullPointerException: javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder.<init>(Unknown Source) com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsTableHeaderUI$XPDefaultRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(Unknown Source) javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI.getHeaderRenderer(Unknown Source) javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI.getHeaderHeight(Unknown Source) javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI.createHeaderSize(Unknown Source) javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source) javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source) javax.swing.ViewportLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source) java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source) java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source) Of course, you must use "java ..." instead of "start javaw" to see this. I'm running WXP SP2, JRE 1.5.0 and XXE 2.7p1, but it was the same on WXP SP1, JRE 1.4.2 and XXE 2.6 (and some combinations of different versions). I added env. paths to JRE's \lib directory, started from different partitions and so on. Same result :-(. P.S.: Yes, I have the Standard edition of XXE. P.P.S.: I even tried to start XXE under Red Hat Linux 7.3 using JRE 1.5.0 and the 2.7p1 version started without any problem. -- Adam Ho?ek aka Mamuf van Shmuuf ------------------------------------ e-mail mamuf at centrum.cz ICQ #84120575 homepage http://mamuf.advel.cz weblog http://mamuf.bloguje.cz

