Sjur N?rsteb? Moshagen wrote: > After downloading and installing the latest version for MacOS X (at > http://www.xmlmind.net/xmleditor/_download/xxe-std-24p1.dmg), XXE > crashes upon startup with the following message: > > [LaunchRunner Error] The main class "com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.app.Start" > could not be found. > [JavaAppLauncher Error] CallStaticVoidMethod() threw an exception > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException > at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.run(LaunchRunner.java:85) > at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.callMain(LaunchRunner.java:50) > at > apple.launcher.JavaApplicationLauncher.launch(JavaApplicationLauncher.ja > va:52) > > What I did: > - the new version was put in the same place as the old one (I moved the > old one to the thrash, and emptied it) > - I removed the old ~/.xxe directory > - I removed both non-system Fonts folders (~/Library/Fonts and > /Library/Fonts) leaving only the System fonts available, to make sure > that the font bug wasn't causing the problem > - I restarted the machine > - I have tried to look in all your documentation on-line, but could not > find any help > - I deleted the old prefs file > (~/Library/Preferences/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.app.App.plist)
You don't need to do this. > XXE 2.4 (the previous version) runs fine on another Mac. > > Machine config: > - iMac 17" (G4) > - MacOS X 10.2.8 > - the latest Java updates from Apple I've upgraded my Mac to MacOS X 10.2.8 and I use the latest Java updates from Apple. I downloaded xxe-std-24p1.dmg (title bar should display Patch 2) from our (alternate, slow, xmlmind.com) site and installed it. Everything worked fine. I deleted ~/.xxe, ~/Library/Preferences/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.app.App.plist, etc, and was able to start XXE again by double-clicking on the XMLEditor icon. > After further investigation, it turns out that XXE starts just fine > from the command line, thus it is the GUI level binding to the > executable that is broken - double clicking does not work, and > generates the above error. It would be nice if this bug could be > documented, and the workaround listed until a fix is in place. > > Workaround: > > Open Terminal, and type on the command line: > > prompt$>cd APPLICATIONDIR/XMLEditor.App/Contents/Resources/Java > prompt$>./xxe & This means that the Java part of the XXE distribution is OK. Sorry but I cannot help you because I was not able to reproduce the nasty behavior you had. May be other Mac users can give us their feedback about similar problems.
