[udig-devel] uDig 1.1 RC12 is out (the best so far)

[Jesse Eichar]

Hi,

So I've just tried again with a similar system.  uDig ships with its  
own JRE so the version you have locally shouldn't matter.  There is  
one issue that I've found with the installer so far.  If uDig is not  
installed on the same drive as your home directory it will try to  
create a "home" on the same drive.  So it is possible that that could  
be a problem.  I'll explain what uDig tries to do maybe you can  
determine what is special about your installation that is causing it  
to fail.

Here's basically what is going on:

1.  uDig needs to write its private configuration information  
somewhere.  Since many computer have restricted access to Program  
Files it tries to use %APPDATA%\udig\uDig1.1-RC12 (the last bit is  
the version number).  Verify that that is a legal location
2.  uDig needs a place to write its default project, catalog  
information and maps.  It uses %HOMEPATH%\uDig.  That is the source  
of the above bug because apparently the variable doesn't specify the  
drive.
3.  uDig specifies the JVM to use.  It should be the one shipped with  
uDig.

I suspect one of those values are indicating a location of the  
harddrive that is restricted.

Jesse


On Oct 2, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov wrote:

>
> Not really wanting to join the developers list at this time, but I
> downloaded and installed RC12 for windows.  All it does for me is  
> give the
> UDIG splash screen and fail silently.  Both the Javaw.exe and the  
> udig.exe
> just drop off of the taskmanager window.  I have a WindowsXP SP2  
> box with
> Jre 5.11, 6.0,6.1, and 6.2 installed.  No Java SDK or Eclipse  
> installed at
> this time.
>
> Doug Newcomb
> USFWS
> Raleigh, NC
> 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb at fws.gov
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