[udig-devel] Re: uDig 1.1 RC13 available for testing

[Jesse Eichar]

Hi Matthias,

I realized after your email that I grabbed the wrong set of scripts so  
of course it didn't work.  I have another version online that Jody is  
testing right now.

Jesse

On 7-Jan-08, at 10:33 AM, Matthias Basler wrote:

> Jesse wrote:
>> I've installed it on both XP and Vista, Linux and Mac OS.  So I don't
>> know what is special about your machine.  It is possible that the
>> failure occurs because I built the exe on my mac for the first time
>> (Usually I build on linux).   I guess I have an incorrect exe
>> installer script....  I'll look into this.
>
> 1.
> I know the source of one problem:
> I told you I removed all temporary folders in order to simulate a  
> "fresh" computer with no uDig previously installed.
> However uDig11RC13 expects a directory
>  C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Matthias Basler\My Documents\uDig
> on my PC and fails to start if it doesn't exist.
> Must the directory given as "-data" argument in the command line  
> already exist?
>
> 2.
> Next thing is, the link in the start menu doesn't work.
> It has a "-noop" at the end. If I remove this, uDig starts
>
>
> Now the intro comes up, but closing it with "Go to workbench" gives  
> the next error:
> NullPointerException
>
> I LOVE NullPointerExceptions!!!
>
> Log is attached, again.
>
> Then I tried loading data, three test shapefiles as usual: "cities",  
> "bc_voting_areas" and "bc_border", using the add layer wizard. After  
> selecting the three the wizard took forever loading. I had to cancel  
> it after two minutes.
>
> Looks like something is gone very wrong.
>
> Have fun. ;-)
> -- 
> Matthias Basler
> matthiasbasler at earthflight.org
>
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