Re: Troubles running samples

There's a weird bug in SwiXml that we haven't been able to track down 
yet.  Personally I think it's something in j2se but....

The symptoms you've described sound similar to what I've seen with this 
bug. Basically, sometimes saying .render("some/valid/path.xml") just 
doesn't work. It can't find the file. I've had two almost identical 
classes side by side and had one work and one not. I can't explain it.  
I've looked at the SwiXml source and it was doing everything correctly. 
The way I get around it is to never specify a path that way. Instead I 
always use .render(new File("some/valid/path.xml")) which is arguably 
not the most efficient way to specify it but it's the one that requires 
the least typing.

I can't comment on the icons issue without seeing the xml and knowing 
where the icons are and all that.

-Kate



On May 2, 2004, at 12:49 PM, Olivier Poppon wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have just discovered SwiXml and I would really start playing with 
> it, but I have a few problems just running the examples.
> I have seen several similar messages in the mailing archives, but 
> there was no proper answer.
>
> I am using Mac OS X 10.3, with java 1.4.2.
> I have put the swixml.jar in the /Library/Java/Extensions directory 
> (which add it automatically to the CLASSPATH).
>
> Then I go to the "samples" directory of swiXml. I compile all the 
> .java.
> Then I try to run one :
> 	olivier@Moon:~/Java/swixml_139/samples $ java Actions
> I get this:
> 	java.io.IOException: Resource could not be found xml/actions.xml
>
> I tried using a classpath like : java -classpath .:xml Actions, but it 
> does not work either.
>
> But if I change in Actions.java the instruction to load the xml file 
> from this :
>       swix = new SwingEngine( this );
>       swix.render( "xml/actions.xml" );
> to this:
> 		import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
> 		...
>       swix = new SwingEngine( this );
>       swix.render( new SAXBuilder().build("xml/actions.xml") );
>
> Then it "works", as I can see the window/frame of the application.
>
> However, I see no icons in the menu bar
> (I also tried to run it using a classpath like : java -classpath 
> .:icons)
>
> and the combo does not work (there is a reference to it inside the 
> actions.xml as <combobox initclass="ComboModel" Action="petAction" 
> PrototypeDisplayValue="1234567890|1234567890"/>), and I have this 
> error :
> 	initclass not instantiated : 
> ComboModeljava.lang.ClassNotFoundException: ComboModel
>
> This ComboModel class is in the same directory as Actions.
>
> Can anyone help me on this ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Olivier
>
>
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