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Hi, Brandon.
There is a Windows .exe file and there are script files for
Windows and Linux/Unix. What sort of file would this be? Is
it something you could make and contribute to the project?
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Applications in MacOS are stored in what are called Bundles.
A bundle is a directory with a specific structure and some
files that store things about the application such as the
icon and how to run it. When the user double-clicks a
bundle, it runs like an executable and the user doesn't have
to know that it is anything more than a single file.
Apple has a nice little tool to make bundles for java
programs. I finally got SourceJammer reorganized to work as
a bundle yesterday except for one error.
I get a dialog window stating, "Sourcejammer is having
trouble with the display text file. Either the file cannot
be found or it is improperly formatted. Please check the
file and restart SourceJammer when the problem is resolved."
What file is it referring to? After I get this error fixed,
I think I'll be done and ready to package up the bundle for
you. For future releases, you can just replace the jars in
the bundle with updated versions yourself.
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> What file is it referring to?
english.props in the conf directory.
Please not that SJ needs to be able to read and write to its
conf directory. This may or may not be possible if this
directory is inside of a bundle. The conf directory is set
as a start up paramater for StartGUI (the startup class for
the SJ GUI).
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I'm working on this issue. I had the parameter set 'right',
but i forgot to make sure the current directory was set to
where I thought it was when a bundle runs :) So, I've got it
pointing to the right conf dir, but now, the program crashes
or freezes during the splash screen. Im still trying to find
an error message. I don't know exactly where macOS stores
the error. I'll be checking into that now
Bundles are directories ending in .app
If you are interested, here is what the Bundle looks like:
../SourceJammer.app #our bundle and current directory
./Contents/MacOS #where the executable application stub is
./Contents/Resources/conf #conf dir
./Contents/Resources/docs
./Contents/Resources/Java #directory where the jars are stored
./Contents/Resources #where everything related to the
program resides
./Contents/Resources/MRJApp.properties #Holds all of the
environmental variables and java properties for runtime
Those are the important bits. To make this work, the
classpath in MRJApp.properties contains all of the
Contents/Resources/Java/jar files
And the parameter is changed to Contents/Resources/conf
Any questions or answers?
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No answers, really. In all likelihood, an exception is being
thrown somewhere in the startup methods, which run after the
splash screen is displayed. This could be just about
anything. If you could only see the System.out, you'd see
the exception message.
Could be the location of english.props, filehist.props or
some other conf file. Could also be a classpath error.
--Rob
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I found the console where errors go. I don't know why this
is happening.
Here is the log:
ac - /Users/brandon/Desktop/SourceJammer.app/conf.xml
ac -
/Users/brandon/Desktop/SourceJammer.app/SourceJammer.app/Contents/Resources/conf/conf.xml
cc -
/Users/brandon/Desktop/SourceJammer.app/SourceJammer.app/Contents/Resources/conf/clientconf.xml
java.io.FileNotFoundException: english.props (No such file
or directory)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:59)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:90)
at
org.sourcejammer.client.DisplayTextLibrary.<init>(Unknown
Source)
at
org.sourcejammer.client.DisplayTextLibrary.initializeInstance(Unknown
Source)
at org.sourcejammer.client.gui.SJGuiClient.main(Unknown Source)
at org.sourcejammer.client.gui.StartGUI.main(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.run(LaunchRunner.java:88)
at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.callMain(LaunchRunner.java:50)
at
apple.launcher.JavaApplicationLauncher.main(JavaApplicationLauncher.java:61)
ac -
/Users/brandon/Desktop/SourceJammer.app/Contents/Resources/conf.xml
ac -
/Users/brandon/Desktop/SourceJammer.app/Contents/Resources/./conf/conf.xml
cc -
/Users/brandon/Desktop/SourceJammer.app/Contents/Resources/./conf/clientconf.xml
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
java/awt/event/WindowFocusListener
at org.sourcejammer.client.gui.SJGuiClient.main(Unknown Source)
at org.sourcejammer.client.gui.StartGUI.main(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.run(LaunchRunner.java:88)
at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.callMain(LaunchRunner.java:50)
at
apple.launcher.JavaApplicationLauncher.main(JavaApplicationLauncher.java:61)
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SJ requires Java 1.4.0 or later. WindowFocusListener may not
be available in the version of Java you are trying to use.
And as to why it can't find english.props. I could only guess.
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This is very odd then. when using the sj_gui script,
SourceJammer runs fine and macOS X has java 1.4. I'll have
to look at the source code. There might be some property I
need to set