AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  netbeans null pointer exception          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message lou Guest Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:07 pm    Post subject: netbeans null pointer exception Hi everyone, I have been using netbeans 5.0 for sometime with success. I noticed that I wasn't getting context-driven java documention when editing code, so I downloaded java documentation from the Sun website and added a link to the directory containing all of that documentation. The Netbeans platform manager seemed to accept that link. However, if I type, for example, System. into a source program, while netbeans shows me all methods and fields associated with System, no javadoc is available. Since I made this change, whenever I launch netbeans (on mac os x 10.4.6) I get a "null pointer exception", after which netbeans appears to start up normally. But it must not be normal, because I can't build any projects.Whenever I try, for any project, I get the message "Project X has a broken platform reference." I have no idea how to fix this broken reference because all settings in the java platform manager, the netbeans platform manager and the library manager look reasonable to me. I think my best bet is to trash my copy of netbeans and reinstall. But when I do this, all the same behavior occurs. Any ideas? all the best, Lou Back to top Lion-O Guest Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:07 pm    Post subject: Re: netbeans null pointer exception Quote: I noticed that I wasn't getting context-driven java documention when editing code, so I downloaded java documentation from the Sun website and added a link to the directory containing all of that documentation. I take it you unzipped the file ? Because if you're not using the documentation for anything else it might be better with regards to free diskspace to simply specify the .zip file as a whole. And where did you add this link ? Quote: The Netbeans platform manager seemed to accept that link. However, if I type, for example, System. into a source program, while netbeans shows me all methods and fields associated with System, no javadoc is available. And I take it you're sure to have downloaded the right javadoc for your jdk and you also assigned the javadoc to the right jdk ? What happens if you use the Javadoc index search (shift-f1 being the default key combo) ? If you try to enter something like "java.lang.String" and click find, does it show any results? -- Groetjes, Peter ..\\ PGP/GPG key: http://www.catslair.org/pubkey.asc Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Java Newsgroups----------------Java DiscussionsWeb-based java games comp.lang.java 3D Graphics API's for Java Java: Support and criticism Java System Announcements comp.lang.java.api JavaBeans Java and CORBA Java and Databases comp.lang.java.developer Java GUI Toolkits Java Help comp.lang.java.javascript JVM, native methods and hardware comp.lang.java.misc Java Language Programming Security and Java comp.lang.java.setup Java Software Tools comp.lang.java.tech ibm.software.java.linux  Non-English Java Newsgroups----------------Java Language (German)Language Java (Français)Java (Italian)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.