AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  NetBeans/Sun App server - making them play nice          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message unnamedharald Guest Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:01 pm    Post subject: NetBeans/Sun App server - making them play nice I encountered problems trying to do lab exercises with the J2EE Sun App Server samples. It was extremely frustrating and even the Internet was no help. Sometimes it seems as if I always have problems no one else has. But just in case, I thought I'd mention how I solved them (though the nature of the solutions lead me to question why a lot of developers haven't had the same problems). 1) I installed the netbeans 4.1/Sun App Server bundle, taking all the defaults. Unfortunately, it doesn't update the PATH environment variable so I couldn't run asadmin, etc from the command line. I'll get back to this after I explain #2. 2) After changing the path and then trying to run asant deploy it didn't like "C:Program " which is what "C:Program Files... looks like to it. Since the install default puts everything in "C:Program Files", this is a problem (that I can't believe doesn't happen to a lot of people). Anyway, my solution was to uninstall netbeans/sunappserver and re-install in C:sun (or whatever, as long as there is no space in any of the dir names-- I also can't understant why Microsoft used a dir name with a space to hold applications, but apparently I don't understand a lot of things). Back to #1-- the path name I eventually added was C:sunnetbeans-4.1SunAppServer8.1bin. BTW, for Windows XP users, msconfig no longer lets you edit environment variables: right-click MyComputer > Properties > Advanced (tab) > Environment Variables (button) and there you are. If this saves a few people from chucking it all in then my work is done. Back to top IchBin Guest Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:20 pm    Post subject: Re: NetBeans/Sun App server - making them play nice unnamedharald wrote: Quote: I encountered problems trying to do lab exercises with the J2EE Sun App Server samples. It was extremely frustrating and even the Internet was no help. Sometimes it seems as if I always have problems no one else has. But just in case, I thought I'd mention how I solved them (though the nature of the solutions lead me to question why a lot of developers haven't had the same problems). 1) I installed the netbeans 4.1/Sun App Server bundle, taking all the defaults. Unfortunately, it doesn't update the PATH environment variable so I couldn't run asadmin, etc from the command line. I'll get back to this after I explain #2. 2) After changing the path and then trying to run asant deploy it didn't like "C:Program " which is what "C:Program Files... looks like to it. Since the install default puts everything in "C:Program Files", this is a problem (that I can't believe doesn't happen to a lot of people). Anyway, my solution was to uninstall netbeans/sunappserver and re-install in C:sun (or whatever, as long as there is no space in any of the dir names-- I also can't understant why Microsoft used a dir name with a space to hold applications, but apparently I don't understand a lot of things). Back to #1-- the path name I eventually added was C:sunnetbeans-4.1SunAppServer8.1bin. BTW, for Windows XP users, msconfig no longer lets you edit environment variables: right-click MyComputer > Properties > Advanced (tab) > Environment Variables (button) and there you are. If this saves a few people from chucking it all in then my work is done. 1 - I thought that I read when installing the sun app server you must not use any spaces in the home directory. This must be because of Microsoft's old internal dos names that is say 'C:Program Files' should be referenced as 'C:PROGRA~1'. Microsoft never cleaned up Dos from the days of old. I just ran in to the same problem, big time, when building the mod_jk to talk to Tomcat under windows with the 'Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003'. I have a HOWTO tutorial, at my website, under the 'KBase tab' that explains the problems. My link is in my signature at the bottom of this email. 2 - You can also change the environment variables by selecting Start Control Panel System icon Advance tab Environment variables button. Thanks in Advance... IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.servebeer.com __________________________________________________________________________ ' If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"' -William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-) Back to top unnamedharald Guest Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:37 pm    Post subject: Re: NetBeans/Sun App server - making them play nice I can understand WHY the no-space rule when installing (though I never read that anywhere)-- but why the DEFAULT would break that rule is a little silly. Back to top unnamedharald Guest Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:04 pm    Post subject: Re: NetBeans/Sun App server - making them play nice Also, I just discovered that since I made the two changes mentioned I am now able to run the JSF projects from NetBeans (e.g. tabbed-view). Before, I kept getting a nullpointerexception in some javaserverfaces init method resulting in an HTTP Status 500 browser error. Man, it's like Christmas. Back to top IchBin Guest Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:29 pm    Post subject: Re: NetBeans/Sun App server - making them play nice unnamedharald wrote: Quote: I can understand WHY the no-space rule when installing (though I never read that anywhere)-- but why the DEFAULT would break that rule is a little silly. I think I saw it when I was trying to install Sun's app server. When it asks for a different install directory. I was never able to install the app server because it would always hang on my Windows XP SP 2 machine while it was installing. I never saw any I/O while it installed. Beats me. I went to JBoss with no problems. -- Thanks in Advance... IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.servebeer.com __________________________________________________________________________ ' If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"' -William E. 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