Native method cannot access $wnd in GWT Designer

[arikthered]

whenever I create a native method in a client class and access it:

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public class EditorViewer implements EntryPoint
{
   public native void create() /*-{
      $wnd.alert( "hi" );
   }-*/;

   public void onModuleLoad()
   {
      // ...
      create();
   }
}

I get a "Failure to load module" and the following stack trace:

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com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: JavaScript TypeError exception: '$wnd' is undefined
   at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ie.ModuleSpaceIE6.invokeNative(ModuleSpaceIE6.java:396)
   at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.ie.ModuleSpaceIE6.invokeNativeVoid(ModuleSpaceIE6.java:283)
   at com.google.gwt.dev.shell.JavaScriptHost.invokeNativeVoid(JavaScriptHost.java:127)
   at org.codehaus.plexus.web.editor.client.EditorViewer.create(EditorViewer.java:68)


Shouldn't $wnd always be defined? Is this a defect in the GWT Designer deployment/runtime? I am using version 1.0.1 (I had to, to solve another error).

[Eric Clayberg]

A couple of us tried your example using GWT 1.2.22 and the latest GWT Designer 1.0.1 build and did not have a problem. We pasted your code in an eisting entry point and ran it using Run As > GWT Application.

We could not reproduce your exception, so it is likely a local configuration issue on your end.

All I can suggest is to mke sure that you are using the latets version of both GWT and GWT Designer.