I'm still having trouble upgrading from 2.0 to newer releases. I'm working along reasonable well in the original 2.0 release. I just tried the 2.0.1 release, and get the exact behavior I've run into with every release since 2.0, namely the "Unknown Window Type" Designer window 100% of the time.
I installed 2.0.1, start up Eclipse, and immediately open a small GWT composite, then click Design tab. Up comes Unknown Window Type.
I'm running Kubuntu Feisty with 32 bit Java, 32 bit Eclipse 3.3, and it has been working quite well in general with Designer. You may remember that I found that all features began working under KDE since 2.0, a clear improvement.
I'm puzzled as to why 2.0 works for the most part, but subsequent releases don't. Earlier you had mentioned a possible configuration difference, but I haven't changed any configurations since . Any hints, ideas? Does the stack trace suggest anything?
I would like to upgrade, as 2.0 does have a few problems. After working for awhile, 2.0 can start having "Unknown Window Type" problems, and sometimes go into a loop somewhere and require a kill/restart of Eclipse. These usually happen after a couple of hours of intensive work with Designer.
Thanks!
!SESSION 2007-08-03 10:59:37.026 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=I20070625-1500
java.version=1.5.0_11
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86
!ENTRY com.swtdesigner 4 4 2007-08-03 10:59:53.641
!MESSAGE Designer internal error [6.4.1.20070803065409]: org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableError: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: XPCOM error -2147221164
!STACK 0
org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableError: org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableError: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: XPCOM error -2147221164
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.UIObjectInfo.getState(UIObjectInfo.java:360)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.UIObjectInfo.classByName(UIObjectInfo.java:150)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.UIObjectInfo.<init>(UIObjectInfo.java:62)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.WidgetInfo.<init>(WidgetInfo.java:49)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.panel.AbstractContainerInfo.<init>(AbstractContainerInfo.java:35)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.panel.ThisCompositeInfo.<init>(ThisCompositeInfo.java:45)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.GWTJavaInfoFactory.create(GWTJavaInfoFactory.java:203)
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.JavaInfoParser$ParserVisitor.visit(JavaInfoParser.java:2695)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.TypeDeclaration.accept0(TypeDeclaration.java:466)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.acceptChildren(ASTNode.java:2546)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.CompilationUnit.accept0(CompilationUnit.java:213)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.JavaInfoParser.parse(JavaInfoParser.java:317)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.parseCompilationUnit(DesignerEditor.java:1136)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor$17.execute(DesignerEditor.java:1068)
at com.swtdesigner.model.swing.properties.custom.DesignTimeHelper.execute(DesignTimeHelper.java:54)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.handleActivate(DesignerEditor.java:1062)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.handleActivate(DesignerEditor.java:1055)
at com.swtdesigner.editors.MultiPageEditor.showDesignEditor(MultiPageEditor.java:421)
at com.swtdesigner.editors.MultiPageEditor$2.widgetSelected(MultiPageEditor.java:191)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:227)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1101)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1125)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1110)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:951)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.setSelection(CTabFolder.java:3227)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.onMouse(CTabFolder.java:2005)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder$1.handleEvent(CTabFolder.java:316)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1101)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3319)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2971)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:106)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:153)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:504)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:443)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1169)
Caused by: org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableError: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: XPCOM error -2147221164
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.support.GWTState.<init>(GWTState.java:138)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.support.browser.moz.GWTStateMoz.<init>(GWTStateMoz.java:27)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.support.browser.moz.BrowserSupportFactory.createState(BrowserSupportFactory.java:12)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.support.GWTState.createState(GWTState.java:1442)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.UIObjectInfo.getState(UIObjectInfo.java:358)
... 53 more
Caused by: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: XPCOM error -2147221164
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Mozilla.error(Mozilla.java:1296)
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Mozilla.create(Mozilla.java:398)
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Browser.<init>(Browser.java:109)
at com.instantiations.designer.gwt.moz.BrowserShell.<init>(BrowserShell.java:58)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.support.browser.moz.GWTStateMoz.createBrowserShell(GWTStateMoz.java:46)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.support.GWTState.<init>(GWTState.java:122)
... 57 more
!ENTRY com.swtdesigner 4 4 2007-08-03 10:59:53.713
!MESSAGE Designer internal error [6.4.1.20070803065409]: com.swtdesigner.properties.PropertyException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
!STACK 0
org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableError: com.swtdesigner.properties.PropertyException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.factory.JavaInfoFactory.create(JavaInfoFactory.java:118)
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.factory.JavaInfoFactory.create(JavaInfoFactory.java:95)
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.factory.JavaInfoFactory.create(JavaInfoFactory.java:88)
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.JavaInfoParser$ParserVisitor.endVisit(JavaInfoParser.java:1442)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ClassInstanceCreation.accept0(ClassInstanceCreation.java:336)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.acceptChild(ASTNode.java:2523)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Assignment.accept0(Assignment.java:311)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.acceptChild(ASTNode.java:2523)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ExpressionStatement.accept0(ExpressionStatement.java:143)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.acceptChildren(ASTNode.java:2546)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Block.accept0(Block.java:135)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.acceptChild(ASTNode.java:2523)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MethodDeclaration.accept0(MethodDeclaration.java:501)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.JavaInfoParser$ParserVisitor.visit(JavaInfoParser.java:2927)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.TypeDeclaration.accept0(TypeDeclaration.java:466)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.acceptChildren(ASTNode.java:2546)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.CompilationUnit.accept0(CompilationUnit.java:213)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:2476)
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.JavaInfoParser.parse(JavaInfoParser.java:317)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.parseCompilationUnit(DesignerEditor.java:1136)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor$17.execute(DesignerEditor.java:1068)
at com.swtdesigner.model.swing.properties.custom.DesignTimeHelper.execute(DesignTimeHelper.java:54)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.handleActivate(DesignerEditor.java:1062)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.handleActivate(DesignerEditor.java:1055)
at com.swtdesigner.editors.MultiPageEditor.showDesignEditor(MultiPageEditor.java:421)
at com.swtdesigner.editors.MultiPageEditor$2.widgetSelected(MultiPageEditor.java:191)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:227)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1101)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1125)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1110)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:951)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.setSelection(CTabFolder.java:3227)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.onMouse(CTabFolder.java:2005)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder$1.handleEvent(CTabFolder.java:316)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1101)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3319)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2971)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:106)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:153)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:504)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:443)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1169)
Caused by: com.swtdesigner.properties.PropertyException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.GWTJavaInfoFactory.create(GWTJavaInfoFactory.java:159)
at com.swtdesigner.model.parser.factory.JavaInfoFactory.create(JavaInfoFactory.java:112)
... 64 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.GWTJavaInfoFactory.create(GWTJavaInfoFactory.java:151)
... 65 more
Caused by: org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableError: org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableError: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: XPCOM error -2147467259
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.UIObjectInfo.getState(UIObjectInfo.java:360)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.UIObjectInfo.classByName(UIObjectInfo.java:150)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.UIObjectInfo.<init>(UIObjectInfo.java:62)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.WidgetInfo.<init>(WidgetInfo.java:49)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.panel.AbstractContainerInfo.<init>(AbstractContainerInfo.java:35)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.panel.PanelInfo.<init>(PanelInfo.java:25)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.panel.ComplexPanelInfo.<init>(ComplexPanelInfo.java:23)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.panel.CellPanelInfo.<init>(CellPanelInfo.java:20)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.panel.VerticalPanelInfo.<init>(VerticalPanelInfo.java:28)
... 70 more
Caused by: org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableError: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: XPCOM error -2147467259
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.support.GWTState.<init>(GWTState.java:138)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.support.browser.moz.GWTStateMoz.<init>(GWTStateMoz.java:27)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.support.browser.moz.BrowserSupportFactory.createState(BrowserSupportFactory.java:12)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.support.GWTState.createState(GWTState.java:1442)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.UIObjectInfo.getState(UIObjectInfo.java:358)
... 78 more
Caused by: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: XPCOM error -2147467259
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Mozilla.error(Mozilla.java:1296)
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Mozilla.create(Mozilla.java:266)
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Browser.<init>(Browser.java:109)
at com.instantiations.designer.gwt.moz.BrowserShell.<init>(BrowserShell.java:58)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.support.browser.moz.GWTStateMoz.createBrowserShell(GWTStateMoz.java:46)
at com.swtdesigner.gwt.model.widgets.support.GWTState.<init>(GWTState.java:122)
... 82 more
!ENTRY com.swtdesigner 4 4 2007-08-03 10:59:54.135
!MESSAGE Designer internal error [6.4.1.20070803065409]: XPCOM error -2147221164
!STACK 0
org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: XPCOM error -2147221164
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Mozilla.error(Mozilla.java:1296)
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Mozilla.create(Mozilla.java:866)
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Browser.<init>(Browser.java:109)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.actions.error.DesignerExceptionDialog.createDialogArea(DesignerExceptionDialog.java:53)
at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.TitleAreaDialog.createContents(TitleAreaDialog.java:147)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.actions.error.DesignerExceptionDialog.createContents(DesignerExceptionDialog.java:37)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.create(Window.java:426)
at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.create(Dialog.java:1081)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:785)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.actions.error.DesignerExceptionUtils.showException(DesignerExceptionUtils.java:31)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.parseCompilationUnit(DesignerEditor.java:1150)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor$17.execute(DesignerEditor.java:1068)
at com.swtdesigner.model.swing.properties.custom.DesignTimeHelper.execute(DesignTimeHelper.java:54)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.handleActivate(DesignerEditor.java:1062)
at com.swtdesigner.gef.DesignerEditor.handleActivate(DesignerEditor.java:1055)
at com.swtdesigner.editors.MultiPageEditor.showDesignEditor(MultiPageEditor.java:421)
at com.swtdesigner.editors.MultiPageEditor$2.widgetSelected(MultiPageEditor.java:191)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:227)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1101)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1125)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1110)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:951)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.setSelection(CTabFolder.java:3227)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.onMouse(CTabFolder.java:2005)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder$1.handleEvent(CTabFolder.java:316)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1101)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3319)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2971)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:106)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:153)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:504)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:443)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1169)