Eclipse Crashes when using GXT components

[psypaul]

Hi,

when I'm in design view and click on GXT components my Eclipse crashes and closes immediately.
Can someone please help?

I have attached my eclipse thread printouts.

Thank you
Paul

[psypaul]

Hi,

me again.
In designer view, as soon as I select the 'ContentPanel' from GXT panels, eclipse immediately exists without an error message being displayed.

Today, this is showing up in my workspace log file:

!SESSION 2010-10-13 10:39:48.875 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=I20100608-0911
java.version=1.5.0_11
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_ZA
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product

!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.natives 2 0 2010-10-13 11:00:48.421
!MESSAGE Could not remove temporary backup directory (it is safe to manually delete it and its contents): C:\DOCUME~1\DEVELO~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\epp.package.jee_25749a3f7aa0_c0a8a8770bae
!SESSION 2010-10-13 11:25:03.406 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=M20100909-0800
java.version=1.5.0_11
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_ZA
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product

!ENTRY com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite 1 0 2010-10-13 11:25:12.718
!MESSAGE Registering: com.google.appengine.eclipse.sdkbundle.1.3.7_1.3.7.v201008311427

!ENTRY com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite 1 0 2010-10-13 11:25:12.859
!MESSAGE Registering: com.google.gwt.eclipse.sdkbundle.2.0.4_2.0.4.v201006301309
!SESSION 2010-10-13 11:35:05.937 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=M20100909-0800
java.version=1.5.0_11
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_ZA
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product

!ENTRY com.instantiations.eclipse 1 0 2010-10-13 11:35:41.796
!MESSAGE Failed to determine version of plugin com.instantiations.eclipse.application.audit

!ENTRY com.instantiations.eclipse 1 0 2010-10-13 11:35:41.812
!MESSAGE Failed to determine version of plugin com.instantiations.profiler.ui

!ENTRY com.instantiations.eclipse 1 0 2010-10-13 11:35:41.812
!MESSAGE Failed to determine version of plugin com.windowtester.runtime

!ENTRY com.instantiations.eclipse 1 0 2010-10-13 11:35:41.812
!MESSAGE Failed to determine version of plugin com.windowtester.runtime

[psypaul]

Hi,

seems like my version of the JDK was causing the problem. (I had JDK 1.5 build 11)
I upgraded to JDK 1.6 build 13.
This fixed the problem.

Cheers
Paul

[Eric Clayberg]

That was going to be my suggestion as well. GXT can be temperamental when used with an older JVM.