Swing Designer won't open

[jdmccall]

I haven't used the product in a few months, actually this is my first attempt at using it after upgrading to Windows 7. I can't get it to run. When I click on the design tab I get the progress message "Opening Design page. Parsing...". This stays up for a minute or so until the Eclipse program goes away. I've tried opening several codes that I know it used to work with, each fail in the same way.

I'm experiencing this with both Eclipse 3.5 32 and 64 bit. I also tried Eclipse 3.5.1 64 bit. I was using SwingDesigner 7.2, but just tried 7.5 with the same results.

Any ideas for me?

Thanks,
Jon

[Eric Clayberg]

Does this happen for brand new JFrames and JPanels?

Does anything appear in your Eclipse ".log" file?

Have you tried installing into a new, clean copy of Eclipse 3.5?

You can also try restarting Eclipse with the -debug -consolelog command line options. Then hit Ctrl+Break in the console when it locks up. That should generate a thread dump and might help provide some insight.

[jdmccall]

Yes, it happens with a brand new JDialog.

I tried with a clean copy of Eclipse 3.5.1

I ran with -debug -console ... but hitting ctrl+break at that point just kicks me out of the application without generating a stack trace. When I let it just run the words "Parsing..." display on the screen, and then eclipse goes away after a few seconds.

Thinking it might have something to do with my workspace, I started a brand new workspace, created a new project, and created a new dialog. But get the exact same response when I try to design that new dialog.

[Eric Clayberg]

How much memory do you have assigned to run Eclipse and what does the Eclipse Heap Status indicator show when it is "parsing"?

[jdmccall]

It doesn't appear to be a memory problem. I've got 1Gig assigned, and when it is "parsing" it only shows 48 of 425 MB used. Not much appears to be going on with the process while it is parsing according to task manager.

I did see the debug output say that parsing was done once, but it still crashed Eclipse eventually.

Here is the log output if that helps. I'm at a loss for what to look at next.

Start VM: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\jre\bin\java.exe
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-jar C:\Eclipse3.5\Eclipse3.5.1_64\eclipse\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.201.R35x_v20090715.jar
-os win32
-ws win32
-arch x86_64
-showsplash
-launcher C:\Eclipse3.5\Eclipse3.5.1_64\eclipse\eclipsec.exe
-name Eclipsec
--launcher.library C:\Eclipse3.5\Eclipse3.5.1_64\eclipse\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.0.200
.v20090519\eclipse_1206.dll
-startup C:\Eclipse3.5\Eclipse3.5.1_64\eclipse\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.201.R35x_v20090715.jar
-exitdata 2a44_50
-debug
-console
-consolelog
-vm C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\jre\bin\java.exe
-vmargs
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-jar C:\Eclipse3.5\Eclipse3.5.1_64\eclipse\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.201.R35x_v20090715.jar
Install location:
file:/c:/Eclipse3.5/Eclipse3.5.1_64/eclipse/
Configuration file:
file:/c:/Eclipse3.5/Eclipse3.5.1_64/eclipse/configuration/config.ini loaded
Configuration location:
file:/c:/Eclipse3.5/Eclipse3.5.1_64/eclipse/configuration/
Framework located:
file:/c:/Eclipse3.5/Eclipse3.5.1_64/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.5.1.R35x_v20090827.jar
Framework classpath:
file:/c:/Eclipse3.5/Eclipse3.5.1_64/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.5.1.R35x_v20090827.jar
Splash location:
c:\Eclipse3.5\Eclipse3.5.1_64\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.platform_3.3.201.v200909170800\splash.bmp
Debug options:
file:/C:/Eclipse3.5/Eclipse3.5.1_64/eclipse/.options not found

osgi> Time to load bundles: 10
Starting application: 1420
!SESSION 2010-06-22 09:39:36.358 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=M20090917-0800
java.version=1.6.0_20
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -debug -console -consolelog

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 2 10035 2010-06-22 09:39:40.788
!MESSAGE The workspace exited with unsaved changes in the previous session; refreshing workspace to recover changes.
Application Started: 7250
Parsing...

[Eric Clayberg]

Have you tried 32-bit Eclipse with a 32-bit JVM?

So far, I am at a loss for why this might happen. It is extremely weird that you can't get a stack trace in -debug -consolelog mode.

Can you send us a screen shot of your "Help > About > Installation Details > Installed Software" page as well as a copy of your complete "Help > About > Installation Details > Configuration". Maybe that might reveal something.

[jdmccall]

Just tried it with the 32 bit Eclipse and get the same behavior, however it is version 7.2 of Swing Designer. It is strange that when the Parsing starts, ctrl+break doesn't do anything. Before that it works. Attached is my installed software image.

[jdmccall]

Here is my Configuration. Thanks for your help.

[Eric Clayberg]

Does it make any difference if you load the latest Swing Designer v7.5 build (the v7.5 build that you are currently using is from about 5 weeks ago)?

[jdmccall]

I installed the latest and it makes no difference. However, in the process I found that I can get it to run if I remote desktop into my computer. When I do that it runs everytime!

Running from remote desktop is not an acceptible option. Any ideas of what might be going on here?

[Alexander.Mitin]

Any hs_pid_xxxx.log file in Eclipse folder?
Could you try with new Windows profile?

[jdmccall]

I think we have it going now. There was no hs_pid_xxxx.log in the eclipse folder.

I logged on as another user and tried to open the designer. This time I got the registration screen. I filled that out and then the designer opened. Then I logged back on as my normal operating account, and everything works now.

Thanks so much for your help and persistance.

Jon

[Eric Clayberg]

That is very bizarre, but I am glad it is now working for you.