running Eclipse RCP application from JWS: jws starts, but closes immediatly

when is start my eclipse RCP application from webstart by running the JNPL file i get the following lines in the console and after that it shuts down...

JNLP JREDesc in Component ignored: null
JNLP JREDesc in Component ignored: null

complete console output pasted below

the product id is correct as configured in my product configuration file...

the only thing i did extra was comment out all jars that refer to WPF files because they keep crashing when installing my app, i read somewhere on the internet that that should be no problem to comment out those lines...

can anyone help?

my main jnlp file is attached to this message

Java Web Start 1.6.0_13
Using JRE version 1.6.0_13 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\bvanvelsen
----------------------------------------------------
c: clear console window
...
...
...
and so on...
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JNLP JREDesc in Component ignored: null
JNLP JREDesc in Component ignored: null

Probably because of http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6705941

You can copy paste the jnlp file contents (surrounded by code tags) instead of uploading a screenshot.

ok, I can now download and "run" the application. that is, untill i run into this exception: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: antlr/CommonToken this comes from the antlr.jar and is located on the classpath of one of my eclipse plug-ins. this jar is also downloaded with webstart, so why cant it load the class?

Have you defined it in your jnlp file? Something like

mmm, no, is that in the top-level jnlp? because the other ones are generated by eclipse... do you have an example of this somewhere on the net?

thank you for the help

Top level? There should be one jnlp file.

Recommended reading http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/javaws/developersguide/faq.html#209
Check out the section "Can I rely on Class-Path in the manifest file?"

when I create the jars from my application then it creates a jar for each plug-in in my app. But on the classpath of some of those plug-ins there are references to other jars, and those jars cannot be found. so in an app with 10 plug ins I have 10 jars with an JNLP or each jar. and then there is one"root jnlp" that contains a reference to my product which i can use to start my application.

jan dressen wrote:. so in an app with 10 plug ins I have 10 jars with an JNLP or each jar. and then there is one"root jnlp" that contains a reference to my product which i can use to start my application.

You should be having one jnlp file. In that file you can refer to the other 10 jars like I mentioned in my previous post.

thanks, it works now...

Hi,

I'm having the exact same error/symptoms. As you stated in one of your posts, I have a JNLP file per JAR that was generated via Eclipse plus a top-level (root) JNLP included below. Could you provide details on the steps you took to resolve this?

?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="http://iss203707.issinc.com:9080/TnsClient" href="tnsclient.jnlp">
<information>
<title>TNS Client</title>
<vendor>ISSINC</vendor>
<description>TNS Client Application</description>
</information>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<application-desc main-class="org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.WebStartMain">
<argument>-nosplash</argument>
</application-desc>
<resources>
<jar href="plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar"/>
<extension name="Wrapper feature" href="features/com.issinc.tnsClient_1.0.0.jnlp" />
<property name="osgi.instance.area" value="@user.home/Application Data/tns-client-rcp"/>
<property name="osgi.configuration.area" value="@user.home/Application Data/tns-client-rcp"/>
<property name="eclipse.application" value="com.issinc.tnsClient.core.application"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Windows">
<j2se version="1.5+" />
</resources>
</jnlp>

Thanks!