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Bug 339563 - Unable to edit Preferences
Summary: Unable to edit Preferences
Status: CLOSED NOT_ECLIPSE
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Debug (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-Debug-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-03-10 12:52 EST by adrburk CLA
Modified: 2011-03-23 09:53 EDT (History)
2 users (show)

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Exception thrown details (6.94 KB, text/plain)
2011-03-10 13:01 EST, adrburk CLA
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Description adrburk CLA 2011-03-10 12:52:09 EST
Build Identifier: 20110218-0911

Everytime I try edit preferences, the following error is displayed preventing me for changing settings.

Unable to create the selected preference page.
org.w3c.dom.Document.getXmlStandalone()Z


Installation & Configuration details:
=====================================
*** Date: Thursday 10 March 2011 17:47:08 Greenwich Mean Time

*** Platform Details:

*** System properties:
awt.toolkit=sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
eclipse.application=org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench
eclipse.buildId=M20110210-1200
eclipse.commands=-os
win32
-ws
win32
-arch
x86
-showsplash
-launcher
C:\helios_eclipse\eclipse.exe
-name
Eclipse
--launcher.library
C:\helios_eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.2.R36x_v20101222\eclipse_1312.dll
-startup
C:\helios_eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar
-exitdata
1a0_40
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
-vm
c:/Program Files/Java/jre6/bin/javaw.exe
eclipse.home.location=file:/C:/helios_eclipse/
eclipse.launcher=C:\helios_eclipse\eclipse.exe

** Apologies if this is the wrong forum to raise this issue.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch eclipse 
2. Window > Preferences > Java > Compiler
3. Message: "An error has occurred when creating this preference page."
Comment 1 adrburk CLA 2011-03-10 13:01:03 EST
Created attachment 190888 [details]
Exception thrown details

Full details of Exception thrown
Comment 2 Prakash Rangaraj CLA 2011-03-11 01:01:23 EST
Not sure whether it belongs to JDT/Debug. Assigning to JDT for now
Comment 3 Michael Rennie CLA 2011-03-22 14:01:44 EDT
(In reply to comment #1)
> Created attachment 190888 [details]
> Exception thrown details
> 
> Full details of Exception thrown

I have no idea what could be causing this. It looks like the Apache xalan code is calling an org.w3c method that does not exist.
Comment 4 adrburk CLA 2011-03-23 05:26:07 EDT
This can be closed. The resolution was to reinstall eclipse and JDK.
Comment 5 Michael Rennie CLA 2011-03-23 09:53:55 EDT
(In reply to comment #4)
> This can be closed. The resolution was to reinstall eclipse and JDK.

Thanks for reporting back.

Closing as NOT_ECLIPSE