JP1 Remotes

I have been having no luck getting RemoteMaster to run on any of my PC's. I have installed Java (1.4.2.06) and it appears to run normally. I have installed the latest RDF files (1.17) into a separate directory. When I try to run the program, I receive an error stating that no RDF files were found and then see a window where I can select where those files might be. When I select that directory, no files are visible. I have double-checked that the files are RDF's in their properties.
Every time I try to run RM, the program does the same thing. I have read of a few other users having this problem, but have heard little of solutions. I suspect that this is a problem with Java, based on the error file that is generated but for me it sheds little light on the problem. I have included part of the error file for any more experienced users: (generally the end of the file)

Warning: Shape defined for unknown button Angle
Warning: Shape defined for unknown button Random
DeviceUpgrade.setRemote(), protocol "Acer Keyboard" (01 11) is not built into remote Anthem
protocol "Acer Keyboard" (01 11) will be used.
Setting devPamrs[ 0 ](Device) to null
Setting devPamrs[ 1 ](Sub Device) to null
Caught exception in RemoteMaster.main()!
java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsTableHeaderUI$XPDefaultRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI.getHeaderRenderer(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI.getHeaderHeight(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI.createHeaderSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableHeaderUI.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.ViewportLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.ScrollPaneLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.BorderLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTabbedPaneUI$TabbedPaneLayout.calculateSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTabbedPaneUI$TabbedPaneLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.BorderLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JRootPane$RootLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.BorderLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.pack(Unknown Source)
at com.hifiremote.jp1.KeyMapMaster.<init>(KeyMapMaster.java:237)
at com.hifiremote.jp1.RemoteMaster.main(RemoteMaster.java:12)

Any help on this matter would be appreciated.

Jon17034

Could you provide a bit more information about your setup?
What operating system are you using?
How are you starting RemoteMaster?

I just upgraded my Java SDK to 1.4.2_06 on my Windows XP Home SP2 machine, and everything works just fine.

One thing to try is to create a RemoteMaster.properties file in the same directory you installed RemoteMaster (it is where RemoteMaster.jar can be found), and put the following line in it: Also, could you run the command from a Command Prompt and report back what the results are?

I am running WinXP Pro with SP-2 on an AthlonXP 3000+, 1024MB RAM, ATI Radeon 9500 Pro (Catalyst 4.12 drivers) - maybe more than you need to know but it usually pays to be detailed.

Java -version results were:

java version "1.4.2_06"
Java (TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_06-b03)
Java HotSpot (TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_06 b03, mixed mode)

I have been trying to run RM by double-clicking on the RemoteMaster.JAR file in the install directory and by double-clicking on an RMDU upgrade file.

During installation I did click on both the setup.bat and the setup.reg files to update the registry.

I tried to create a remotemaster.properties file with the information that you provided but without success.

Jon17034

I haven't figured anything out yet. Could you post the contents of the setup.reg file, please?

Might not be any help , but sometimes bat files fail to execute and the errors aren't displayed long enough to even see them. ("path" problems are common). You might want to open a command window and run the bat file from there. If there are errors , you can scroll back to read them with the command window open.

Setup.reg Contents:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RMDeviceUpgrade]
@="Remote Master Device Upgrade"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RMDeviceUpgrade\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\RemoteMaster.v1.12\\images\\RemoteMaster.ico"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RMDeviceUpgrade\Shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RMDeviceUpgrade\Shell\open]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RMDeviceUpgrade\Shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\j2re1.4.2_06\\bin\\javaw.exe\" -jar \"C:\\RemoteMaster.v1.12\\RemoteMaster.jar\" -h \"C:\\RemoteMaster.v1.12\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.km]
@="RMDeviceUpgrade"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rmdu]
@="RMDeviceUpgrade"

In response to zaphod's (Steve's) suggestion: no errors were seen when running the BAT files in a command prompt window.

Your setup.reg file looks OK. How about your CLASSPATH environment variable? In a Command Prompt, issue the following command Also, you could try running rmaster.bat from a command prompt to see if that makes any difference.

SET CLASSPATH results:

Environment variable classpath not defined



Jon17034

This is a strange one.

Looks like you are having the same issue as http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?f ... dID=529156

According to that, it won't happen if

the Application's compatibilty mode is as as "Windows 2000"

Also when the desktop theme is not Windows XP.

That is interesting. My Windows XP theme is not one of the default themes but I cannot to see if changing it back makes any difference since I am now out of town. Maybe I can try this on my laptop later.