taking Eclipse for a Spin

java-programmer, taking Eclipse for a Spin I downloaded Eclipse. The orientation seems to want to bring up
Internet Explorer rather than my usual Opera.

Anyway it dies with a 500 server error.

IE can't seem to deal with URLs of this form that Eclipse help is
giving it. 127.0.0.1:64019

Opera eats them just fine.

So two questions:

1. What is the matter with IE?

2. Why is Eclipse using IE rather than my default browser?

--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin On 22-7-2004 9:22, Roedy Green wrote:
> I downloaded Eclipse. The orientation seems to want to bring up
> Internet Explorer rather than my usual Opera.
>
> Anyway it dies with a 500 server error.
>
> IE can't seem to deal with URLs of this form that Eclipse help is
> giving it. 127.0.0.1:64019
>
> Opera eats them just fine.
>
> So two questions:
>
> 1. What is the matter with IE?

Don't know. On my platform (Win2000/Eclipse3/Mozilla as default browser), IE displays Eclipse help
docs with no problem.

>
> 2. Why is Eclipse using IE rather than my default browser?
>

If you want your default browser to display help docs, make sure you have ticked "Always use
external browsers" in menu Window/Preferences/Help. Otherwise, Eclipse will use the system's HTML
component, which will be IE on Windows.

HTH,
Z.

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin Roedy Green wrote:
> I downloaded Eclipse. The orientation seems to want to bring up
> Internet Explorer rather than my usual Opera.
>
> Anyway it dies with a 500 server error.
>
> IE can't seem to deal with URLs of this form that Eclipse help is
> giving it. 127.0.0.1:64019
>
> Opera eats them just fine.
>
> So two questions:
>
> 1. What is the matter with IE?

Most browsers, given "host:port" as a URL, will append "http://" to it
automatically. But in my experience IE doesn't (perhaps depending on
settings and versions). Most likely "http://127.0.0.1:64019" would work.

--
Thanks,
M.Biswas

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin Hi,

In article <email***@***.com>, Roedy Green wrote:
> 1. What is the matter with IE?

Perhaps it thinks that 127.0.0.1 is the protocol?

> 2. Why is Eclipse using IE rather than my default browser?

Don't know - works fine for me here.

Cheers,
Dave.

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:45:27 +0200, zoopy <email***@***.com> wrote or
quoted :

>If you want your default browser to display help docs, make sure you have ticked "Always use
>external browsers" in menu Window/Preferences/Help. Otherwise, Eclipse will use the system's HTML
>component, which will be IE on Windows.

that fixed it. Thanks.

--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin In article <email***@***.com>, look-
email***@***.com says...
> I downloaded Eclipse. The orientation seems to want to bring up
> Internet Explorer rather than my usual Opera.
>
> Anyway it dies with a 500 server error.
>
> IE can't seem to deal with URLs of this form that Eclipse help is
> giving it. 127.0.0.1:64019

I am having the same problem on a brand new Windows XP Pro system,
i.e., the Eclipse help pages of the form http://127.0.0.1:64019
do not display anything regardless of the external (IE, Mozilla,
FireFox) or internal browser.

I believe the problem is the help server does not start up correctly
even though the JDK is properly installed. Has anyone else encountered
this problem and figured out to make it work?

[ I also cannot start up Tomcat or the Sun App Server, for when I run
the
script, http://localhost:8080 is not recognized. ]

Thanks --Gil
>
> Opera eats them just fine.
>
> So two questions:
>
> 1. What is the matter with IE?
>
> 2. Why is Eclipse using IE rather than my default browser?
>
>

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin On 1-8-2004 21:52, Gilbert Hansen wrote:

> In article <email***@***.com>, look-
> email***@***.com says...
>
>>I downloaded Eclipse. The orientation seems to want to bring up
>>Internet Explorer rather than my usual Opera.
>>
>>Anyway it dies with a 500 server error.
>>
>>IE can't seem to deal with URLs of this form that Eclipse help is
>>giving it. 127.0.0.1:64019
>
>
> I am having the same problem on a brand new Windows XP Pro system,
> i.e., the Eclipse help pages of the form http://127.0.0.1:64019

Note that the port number of the help server (64019 above) may be different each time you start Eclipse.

> do not display anything regardless of the external (IE, Mozilla,
> FireFox) or internal browser.
>
> I believe the problem is the help server does not start up correctly
> even though the JDK is properly installed. Has anyone else encountered
> this problem and figured out to make it work?
>
> [ I also cannot start up Tomcat or the Sun App Server, for when I run
> the
> script, http://localhost:8080 is not recognized. ]
>
> Thanks --Gil
>

Check if your firewall (if you have one) is blocking java.exe/javaw.exe.

Regards,
Z.

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin In article <410d502d$0$65124$email***@***.com>, email***@***.com
says...
> On 1-8-2004 21:52, Gilbert Hansen wrote:
>
> > In article <email***@***.com>, look-
> > email***@***.com says...
> >
> >>I downloaded Eclipse. The orientation seems to want to bring up
> >>Internet Explorer rather than my usual Opera.
> >>
> >>Anyway it dies with a 500 server error.
> >>
> >>IE can't seem to deal with URLs of this form that Eclipse help is
> >>giving it. 127.0.0.1:64019
> >
> >
> > I am having the same problem on a brand new Windows XP Pro system,
> > i.e., the Eclipse help pages of the form http://127.0.0.1:64019
>
>
> Note that the port number of the help server (64019 above) may be different each time you start Eclipse.

I agree, but Help in Ecplise 3.0 works just fine on a Win2000 system I
have access to. There is something peculiar going on with WinXP Pro that
I have been unable to determine.

>
>
> > do not display anything regardless of the external (IE, Mozilla,
> > FireFox) or internal browser.
> >
> > I believe the problem is the help server does not start up correctly
> > even though the JDK is properly installed. Has anyone else encountered
> > this problem and figured out to make it work?
> >
> > [ I also cannot start up Tomcat or the Sun App Server, for when I run
> > the
> > script, http://localhost:8080 is not recognized. ]
> >
> > Thanks --Gil
> >
>
> Check if your firewall (if you have one) is blocking java.exe/javaw.exe.

I am not using a software firewall. I have verified I can execute java
and javaw from a command line.

Thanks for your suggestions. --gil
>
> Regards,
> Z.
>

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin On 2-8-2004 0:16, Gil Hansen wrote:
> In article <410d502d$0$65124$email***@***.com>, email***@***.com
> says...
>
>>On 1-8-2004 21:52, Gilbert Hansen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <email***@***.com>, look-
>>>email***@***.com says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>I downloaded Eclipse. The orientation seems to want to bring up
>>>>Internet Explorer rather than my usual Opera.
>>>>
>>>>Anyway it dies with a 500 server error.
>>>>
>>>>IE can't seem to deal with URLs of this form that Eclipse help is
>>>>giving it. 127.0.0.1:64019
>>>
>>>
>>>I am having the same problem on a brand new Windows XP Pro system,
>>>i.e., the Eclipse help pages of the form http://127.0.0.1:64019
>>
>>
>>Note that the port number of the help server (64019 above) may be different each time you start Eclipse.
>
>
> I agree, but Help in Ecplise 3.0 works just fine on a Win2000 system I
> have access to. There is something peculiar going on with WinXP Pro that
> I have been unable to determine.
>
>
>>
>>>do not display anything regardless of the external (IE, Mozilla,
>>>FireFox) or internal browser.
>>>
>>>I believe the problem is the help server does not start up correctly
>>>even though the JDK is properly installed. Has anyone else encountered
>>>this problem and figured out to make it work?
>>>
>>>[ I also cannot start up Tomcat or the Sun App Server, for when I run
>>>the
>>>script, http://localhost:8080 is not recognized. ]
>>>
>>>Thanks --Gil
>>>
>>
>>Check if your firewall (if you have one) is blocking java.exe/javaw.exe.
>
>
> I am not using a software firewall. I have verified I can execute java
> and javaw from a command line.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions. --gil
>
>>Regards,
>>Z.
>>
I'm not familiar with XP/Pro, but doesn't XP/Pro have its own builtin firewall? (and, as you were
speaking of a "brand new system", isn't it enabled by default?)

Executing java/javaw from commandline might be OK, but have you tried a java program that actually
creates an internet connection (i.e. creates a socket connection)? The firewall allows java to run
*until* java tries to create a socket connection: if it is configured to block it, the creation of
the socket will fail and, in case of Eclipse, the help server will not start (properly). You might
find traces of this in the Eclipse log (Window->Show view->Error log). [For Tomcat and Sun App
server have a look in the "logs" directories].

HTH,
Z.

java-programmer >> taking Eclipse for a Spin Z,

WinPro XP does not come with its firewall active. The firewall was not
the cause of my problems. Checking the Eclipse .log file, Tomcat, which
serves up the help pages, was not starting up. I'm not sure which
version of Tomcat comes bundled with Eclipse, but when I switched my SDK
from 1.4.2_05 to 1.4.2_03, Tomcat started up and the help pages
displayed correctly.

FYI, Tomcat 5.0.27 will not start up under SDK 1.4.2_05, but will under
1.4.2_03.

Gil

In article <410e158e$0$21106$email***@***.com>, email***@***.com
says...
> On 2-8-2004 0:16, Gil Hansen wrote:
> > In article <410d502d$0$65124$email***@***.com>, email***@***.com
> > says...
> >
> >>On 1-8-2004 21:52, Gilbert Hansen wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>In article <email***@***.com>, look-
> >>>email***@***.com says...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I downloaded Eclipse. The orientation seems to want to bring up
> >>>>Internet Explorer rather than my usual Opera.
> >>>>
> >>>>Anyway it dies with a 500 server error.
> >>>>
> >>>>IE can't seem to deal with URLs of this form that Eclipse help is
> >>>>giving it. 127.0.0.1:64019
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I am having the same problem on a brand new Windows XP Pro system,
> >>>i.e., the Eclipse help pages of the form http://127.0.0.1:64019
> >>
> >>
> >>Note that the port number of the help server (64019 above) may be different each time you start Eclipse.
> >
> >
> > I agree, but Help in Ecplise 3.0 works just fine on a Win2000 system I
> > have access to. There is something peculiar going on with WinXP Pro that
> > I have been unable to determine.
> >
> >
> >>
> >>>do not display anything regardless of the external (IE, Mozilla,
> >>>FireFox) or internal browser.
> >>>
> >>>I believe the problem is the help server does not start up correctly
> >>>even though the JDK is properly installed. Has anyone else encountered
> >>>this problem and figured out to make it work?
> >>>
> >>>[ I also cannot start up Tomcat or the Sun App Server, for when I run
> >>>the
> >>>script, http://localhost:8080 is not recognized. ]
> >>>
> >>>Thanks --Gil
> >>>
> >>
> >>Check if your firewall (if you have one) is blocking java.exe/javaw.exe.
> >
> >