Trouble getting a Java FX app to run.

[vbissonnette92]

package.json file.pdf
pom.xml file.pdf

Friends,

I have been distributing a Java package with JLink and JPackage for a number of years now, and I'm new to JDeploy. I'm looking forward to making it easier for my Mac users to install the statistical software that I've written for my students: https://sites.berry.edu/vbissonnette/index/stats-homework/

I think that I've worked through the normal learning curve working with NPM and the JDeploy. I've been able to post my package here:

https://www.jdeploy.com/~statshomework.

My program package downloads and installs, however, it will not run. When I try to run it in a command window, I see no errors coming from it. I just starts to open and then doesn't. My working theory is that FX is not available to the program. I've attached my pom.xml and package.json files. I've studied these files for several successfully posted programs, including the demo package javafx-ensemble. I cannot figure out what I might be doing wrong. I've done a lot of searching and tinkering, and I have to admit defeat for now.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you.

Victor

[shannah]

Did you edit the package.json by hand, or just using the GUI?

I believe that the problem is your "jdk" property is a string, but should be boolean.

"jdk": "false",

should be

"jdk": false,

[vbissonnette92]

I forgot to answer your question: I started with the .json file created by the GUI. I edited it with Notepad a couple of times trying out a couple of options.

[shannah]

Yeah, it is still choking on the bad jdk in the previous version. You'll need to unpublish your previous versions that had the bad jdk.

npm unpublish package-name@version

In your case, I see there are several versions you'll need to clear out, so you'll need to run the following:

npm unpublish statshomework@7.1.2025
npm unpublish statshomework@7.1.202-5.0
npm unpublish statshomework@7.1.202-5.1
npm unpublish statshomework@7.1.202-5.2
npm unpublish statshomework@7.1.202-5.3
npm unpublish statshomework@25.7.1
npm unpublish statshomework@25.7.2
npm unpublish statshomework@25.7.3
npm unpublish statshomework@25.7.4

So you'll need to have npm installed, and login via the command line first (npm login).

I'll add tickets to improve validation on the publish step to prevent this from happening in the future, and I'll add an "Unpublish" option to the jdeploy GUI, to make this easier to fix.

[shannah]

I added a ticket here to improve this for the future #188

[shannah]

Or, an alternative is to just change the package name and start fresh

[vbissonnette92]

Success!

Republished as: https://www.jdeploy.com/~statshw

Thank you so much. Have a great day.

Victor

[ChrisOlsen195]

Hello, All --

This is not really a solution, but a salutation! When I tumbled onto jDeploy Mr. Hannah was very helpful in solving my amateur's programming problems. jDeploy and Mr. Hannah are the best! Kinda restores my faith in humanity...

[shannah]

Thanks for the kind words Chris. So glad it's working well for you.