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I generated a javadoc with NB4.0/jdk1.4 on Mac OSX without a problem. I copied the same java program onto PC/Windows XP with NB4.0/jdk1.5, when I tried to generate java doc it gave me the following errors : ===================================================== init: Warning: Leaving out empty argument '-windowtitle' Generating Javadoc Javadoc execution Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\CharTrans.java... Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\Get_Time.java... Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\NewsMLExample.java... Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\Progress_Bar.java... Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\ReadFile.java... Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\SCC_Link.java... Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\SCC_PhotoLink.java... Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\SybaseConnection.java... Loading source file C:\Dir_SCC_Link\src\WriteFile.java... Constructing Javadoc information... Standard Doclet version 1.5.0_01 Building tree for all the packages and classes... java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at sun.net.www.ParseUtil.decode(ParseUtil.java:183) at sun.misc.URLClassPath$FileLoader.<init>(URLClassPath.java:863) at sun.misc.URLClassPath$3.run(URLClassPath.java:319) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java:313) at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java:290) at sun.misc.URLClassPath.findResource(URLClassPath.java:141) at java.net.URLClassLoader$2.run(URLClassLoader.java:362) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findResource(URLClassLoader.java:359) at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResource(ClassLoader.java:977) at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(ClassLoader.java:1159) at javax.xml.parsers.SecuritySupport$4.run(SecuritySupport.java:72) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.xml.parsers.SecuritySupport.getResourceAsStream(SecuritySupport.java:65) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.findJarServiceProvider(FactoryFinder.java:213) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.find(FactoryFinder.java:185) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance(SAXParserFactory.java:107) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.LayoutParser.parseXML(LayoutParser.java:72) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.build(ClassBuilder.java:108) at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:155) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:177) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:161) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:106) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64) at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42) at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:23) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:269) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:143) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:340) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:128) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31) com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.DocletAbortException at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.LayoutParser.parseXML(LayoutParser.java:79) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.build(ClassBuilder.java:108) at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:155) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:177) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:161) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:106) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64) at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42) at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:23) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:269) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:143) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:340) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:128) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31) com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.DocletAbortException at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:159) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:177) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:161) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:106) at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64) at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42) at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:23) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:269) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:143) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:340) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:128) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41) at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31) C:\Dir_SCC_Link\nbproject\build-impl.xml:336: Javadoc returned 1 BUILD FAILED (total time: 2 seconds) =================================================== I got the same warning message on Mac, but it successfully generated the javadoc. Frank
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