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dzeleznik

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Registered: 6-Dec-2010
jAlbum 37.7 NPE when building from command line
Posted: 14 Jul 25, 22:22 		 
Hi,

I've been using jAlbum successfully for years, building from the command line on Windows using Cygwin shell scripts to automate mass updates to my albums. However, I am now getting the following NPE from the command line using 37.7. When I revert back to 37.6 everything is fine, no NPE, etc. "Making" an album in the 37.7 gui works fine, it's only from the command line that I now get this error.

Here is the simple command line I use to build an album:

E:/JAlbum/jre64/bin/java.exe -Xmx2048M -jar E:/JAlbum/jalbum.jar -projectFile 'photo gallery.jap'


And here is the error I'm getting with 37.7:

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at se.datadosen.jalbum.JAlbumUtilities.importProject(JAlbumUtilities.java:62)
        at se.datadosen.jalbum.AlbumProject.getProperties(AlbumProject.java:121)
        at se.datadosen.jalbum.AlbumProject.<init>(AlbumProject.java:94)
        at se.datadosen.jalbum.AlbumProject.<init>(AlbumProject.java:79)
        at se.datadosen.jalbum.JAlbumConsole.<init>(JAlbumConsole.java:70)
        at se.datadosen.jalbum.JAlbum.main(JAlbum.java:414)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at se.datadosen.jalbum.Main.main(Main.java:53)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.awt.Font.deriveFont(float)" because "se.datadosen.jalbum.JAlbumFrame.HEADER_FONT" is null
        at se.datadosen.jalbum.JAlbumFrame.<clinit>(JAlbumFrame.java:189)
        ... 9 more


For now, I'll stick with 37.6 which works for me.

Thanks!
vkamutzki

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Registered: 6-Jun-2014
Re: jAlbum 37.7 NPE when building from command line
Posted: 15 Jul 25, 00:53   in response to: dzeleznik in response to: dzeleznik 		 
I am getting the same error from the command line with version 37.7 and 37.7.1 on a Windows 10 PC. I have tested with albums using Turtle, Neptune, and Split skins. jAlbum software and all skins have been fully reinstalled. Reverting to version 37.6 resolves the problem.
JeffTucker

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Re: jAlbum 37.7 NPE when building from command line
Posted: 15 Jul 25, 02:33   in response to: dzeleznik in response to: dzeleznik 		 
While I agree that this error probably needs to be addressed, I would also like to comment that I used to handle the updating of multiple projects with shell script files that invoked the jAlbum command line. But I found that the multi-maker was more efficient. It allows for multi-threading, and steers clear of the "UI dependent" errors that crop up from time to time.
RobM

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Re: jAlbum 37.7 NPE when building from command line
Posted: 15 Jul 25, 16:02   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker 		 
Link to your post warning of skin updates and multimaker as well as the command line.
https://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=58293
davidekholm

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Re: jAlbum 37.7 NPE when building from command line
Posted: 16 Jul 25, 12:31   in response to: RobM in response to: RobM
Helpful
Do a core update via Tools->External tools->"jAlbum core update" to have this error fixed. The splash screen should now say 37.7.2
vkamutzki

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Registered: 6-Jun-2014
Re: jAlbum 37.7 NPE when building from command line
Posted: 16 Jul 25, 16:12   in response to: davidekholm in response to: davidekholm 		 
This update fixed the problem for me. Thanks!
davidekholm

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Re: jAlbum 37.7 NPE when building from command line
Posted: 16 Jul 25, 17:32   in response to: vkamutzki in response to: vkamutzki 		 
You're welcome. Thanks for reporting.
dzeleznik

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Registered: 6-Dec-2010
Re: jAlbum 37.7 NPE when building from command line
Posted: 16 Jul 25, 18:22   in response to: davidekholm in response to: davidekholm 		 
Core update to 37.7.2 fixed it for me as well, thanks!!

BTW, my shell scripts do much, much more than just invoke jAlbum to rebuild my 200+ galleries. As an example, before they are built I verify that my .jap files have a consistent look & feel: section layouts, typography, padding around thumbnails & images, etc. The scripts can run in test mode just listing the problematic gallery properties or can update the .jap files. For some custom look&feel changes that are not controllable via gallery properties, I have custom CSS that my scripts inject into the html after it's generated by jAlbum. While I know this bit can be done in skins such as Tiger, it is much more maintainable for me to have a global custom css that I can edit in one place and it's then added to the html head sections.
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