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Bug ID: 6178323 REGRRESSION: sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer throws exception "couldn't create component peer"
6178323 : REGRRESSION: sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer throws exception "couldn't create component peer"

Details
Type:
Bug
Submit Date:
2004-10-13
Status:
Resolved
Updated Date:
2011-01-19
Project Name:
JDK
Resolved Date:
2004-10-25
Component:
client-libs
OS:
windows_xp
Sub-Component:
java.awt
CPU:
x86
Priority:
P2
Resolution:
Fixed
Affected Versions:
5.0u1
Fixed Versions:
6

Related Reports
Backport:
JDK-2120972 - REGRRESSION: sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer throws exception "couldn't create component peer"
Duplicate:
JDK-6178551 - InternalError: Couldn't create component peer for Print dialogs on Windows
Relates:
JDK-5088782 - AWT application does not load : throws NPE

Sub Tasks

Description
Regression since 1.5.0_01 build02.
Found on WinXP, not seen on Solaris and Linux.

test case: /java/j2se-sqe/i18n/workspaces/i18n_tiger_ws/i18n/bundles/b08/gs15-b08.tar.gz
test procedure:
1. de-archive the test case.
2. go to i18n_tiger_ws/i18n/src/GS
3. sh run_gs.sh -jdk:$JAVA_HOME other-functional/awt/print/PrintTest.java
4. Click on "Plain" button to reproduce the problem.

----------System.err:(25/1663)----------^M
java.lang.InternalError: couldn't create component peer^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.checkCreation(WComponentPeer.java:549)
^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.<init>(WComponentPeer.java:529)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WCanvasPeer.<init>(WCanvasPeer.java:35)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPanelPeer.<init>(WPanelPeer.java:54)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WWindowPeer.<init>(WWindowPeer.java:79)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPrintDialogPeer.<init>(WPrintDialogPeer.java:23)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPageDialogPeer.<init>(WPageDialogPeer.java:13)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.createWPageDialog(WToolkit.java:445)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPageDialog.addNotify(WPageDialog.java:30)^M
        at java.awt.Dialog.conditionalShow(Dialog.java:441)^M
        at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:506)^M
        at sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob.pageDialog(WPrinterJob.java:355)^M
        at PrintTest$_PrintTest.actionPerformed(PrintTest.java:218)^M
        at java.awt.Button.processActionEvent(Button.java:388)^M
        at java.awt.Button.processEvent(Button.java:356)^M
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3955)^M
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803)^M
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:463)^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchTh
read.java:234)^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThre
ad.java:163)^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157)
^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149)
^M
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)^M
STATUS:Failed.Applet thread threw exception: java.lang.InternalError: couldn't c
reate component peer^M
###@###.### 10/13/04 08:29 GMT

Comments
EVALUATION

Since AWT print and page dialogs are native windows dialogs we should skip window creation check introduced with 5088782 for them. For now it is skipped only for file dialogs.
###@###.### 10/13/04 08:58 GMT
2004-10-13 
SUGGESTED FIX

------- WPrintDialogPeer.java -------
*** /tmp/sccs.NwayoQ    Wed Oct 13 12:55:10 2004
--- WPrintDialogPeer.java       Wed Oct 13 12:44:33 2004
***************
*** 27,32 ****
--- 27,36 ----
          this.parent = parent;
      }

+     // don't use checkCreation() from WComponentPeer to avoid hwnd check
+     protected void checkCreation() {
+     }
+
      protected void disposeImpl() {
        WToolkit.targetDisposedPeer(target, this);
      }
###@###.### 10/13/04 08:58 GMT
2004-10-13


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