Java UI does not launch from within IDA ("View Flowgraph")

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Reporter: sebastien.roy@kahmm.net

I am using Bindiff 4.0 with IDA Pro 6.3 on Windows XPsp3 with Java JRE
6 update 35.

Diffing several databases works but when I try to use the viewgraph
option, it fails.
The Zynamics bindiff banner appears followed by a message box
"Couldn't load configuration". It freezes for
a while before giving back hand.

I've checked into the %APPDATA%\bindiff
I have two files : bindiffdeluxe.xml with seems to be fine and a
bindiffgui_4_0.xml file which is empty.

I've read throught the manual a few times to be sure I installed
BinDiff properly and could not find anything on Internet
related to such error.

If it can help, I am currently working on fontsub.dll 5.1.2600.5512
and 5.1.2600.5853

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nilsheu...@google.com on 7 Nov 2012 at 9:52

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Hey Sebastien.

The bindiffgui_4_0.xml should not be empty. Could you please delete it and then 
try the viewgraph option again. If that does not work delete it again and 
launch the BinDiff Java GUI directly from your BinDiff installation directory. 
You need to do this just one time to ensure that the bindiffgui_4_0.xml is 
generated correctly. Thereafter you can use the viewgraph option from within 
IDA again.

Best regards. 

Original comment by nilsheu...@google.com on 7 Nov 2012 at 10:11

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Thank you for the reply.
It didn't work.
But we finally manage to find what the issue was.
It seems that bindiffGui_4_0.xml is created inside %APPDATA%\zynamics\BinDiff 
of All Users, at install time or run time whereas it tries to load it from
the same directory but in the logged user directory. 
So deleting the empty file did nothing but we just copied it and it now works 
fine.

Regards.

Original comment by nilsheu...@google.com on 8 Nov 2012 at 7:39

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Original comment by nilsheu...@google.com on 8 Nov 2012 at 7:41

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