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BlackBoard is a design tool for perfboards and electrical circuits written entirely in Java
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Error while starting the application #27

Open MohamedESalem opened 1 year ago

MohamedESalem commented 1 year ago

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Loaded-Dice commented 1 year ago

I had the same issue. It seems to be a compatibility issue with newer windows versions.

Right-click the blackboard.exe --> Properties --> Compatibility

Try running the Compatibility troubleshooter this worked for me (Windows 10).

If this isn't helpful, you can try to tweak the compatibility settings manually.

Anyway, always run the executable as Admin and update java (x86 & x64) https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

DatHardie commented 1 year ago

I had this problem too with version 2.00.2! After installing Version 1.1.3, and starting it for 1 time, I was also able to start Version 2.00.2

HiranChaudhuri commented 1 year ago

I perceive the same problem on a Linux machine, using BB 2.0.0.2.

BB loads the splash screen and proceeds up to halfway, where there is the message addTextCommand in the splash screen. On the console there are huge numbers of error messages, some of which relate to non-existing files in the user home directory. I am starting BB for the first time.

If nonexisting user preferences or something like this can stall the application, the above mentioned workaround seems feasible.

HiranChaudhuri commented 1 year ago

Confirmed: I checked the exceptions on the console and just ran

mkdir $HOME/.BlackBoard/models mkdir $HOME/.BlackBoard/simulators mkdir $HOME/.BlackBoard/symbols

After each of these commands I started the application again, and the exceptions would change until the main screen appeared.

HiranChaudhuri commented 1 year ago

Meanwhile I found out also what content should be in these directories. They are all documented, even though it seems uncomfortable for a user to create all this manually: https://github.com/mpue/blackboard#installing