Block Editor won't start

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Block Editor won't start #2190

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

When clicking AppInventorForAndroidCodeblocks.jnlp Java starts up and it 
attempts to download but never completes. Eventually I get a dialogue box 
saying it is still waiting for the download and would I like to continue to 
wait or stop. Nothing's changed on the laptop since yesterday, I've rebooted, 
checked the firewall etc. No Java updates have been done that could affect it. 
I've been using AppInventor flawlessly for a couple of weeks now so it seems 
unlikely it's a local issue. Is there a problem with the block editor currently?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by CSouth...@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2012 at 10:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Make sure you are running java6 and not java7.  The blocks editor only works 
with java6.

Original comment by manyha...@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2012 at 12:55

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Hello CSouth763,

We have made no changes to the blocks editor. What operating system and browser 
are you using? You may see a popup window asking you to allow the blocks editor 
to run. Make sure to click "allow."

It could be that your browser is blocking popups, and you never get to see the 
permissions message. Also, as manyharts said, we currently support Java6. I've 
seen it work with Java7, but we have tested everything on Java6. 

If none of this helps, let me know so we can troubleshoot further.

Thank you.
Logan Mercer
MIT App Inventor Developer

Original comment by loganjmmercer@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2012 at 8:29

Changed state: Noted

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Hi.

Thank you both for your help. I told Java to use 1.6 and unticked 1.7 and it's 
working again, although strangely it still tells me it's Java 7 when loading, 
but as it's working I'm not going to look too deeply into that :-)

Thanks again.

Original comment by CSouth...@gmail.com on 18 Jul 2012 at 3:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

I used Java v.7 for over a week. It ran Notepad app test and I did the 
PurrKitty and PaintPot tutorials ok on Win-7 laptop w 4 GB mem. The Notepad 
test app would run on XP sp3 w 2 GB mem (after saying ok when prompted) but the 
Blocks editor DOES NOT WORK on XP (Neither in IE8 or Firefox, admin user or 
non-admin).
ALL DAY TODAY BLOCKS EDITOR DOES NOT RUN ON WIN-7 LAPTOP EITHER!!!
what's up????

Original comment by gsho...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2012 at 1:52

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Hi gshogie, 

Can you describe the problem more in detail please? I can't duplicate the issue 
you have experienced. Can you try again? If you still have the same issue, can 
you provide the info in the java console?

Regards,

Wei
wli17@mit.edu

Original comment by weihuali...@gmail.com on 12 Aug 2012 at 12:09

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

If this is still an issue, please use the forums to ask for help.

Thanks!

Original comment by josmasfl...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2012 at 9:04

Changed state: Obsolete