<pre>On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 23:32:11 -0600, Jerry Malcolm <2ndgenfi...@gmail.com> wrote:</pre> <pre><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>I agree that it can be handled better -are you sure that jspwiki.properties file is not found in the WEB-INF folder under root directory for JSPWiki - more likely that it is but not being pointed to correctly in default - </em></span></pre> <pre>> I downloaded the source package and dug through a bunch of the source > java. I figured out the problem is there is no properties file. When > I drop the JSPWiki.war into my webapps folder, and it gets unpacked by > Tomcat there is NO /ini/jspwiki.properties created (which was what was > trying to be read at the time of the NPE). If I was supposed to create > that file manually, I didn't see that requirement in the quick start > steps. I didn't dig into the war to see if the properties file was > there and Tomcat was at fault for not unpacking it, or if it's not in > the war at all. In either case, the properties file is obviously > mandatory. Install.jsp needs to handle the situation of a missing > properties file a little more gracefully than an NPE. > > I'll go with the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe I have a > unique situation and everybody else gets the property file created > just fine. But I don't think so. I just upgraded to Tomcat 7.0.50. I > downloaded the war, and crashed on the first page. Even if I have > some unique situation that is causing this, an NPE on the very first > page, and having to dig through the source code to figure it out is > not a fun way to start using a new product. > > Did I miss a step along the way to get this installed and running? > > Thanks. > > Jerry
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