Hussein, I've asked the developer of the app I mentioned earlier to specify the issue we had with his soft. Here is his mail:
> Hi Jean-Christophe, > > The issue was (is) that it seems the Mac implementation of Java 1.5 > for the default XML support does not have a getContentText() > method at all, or maybe it's called something else. The bottom line > is that, while it runs fine with any other VM I've tried, it > crashes on the Mac. So the work around was to write our own method > and use that one everywhere instead of the 'native' one. > Fortunately in our case we use it only for simple string read, so > it's not difficult to handle. At some point we may have to switch > to use something else than the default XML implementation and use a > third-party package like dom4j or something else. > > Hope this helps. > -ys Jean-Christophe Helary On dimanche 03 mai 09, at 23:29, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: >> I've downloaded the two most recent .dmg packages as well as the >> latest .tar.gz one and when I double-click on the application (or the >> jar) > > I assume that you have installed the .dmg and *then* the .tar.gz > because > the .dmg didn't work on your Mac. > > > >> I get a window with the following (or similar, for the .app >> package) message: >> >>> Errors found in GUI specification >>> jar:file:/Users/suzume/Downloads/xxe-perso-4_3_0/bin/xxe.jar!/gui/ >>> app/Restricted.xxe_gui >>> >>> ? "jar:file:/Users/suzume/Downloads/xxe-perso-4_3_0/bin/xxe.jar!/ >>> gui/app/Restricted.xxe_gui", line -1, column -1: cannot create XML >>> parser: This parser does not support specification "null" version >>> "null" >>> Errors found in configuration files >>> customize.xxe >>> >>> ? command triggered by "drop" is unknown >> >> >> I am using the latest Java update for 10.5.6. >> > > I've installed the .dmg and .tar.gz downloaded from www.xmlmind.net > and > from www.xmlmind.com. (That makes 4 installations.) > > Then I've successfully started XMLmind XML Editor on Mac OS X 10.5.6 > with Java 1.5.0_16 (=current ``official'' Apple Java) and Java > 1.6.0_07 > and on Mac OS X 10.4.11 with Java 1.5.0_16. > > I started the installed .dmg by double-clicking on XMLEditor.app. > > I started the installed .tar.gz by double-clicking on bin/xxe (a shell > script). Double-clicking on bin/xxe.jar works too though it is not > recommended to do so, because in such case XMLmind XML Editor is not > well integrated to Mac OS X. > > I did that on a MacBook/Intel having a French locale. > > In all cases, it worked just fine. > > My guess is that your Java installation is broken or customized (e.g. > you installed an exotic XML parser in the ``endorsed extension'' > folder). > > If this is not the case, well, I've no clue. You are the first user to > report such problem. > > > >
