Alice 2.2 won't run on my Win 7 home premium laptop

**Alice 2.2 won't run on my Win 7 home premium laptop -** 06-26-2010, 08:20 PM

I installed Alice 2.2 on my laptop and I can not get it to run. I get the following error message:

Alice version: 2.2 05/01/2010

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index

at javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter.convertRowIndexToMode l(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane$SortableListModel.getElementAt( Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.updateLayoutSta te(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.maybeUpdateLayo utState(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.getCellBounds(U nknown Source)

at javax.swing.JList.getCellBounds(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.JList.ensureIndexIsVisible(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.ensureIndexIsVisible(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.doDirectoryChanged(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.propertyChange(Unknown Source)

at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChang e(Unknown Source)

at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChang e(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.Component.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.JFileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(Unkno wn Source)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.dialog.Expor tCodeForPrintingContentPane.<init>(ExportCodeForPr intingContentPane.java:155)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.AuthoringToo l.dialogInit(AuthoringTool.java:642)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.AuthoringToo l.<init>(AuthoringTool.java:404)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.JAlice.main( JAlice.java:141)

Can anyone help?

**I get same error on windows 7 9/10/2010 alice 2.2 -** 09-27-2010, 02:08 PM

Alice version: 2.2 09/10/2010

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index

at javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter.convertRowIndexToMode l(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane$SortableListModel.getElementAt( Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.updateLayoutSta te(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.maybeUpdateLayo utState(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.getCellBounds(U nknown Source)

at javax.swing.JList.getCellBounds(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.JList.ensureIndexIsVisible(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.ensureIndexIsVisible(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.doDirectoryChanged(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.propertyChange(Unknown Source)

at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChang e(Unknown Source)

at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChang e(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.Component.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.JFileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(Unkno wn Source)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.dialog.Expor tCodeForPrintingContentPane.<init>(ExportCodeForPr intingContentPane.java:155)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.AuthoringToo l.dialogInit(AuthoringTool.java:643)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.AuthoringToo l.<init>(AuthoringTool.java:405)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.JAlice.main( JAlice.java:141)

**Same problem on one machine, OK on another -** 10-06-2010, 05:42 PM

With 2.2 I'm getting the same Java error on one Windows 7 64 machine, but on another there's not a problem, it runs fine.

Most of the software is the same on both machines, in particular they have the same Windows and Java versions installed (although presumably Alice uses the one in the Required/jre directory. The one that works didn't require any changes at all to the downloaded Alice version.

I also tried Alice 2.0 and 3Beta on the machine that failed with Alice 2.2 and both seem to work fine with no changes to the download, so there's something different about 2.2.

Differences I know of:

Works: Notebook i5 CPU, ATI graphics card, 4 GB RAM, dual monitors
Doesn't: Desktop i7 CPU, NVidia, 12 GB RAM, single monitor.

This is with the 9/10/2010 Alice 2.2 version. The SlowAndSteady version crashes the same way.

In addition to copying the entire Alice 2.2 directory from the machine that works to the one that didn't, I tried all the FAQ suggestions, replacing the tutorials, replacing java, changing compatibility to XP and running the IfAliceFailsTryThis version which displayed this before crashing the same way:

Code:

Registered succesfully
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\resources.jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\rt.jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\jsse.jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\jce.jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\charsets.jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\ext\dnsns.jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\ext\localedata.jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\ext\sunjce_provider.
jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar'
*sys-package-mgr*: processing modified jar, 'G:\Downloads\Alice\Alice2.2\Alice 2.2\Required\jre\lib\ext\sunpkcs11.jar'

The crash message was:

Code:

Alice version: 2.2  09/10/2010



java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index

    at javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter.convertRowIndexToModel(Unknown Source)

    at sun.swing.FilePane$SortableListModel.getElementAt(Unknown Source)

    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.updateLayoutState(Unknown Source)

    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.maybeUpdateLayoutState(Unknown Source)

    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.getCellBounds(Unknown Source)

    at javax.swing.JList.getCellBounds(Unknown Source)

    at javax.swing.JList.ensureIndexIsVisible(Unknown Source)

    at sun.swing.FilePane.ensureIndexIsVisible(Unknown Source)

    at sun.swing.FilePane.doDirectoryChanged(Unknown Source)

    at sun.swing.FilePane.propertyChange(Unknown Source)

    at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)

    at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)

    at java.awt.Component.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)

    at javax.swing.JFileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(Unknown Source)

    at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.dialog.ExportCodeForPrintingContentPane.<init>(ExportCodeForPrintingContentPane.java:155)

    at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.AuthoringTool.dialogInit(AuthoringTool.java:643)

    at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.AuthoringTool.<init>(AuthoringTool.java:405)

    at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.JAlice.main(JAlice.java:141)

**Not running on Windows 7 -** 11-23-2010, 10:32 AM

I get the following error on my Windows 7 PC as well. Does anyone know a work around?

Alice version: 2.2 09/10/2010

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index

at javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter.convertRowIndexToMode l(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane$SortableListModel.getElementAt( Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.updateLayoutSta te(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.maybeUpdateLayo utState(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.getCellBounds(U nknown Source)

at javax.swing.JList.getCellBounds(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.JList.ensureIndexIsVisible(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.ensureIndexIsVisible(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.doDirectoryChanged(Unknown Source)

at sun.swing.FilePane.propertyChange(Unknown Source)

at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChang e(Unknown Source)

at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChang e(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.Component.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)

at javax.swing.JFileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(Unkno wn Source)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.dialog.Expor tCodeForPrintingContentPane.<init>(ExportCodeForPr intingContentPane.java:155)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.AuthoringToo l.dialogInit(AuthoringTool.java:643)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.AuthoringToo l.<init>(AuthoringTool.java:405)

at edu.cmu.cs.stage3.alice.authoringtool.JAlice.main( JAlice.java:141)

MrMoke · **Compatibility Mode? -** 12-01-2010, 04:29 PM

Have you tried to set compatibility mode for the executable to Windows XP SP3?
It works for me on my home machine.

zonedabone · 12-01-2010, 09:27 PM

The alice tracebacks are rather misleading. If 2.0 works for you, you should be able to use that without any MAJOR compatibility problems with 2.2.