Where are the line numbers in the Java console window?

[Will Clark]

Hi there, a quick question about the ailing Microsoft JavaVM...

I remember a time when line numbers used to appear next to the stack trace
so that you could easily find the error in your source code... especially
useful if you had a try/catch block encapsulating a large-ish block of code!

Anyway, recently I reinstalled my machine (XP), put SP1 on it, discovered
the widely documented lack of JavaVM, and managed to download it from some
back-end of the internet! ;o)

What I then discovered (to my horror!) was that line numbers are no longer
there! Has anyone else had this problem, and know of a solution? No, its not
that I've set -g:none in the compiler, as line numbers appear when using the
Sun appletviewer program, or for that matter the Sun plugin...

I've tried "downgrading" my VM to version 3802 (which is what I'm sure I had
before) but no joy!

Cheers for your help )

Will

(PS. Please reply to the newgroup as I have had far too many junk emails the
other way! Sorry!)

 

[Chris Smith]

Hi there, a quick question about the ailing Microsoft JavaVM...

I remember a time when line numbers used to appear next to the stack trace
so that you could easily find the error in your source code... especially
useful if you had a try/catch block encapsulating a large-ish block of code!

Are you sure the line numbers were there. I don't recall ever seeing
line numbers in stack traces from the Microsoft VM. Perhaps you had the
Sun VM set to handle the APPLET tag via a recent version of the Java
PlugIn?

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[Will Clark]

Aha, it has taken me all this time, several reinstalls, and an installation
and de-installation of MS's Visual J++ and then a total reinstall (just for
good measure!) to find the answer!...

There is a little program called setdebug.exe in the WINDOWS directory which
once run enables the line numbers to be displayed in the Microsoft VM
console.

Cheers )

Will