[DIRSTUDIO-1169] Usability: "An error has occurred" on startup

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-M13
• Component/s: studio-rcp
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Graham Leggett
• Created: 19/Feb/18 18:04
• Updated: 15/Mar/20 13:34

Description

After upgrading Java to v9.0.4 and Apache Directory Studio to v2.2.0-M13, an attempt to run the application for the first time stops with a popup saying:

"An error has occurred

See the log file

XXX"

At the same time the error message is selectable, but cannot be cut-and-pasted, leaving you to transcribe the log file path by hand.

Ideally the error should appear in the popup itself directly, and the error message must be copy-able so as to put it into google.

Note: this ticket covers the usability of the error message, not the error itself.