.jar files won't open

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.jar files won't open

None of my .jar files will open (most importantly the dimsum.jar which I use almost everyday). I have run a clean up of my cache and tried everything I can think of to bring back the .jar operations and nothing works as it did before. My console Messages consist of a huge list of font names something like ([0x0-0x233233].com.apple.JarLauncher[1561] Type: TONES Name: ZoobeSSK-BoldItalic)and I get a loading screen that never leads to the main program. Can anyone suggest a solution?

17" MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel, 3GB SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.5.6), http://www.mandarintools.com/download/DimSum.jar

Posted on Jan 26, 2010 4:00 PM

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Answer 1

F.Fortean Author

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Jan 26, 2010 4:11 PM in response to F.Fortean

I had this problem before and I simply rearranged my Java preferences so the 32-bit J2SE 5.0 was at the top of the list and it worked out but this time the solution didn't work. Right now my Java Applications list order is like this
J2SE 5.0 32-bit
Java SE 6 64-bit
J2SE 1.4.2 32-bit
J2SE 5.0 64-bit

Maybe this will help to suggest a solution....

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Answer 2

Jan 27, 2010 2:05 AM in response to F.Fortean

HI,

See if something here helps...

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/

Carolyn 🙂

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baltwo

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Jan 27, 2010 10:45 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Alternatively, try the Unix and developer forums under OS X Technologies.

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F.Fortean Author

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Jan 27, 2010 3:40 PM in response to F.Fortean

Well, just an update, and being that I am not a developer, I thought maybe I could skirt the problem by changing my .jar file into an .app and skip the Java console all together. So I DL'd jarbundler which it turns out is also a .jar file and it won't open either. Here is the Console message if this helps:
10-1-28 上午07:34:44 [0x0-0x503503].com.apple.JarLauncher[3309] SystemFlippers: didn't consume all data for long ID 0 (pBase = 0x100142770, p = 0x100142774, pEnd = 0x100142778)
10-1-28 上午07:34:44 [0x0-0x503503].com.apple.JarLauncher[3309] SystemFlippers: didn't consume all data for long ID 0 (pBase = 0x10012d530, p = 0x10012d534, pEnd = 0x10012d538)
10-1-28 上午07:34:44 [0x0-0x503503].com.apple.JarLauncher[3309] Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from
10-1-28 上午07:34:44 [0x0-0x503503].com.apple.JarLauncher[3309] /Users/XIV/Desktop/jarbundler-2.1.0/jarbundler-2.1.0.jar

Frustrated....

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baltwo

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Jan 27, 2010 3:45 PM in response to F.Fortean

Try the Unix forum.

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Answer 6

Feb 2, 2010 9:21 PM in response to F.Fortean

I have the same problem on my 2006 intel macbook pro with 10.5.8
I found that it depends on what folder the .jar file resides in. If I download a new one, it will run from within the Downloads folder, or from within the main Hard drive folder, but not if I bury it far into one of my user subfolders. That might be a clue.

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F.Fortean Author

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Feb 7, 2010 4:04 PM in response to macncheesez\33

I re-downloaded the file, moved it to my apps folder and it worked... That just might have been the key.

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