[moneydance] OS X: "Cannot launch Java application"

[Gordon Alley]

Follow-up--

AppleJack finished faster than I expected. I ran it with the "auto
restart" options, which runs the disk check, repairs permissions, and
cleans out most caches. MD still crashed during launch.

So I went to the MD web site and downloaded preview build 570  (I
remembered a previous post to this list that mentioned its location).
I'm pretty sure that is the most recent build I updated to with the
internal updater.

I replaced the old Moneydance.app in my Applications folder with the
new download, and that fixed the problem. Obviously, something in the
old Moneydance package had gotten corrupted. Wonder how that
happened...

Anyway, thanks for your attention. Now, just move along. Nothing more
to see here...  :-)

-Gordon

On 6/7/07, Gordon Alley <gordon at gordonalley.com> wrote:
> I've been using Moneydance daily for years, and this is the first time
> I've seen this.
>
> Tonight (06/06/07) I tried to open Moneydance, and the following alert
> popped up just a couple of seconds after the splash window appeared:
>
>    Cannot launch Java application
>
>    Uncaught exception in main method:
>    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/moneydance/
>    apps/md/view/gui/help/HelpFrame
>
> There is only a Quit button in the alert.
>
> Since I can't get the application to open, I can't tell you the exact
> build number (the Finder Get Info dialog for MD doesn't include any
> version info!). But I got a notice for a new version just a night or
> two ago, it seems like, and installed it. My update option is set to
> alert me about Preview versions, and I usually install them as soon as
> I get the notice (maybe not so much in the future). I'm running on an
> iMac G4 800 with OS X 10.4.9.
>
> I tried a "Safe Login", but that didn't help. I did a normal Restart,
> and that didn't help.
>
> Before I go to bed, I'm going to restart again in single-user mode and
> start AppleJack to do a deep clean of the system, and I'll see in the
> morning if it makes any difference.
>
> The next step, if that doesn't help, will be to download the latest
> version from the web site and try re-installing. I'd appreciate it if
> someone would post the URLs for the latest release version and last
> couple of preview versions -- all of my recent downloads have been via
> the built-in updater, so I'm not sure where to find them on the
> Moneydance site.
>
> The only notable things I've done to my system, possibly since the
> last MD update, was to install the new versions of Adobe Reader (8.1),
> Peek-a-Boo (2.6.5), Apple.com Daily Special (1.57) (widget), and BOINC
> (5.8.17).
>
> I haven't seen any other reports of this on this list, so I'm
> presuming its something squirrelly in my system. If anyone has any
> other suggestions, I'll take a look at them in the morning.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Gordon

-- 
Gordon B. Alley
http://www.gordonalley.com