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Building: 200211051258 When trying to open the Ant View preference page, an error dialog appears explaining that it was not possible to create the preference page. Stack trace from the log file: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.internal.ant.antview.core.ResourceMgr.getString (ResourceMgr.java:89) at org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.internal.ant.antview.preferences.PreferencePage.<in it>(PreferencePage.java:35) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:262) at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginDescriptor.createExecutableExtension (PluginDescriptor.java:136) at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginDescriptor.createExecutableExtension (PluginDescriptor.java:165) at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension (ConfigurationElement.java:102) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin.createExtension (WorkbenchPlugin.java:109) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.dialogs.WorkbenchPreferenceNode.createPage (WorkbenchPreferenceNode.java:43) at org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog.showPage (PreferenceDialog.java:895) at org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog$7.run (PreferenceDialog.java:422) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:65) at org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog$6.widgetSelected (PreferenceDialog.java:414) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.firePostSelectionEvent (OpenStrategy.java:192) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$4(OpenStrategy.java:187) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$3.run(OpenStrategy.java:327) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java (Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java (Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:541) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.OpenPreferencesAction.run (OpenPreferencesAction.java:47) at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:769) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection (ActionContributionItem.java:408) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetEvent (ActionContributionItem.java:362) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$0 (ActionContributionItem.java:353) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$ActionListener.handleEvent (ActionContributionItem.java:48) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1419) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.run(Workbench.java:1402) at org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.run (InternalBootLoader.java:831) at org.eclipse.core.boot.BootLoader.run(BootLoader.java:462) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:247) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:703) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:539)
Workaround: open Ant view before opening ant view preference page *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25759 ***