Known Issues
It would be good if everything worked perfectly all the time, but we all know that this is far from reality :-)
The following are known issues with the ExhibitPlus skin and/or JAlbum. I plan to (maybe) try to resolve these where possible in future versions of the skin.
This section is broken down into issues and bugs. An issue is something that is known about, and usually is some sort of limitation, with a work-around normally required. A bug is something that is/was broken, and required a modification to be completed on the ExhibitPlus files.
Current known issues in version 1.4
- Video files - .avi files are supported in a limited way. A small icon will appear in the index and slide pages allowing the user to download the file directly. There is no support to play the files in the browser window, and because of the small size of the icon file which represents the video file, it may disrupt the layout of your index or slide page. I've raised this with David, the author of JAlbum, and hopefully this functionality will be addressed within JAlbum, rather than within ExhibitPlus. After you have generated your album you may also need to manually copy across your video files to your output folder.
- If no EXIF data is present, no resolution information will be included in the slide page. This is normal, and even though other skins may provide this, it isn't planned to provide it in ExhibitPlus.
For each issue identified there is a patch file which allows you to patch this issue for yourself. If you have comments on each bug, please discuss these on the forum threads given.
Currently known bugs in version 1.4
Assigned bug number: 14/001 Patch file | Forum Thread
Reported date: 19.04.05
Fixed date: 24.05.05
Fixed by: M.Fyvie
Fixed in: Subsequent versions
Severity: Major, album generation stops
Occurance: Rare
Error message: Sourced file: inline evaluation of: `` loadMetaArray(); ;'' : Command not found: getKey( java.lang.String )
Bug details: When "User Comment" in the "Image Information" tab of the E+ UI is selected (default is off) an image which contains in EXIF user comment will trigger the error.
Assigned bug number: 14/002 Patch file | Forum Thread
Reported date: 23.04.05
Fixed date: 24.05.05
Fixed by: M.Fyvie
Fixed in: Subsequent versions
Severity: Minor, thumbnails for folders may not be correctly displayed
Occurance: Rare, only when non-ASCII characters are used in path/file names
Error message: None
Bug details: Skin does not correctly respect the "URL encode links" option in JAlbum. If non-ASCII characters are used in file or path names, problems displaying the images may result.
Assigned bug number: 14/003 Patch file | Forum Thread
Reported date: 19.04.05
Fixed date: 24.05.05
Fixed by: M.Fyvie (info from stucw)
Fixed in: Subsequent versions
Severity: Major, album processing will not start
Occurance: Console mode only
Error message: Sourced file: inline evaluation of: `` time = new Timer(); time.start(); variableInitSlide(); utils.imageCal . . . '': Found non-public method: java.lang.String Utils.makeThumbLinks(). Use setAccessibility(true) to enable access to private and protected members of classes.
Bug details: When using console mode the above error message appears. Turning on accessibility mode seems to work around the issue.
Assigned bug number: 14/004 Patch file | Forum Thread
Reported date: 09.04.05
Fixed date: 09.04.05
Fixed by: M.Fyvie
Fixed in: Subsequent versions
Severity: Major, album processing will halt
Occurance: Rare, only with certain images
Error message: Exception caused by line 170: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke method toString on null value
Bug details: Certain images, depending on the meta data stored may trigger this error. Better handling of cases where null values appear was required to make this more robust.
If you are aware of any other issues, please be sure to let me know. You can also check under section for "Future" for a list of features that will be added to the next version.
