Applets exported by PDE don't find data folder in 1.5

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Original author: PhiLho....@gmail.com (May 07, 2011 17:45:26)

Processing 1.5, Windows 7, Java 1.6.0_25
If I export an applet with Processing 1.5 and if this applet must load a resource from the data folder, for example a .vlw font, it fails with the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.DataInputStream.readInt(Unknown Source)
at processing.core.PFont.<init>(Unknown Source)
at processing.core.PApplet.loadFont(Unknown Source)
at DelaunayTriangles.setup(DelaunayTriangles.java:38)
at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(Unknown Source)
at processing.core.PApplet.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "Animation Thread" java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not load font AmericanTypewriter-24.vlw. Make sure that the font has been copied to the data folder of your sketch.
at processing.core.PApplet.die(Unknown Source)
at processing.core.PApplet.die(Unknown Source)
at processing.core.PApplet.loadFont(Unknown Source)
at DelaunayTriangles.setup(DelaunayTriangles.java:38)
at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(Unknown Source)
at processing.core.PApplet.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

The same applet exported with 1.2.1 works fine.

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=666

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From juan.elo...@gmail.com on May 10, 2011 21:32:51
Same problem in my computer Processing 1.5, Windows XP, Java 1.6.0_25, it works with CreateFonts and works executing the file inside processing environment but when I export the applet it does not work, exactly the same trace from the java console as the original bug report (with a different vlw file name)

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From ra...@usp.br on May 12, 2011 18:45:55
same thing here, Processing 1.5, windows 7 64-Bit, java 1.6.0_25

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From drajma...@gmail.com on May 15, 2011 05:40:19
Ditto here: Processing 1.5, Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit, both on MacBook Pro), Java 1.6.0_25. This seems to happen for both loadFont() and loadImage().

However, applets from the same sketch work fine when exported from the MacOSX version of Processing 1.5 (MacBook Pro with factory Snow Leopard 10.6.3 installation).

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From drajma...@gmail.com on May 15, 2011 05:57:40
Another note - this problem is different to Issue 429. The sketches I have tried do not use OpenGL, only straight P3D.

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From f...@processing.org on May 15, 2011 20:50:54
Weird, I can't seem to replicate this. If you open the Letters or Words examples, do an export, and then open the exported index.html file, it doesn't work on your machine?

And if not, can you rename the .jar file as .zip and then take a look to see if the vlw file is in there? and whether there's a subfolder called 'data' inside?

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From f...@processing.org on May 15, 2011 20:56:11
Ah, I think I'm on the track.. It only happens when you export using separate .jar files, and it may only be a problem on Windows, perhaps related to the extra "security" controls that have been added in the very latest Java 6 updates.

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From f...@processing.org on May 15, 2011 21:32:46
Fixed for the next release (1.5.1 or 0197). Problem was actually something else... that the data folder had backslashes (instead of forward slashes) on Windows.

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