Please ensure your JAVA_HOME environment variable has been correctly set to point to your Java instalation directory.

A JAVA_HOME environment variable should also be set from the System Properties window to point to the JDK root folder. (Right click on the 'My Computer' icon and choose properties. Then select the advanced tab and click 'Environement Variables'.) This can be tested by running the following from a command prompt:

>echo %JAVA_HOME%
 

This is described in the product documentation under Installation Prerequisites

 To import this project follow these steps:

1. Download the attached zip file, and extract it to a temporary directory.
2. From the 'Projects' screen within the studio, select the 'Import' option.
3. Use the 'browse' button to navigate to the temporary directory used in step 1, and select the 'exported_project.xml' file.
4. By default, this imported project will be called 'Tutorial', but a new name can be entered at this point if required.
5. Click 'Import' to complete the import process.
6. Open up FormMaker for the imported project, and use the 'Deploy Application' button to deploy to the runtime environment.

You should now be able to successfully run the application.

For more information on how this application is constructed, please look through the MVC Tutorial documentation.

If these calls fail for any reason then there will not be any data to display on the screen, which by default causes the 'No data found' message to be output. 

The Dashboard part of the studio can be used to examine the full trace of the running application to see exactly what happened, and any errors should be clearly marked.  For more informaiton, refer to the troubleshooting section of the Tutorial documentation: http://www.hyfinity.net/mvcdocumentation/MVC/MVC%20Tutorials/Troubleshooting.html

If you continue to have problems with access the remote services, (for example due to proxy server issues) then it is possible to run these services locally so that the tutorial application can be completed.  for more information on this, please refer to the following FAQ entry: Running the Tutorial web services locally

Release Date: 3rd April 2008

Applies To: MVC 2.8

Description: This patch replaces patch MVC_2.5.0006 to provide a copy of the web services used by the new tutorial application supplied with MVC 2.8.

These services are hosted by Hyfinity, but by using this patch you can host them locally, to allow completion of the tutorial without requiring a web connection.

Please see this entry for more details: Running the Tutorial web services locally

Patch Installation

If you are unable to access these web service for any reason (eg proxy server issues) the a patch is available to run these remote services locally.

This patch (MVC_2.8.0001) can be downloaded from the following FAQ entry, and should be installed by simply unzipping to your C:\ drive: Tutorial Services Patch

You would then need to go into the ‘Deploy Project’ screen within XDE for your tutorial application, and choose the ‘Runtime Pattern Deployment’. Select the Tutorial_Contacts_Services_Proxy pattern, and choose ‘Advanced Deployment’. This should show the URI that the application is trying to use to call the web services.

Change this to ‘http://localhost:7080/Tutorial_Services_v2/Contacts_Service' and click the ‘Deploy Node’ button to update the application to use the local web services.

If you now restart the runtime tomcat server, you should find that your application runs successfully.

See Also:

Installing behind proxy servers

Note: The above information has been updated for the MVC 2.8 tutorial. If you are using an earlier product, please download and install patch MVC 2.5.0006, and deploy the 'PxP_Contact_Services_Proxy' pattern using a URL of 'http://localhost:7080/pxp_demo_services/pxp_demo_service'.