Getting ScreenRenderException while running OfBiz

Question

I am new to OfBiz.while running it in eclipse...I got the following in eclipse console...

Httpd started on port: 9989
Sessiond started on port: 9990
2014-02-04 12:57:37,538 (main) [ BeanShellContainer.java:100:INFO ] Started BeanShell telnet service on 9989, 9990
2014-02-04 12:57:37,538 (main) [ BeanShellContainer.java:101:INFO ] NOTICE: BeanShell service ports are not secure. Please protect the ports
2014-02-04 12:57:45,824 (org.ofbiz.service.jms.JmsListenerFactory@6ec213ad) [ JmsListenerFactory.java:75 :INFO ] JMS Listener Factory Thread Finished; All listeners connected.

after this I am trying to open url https://localhost:8080/webtools as mentioned in the tutorial but i am experiencing the following error message in the browser

:ERROR MESSAGE:
org.ofbiz.widget.screen.ScreenRenderException: Error rendering screen [component://common/widget/CommonScreens.xml#GlobalDecorator]: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Template location is empty (Template location is empty)

Help me to fix this...Thank You

Answer 1

That error usually happens when you run the ant build without any additional command and then execute the application

>ant

You can install the demo or a new installation, to install the demo run:

>ant load-demo

OR to install the new one run:

>ant run-install

if you need to clean before a new installation run:

>ant clean-all

With the information and templates loaded the application should work now, run from eclipse or with the command

startofbiz

Hope it helps

Regards