Problems with Dynamic Updating and Java Runtime
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- Subject: [mg85067] Problems with Dynamic Updating and Java Runtime
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:41:00 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
Hi, Lately my colleagues and I have been getting the following error when attempting to search in the Documentation Center. "One or more dynamic objects are taking excessively long to finish evaluating. You may either disable further dynamic evaluations or continue waiting. Dynamic updating can be re-enabled using the Dynamic Updating Enabled command in the Evaluation menu." The message comes up in a pop-up window, with buttons to Disable Dynamic Updating or Continue Waiting. If you click the Continue Waiting button it will usually go ahead and complete the search, but needless to say, it's annoying. It has been happening rather frequently (but not all the time) in our offices and classrooms (Mathematica 6.0.1, Windows XP), and I just now experienced it at home (6.0.1, Windows Vista). We have also been seeing an error related to Java (something about Java Runtime failing to initialize; I don't have the exact message). This one sometimes comes up when starting Mathematica. I have not (yet) seen this one on my home (Vista) machine, but we see it on various XP machines on campus. Everything seems OK if you close the message window, but again, it is an unexplained annoyance. Any ideas on what is causing these issues, and how to fix? We have tried re-installing Mathematica, which did not help. -- Helen Read University of Vermont