# Servoy Method editor not showing **URL:** \ **Category:** Classic Servoy\ **Created:** [March 22, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542 "2004-03-22T21:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DFehrenbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@DFehrenbach](https://forum.servoy.com/u/DFehrenbach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/1 "2004-03-22T21:08:39Z")
All of a sudden my method editor screen comes up completely blank. The last thing I remembered doing was to start the debugger. I think the method editor may not have ben running when I enabled debugging. I have closed and reopened Developer, and even re-started Windows (2000 Server) all result in the same blank window. ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/2 "2004-03-22T23:11:02Z")
Hey, this is something I noticed sometimes too after doing multiple finds or search and replaces (both global) on the mac. Was it something like that what you did? ---
**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/3 "2004-03-22T23:12:47Z")
what do you see in the .log.txt file? ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/4 "2004-03-22T23:16:24Z")
Johan, sorry. I forgot to look at it (will do so the next time) and report it until I saw this message. Next time I see this you will have that .log.txt I promise. ---
**Author:** ![DFehrenbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@DFehrenbach](https://forum.servoy.com/u/DFehrenbach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/5 "2004-03-23T00:46:08Z")
I get the following .log.txt file when I launch Developer, open the solution, go into design mode and then launch the method editor: > Starting Servoy R2 2.0 rc9 build-268 on Windows 2000 using Java 1.4.2\_03java.lang.NullPointerExceptionjava.lang.NullPointerException > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.c.int(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.c.do(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.c.(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.l.p(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.l.n(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.l.if(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.l.k(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.l.compileFunction(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.scripting.f.(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.debugger.l.(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.J2DBDeveloper.getScriptEngine(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.FormManager.if(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.develop.z.if(Unknown Source) > at com.servoy.j2db.FormManager$3.run(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) ---
**Author:** ![patrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@patrick](https://forum.servoy.com/u/patrick)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/6 "2004-03-23T09:33:39Z")
same here. that happens to me every other day… ---
**Author:** ![DFehrenbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@DFehrenbach](https://forum.servoy.com/u/DFehrenbach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/7 "2004-03-23T12:19:28Z")
FWIW > Hey, this is something I noticed sometimes too after doing multiple finds or search and replaces (both global) on the mac. > > Was it something like that what you did? Now that you mention it I was doing multiple finds, but for data in a large table (not doing a find and replace in Method Editor). Also, when this breaks, it breaks the whole solution. The Method editor cannot be closed. The only recovery possible is to re-build the solution from a backup. Does this also happen to you? patrick? IT2BE? ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/8 "2004-03-23T13:18:40Z")
No, and from the looks of it I should be happy. I NEVER experienced that breakdown that you describe. It is only (and nothing more) that I can not go on working with developer. Either closing/opening the solution or a restart solves the thing… ---
**Author:** ![patrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@patrick](https://forum.servoy.com/u/patrick)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/9 "2004-03-23T13:37:31Z")
I have had situations where the method editor could not be closed anymore up to a point where I needed Task Manager to get out of Servoy. But when I re-opened, everything except my last changes was fine… ---
**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/10 "2004-03-23T15:00:45Z")
does anybody have a reproduceable testcase (solution) where you did get that nullpointer when you go to the method editor when in design mode? ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/11 "2004-03-24T20:07:00Z")
Johan, I just sent you the output of my terminal. After performing several undo’s (button clicks) my method editor went blanc again. ---
**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/12 "2004-03-24T22:37:42Z")
in the stack you send me there is no code from us. It is purely a repaint action of the system libs themselfs.. so i really need exactly a reproduceabl test case. It seems something to do with a text string that is getting removed and the system still things something is there and tries to rendere a text lengt that is negative. ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/13 "2004-03-24T22:40:21Z")
Johan, I can’t reproduce it except that it occurs sometimes under the described circumstances. Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![DFehrenbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@DFehrenbach](https://forum.servoy.com/u/DFehrenbach)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/14 "2004-03-24T23:39:50Z")
Johan: I sent you via private message an exported solution with example data. Did you get it? Is that something you can work with? ---
**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-method-editor-not-showing/1542/15 "2004-03-25T08:14:18Z")
i didn’t get anything yet (through my normal email or forum private mail)