Problem adding aspect to item in Alfresco 1.4

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jjjackson

Hi,

I have just installed Alfresco 1.4 war on an existing Apache Tomcat 5.5.20 on a Ubuntu Server.  I am getting an error in the web client when I try to add an aspect to an item using the Run Action Wizard or the Rules Wizard.  The following error text is outputted in the web client when I select 'add aspect to item' and then click 'Set Values and Add':

javax.faces.FacesException: Bean: org.alfresco.web.bean.actions.RunActionWizard, property: aspects
at org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:421)
at org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.renderView(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:234)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:352)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:73)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:199)
at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:282)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:767)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:697)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:889)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Bean: org.alfresco.web.bean.actions.RunActionWizard, property: aspects
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:512)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:395)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
at org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:415)
… 21 more

I reviewed this forum entry: http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?t=3708&sid=0dde572e44ed24731b667e32e55ace60
which appears to be the same problem but I have not attempted to add any custom dialog.

Before installing 1.4, I had 1.3 running with no problems performing the same actions.

Is there a problem with my install?

Thanks,
John Jackson

gavinc

It may be that the new WAR file has not deployed fully, or i should say it hasn't overwritten the older files from your 1.3 installation.

Try doing a completely clean deploy i.e. remove the <tomcat>/webapps/alfresco folder, remove the <tomcat>/work and <tomcat>/temp folders and overwrite the <tomcat>/webapps/alfresco.war file.

Re-start Tomcat and see if you get the same issue. My guess is that the old 1.3 JSP is being used instead of the newer 1.4 version.