Target VM failed to initialize

Antne333

A friend of mine is a teacher and is interested in programming but has never really done it before. I wrote a clock program after I saw a similar project online and sent it to her. One of her students was trying to run the program and got an error saying "Target VM failed to initialize". I know that the program works. I have been trying to run it on multiple operating systems including on a raspberry pi and have had no issues getting it to run. Could someone try and explain what exactly might be going wrong on their end?

I have verified that they have the Clock.pde and the ttf font I used in a folder called Clock and I can't seem to figure out why the program will not run.

Thanks in advance!

kfrajer

What OS does she have? Processing version?

Notice there was issues recently with NVidia cars and a version of processing: https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/20562/could-not-run-the-sketch-target-vm-failed-to-initialize-errors-windows-nvidia
https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/comment/87939/#Comment_87939

Also, can she run any of the provided examples? Does it work? if it does, then the issue is in your code and if you post it, people will e able to run it in other machines and maybe figure out the problem....

Kf

Antne333

int x;
int y;
int diameter;
int length;
PFont Font;

void setup(){
  fullScreen();

  x = width/2;
  y = height/2;
  diameter = (47*height)/48;
  length = (11*height)/24;

  stroke(0, 0, 150);
  smooth();

  Font = createFont("georgia.ttf", height/15);
  textFont(Font);
  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
}

void draw(){
  background(0, 0, 25);

  strokeWeight(5);
  fill(0, 0, 50);
  ellipse(x, y, diameter, diameter);
  fill(0, 0, 150);

  fill(0, 0, 255);

  DigitalClock();

  DrawNumbers();

  fill(0, 0, 150);

  //SECOND HAND
  strokeWeight(3);
  float theta = ((TWO_PI * second())/60);
  PVector endPoint = PolarConvert(theta, length);
  line(x, y, endPoint.x, endPoint.y);


  //MINUTE HAND
  strokeWeight(4);
  theta = ((TWO_PI*minute())/60)+((TWO_PI*second()))/3600;
  endPoint = PolarConvert(theta, length*7/8);
  line(x, y, endPoint.x, endPoint.y);


  //HOUR HAND
  strokeWeight(5);
  theta = (TWO_PI*(hour()%12)/12) + ((TWO_PI/12)*minute()/60);
  endPoint = PolarConvert(theta, length*2/3);
  line(x, y, endPoint.x, endPoint.y);
}

void DigitalClock(){
  int hourI = hour()%12;
  if(hourI == 0)
    hourI = 12;
  String hour = Integer.toString(hourI);

  int minuteI = minute();
  String minute = Integer.toString(minuteI);
  if(minuteI < 10)
    minute = "0" + minute;

  int secondI = second();
  String second = Integer.toString(secondI);
  if(secondI < 10)
    second = "0" + secondI;

  text(hour + " : " + minute + " : " + second, x, y + (width/6));
}

void DrawNumbers(){
  for(int i = 0; i < 12; i++){
    int hour = i;
    if(hour == 0)
      hour = 12;
    float theta = (i*TWO_PI)/12;
    PVector numPoint = PolarConvert(theta, length-16);
    text(hour, numPoint.x, numPoint.y);
  }
}

PVector PolarConvert(float theta, float r){
  theta -= HALF_PI;
  return new PVector(r * cos(theta) + x, r * sin(theta) + y);
}

Antne333

I believe she is running windows 7 and i know that she is using version 3.3.

The student I was talking to trying to get it working had to go to class but i will ask them to try to run a sample program when they get back.

Sorry i dont know how to format the code but i posted it there anyways.

kfrajer

No problem about formatting. Edit your post, select your code and hit ctrl+o to format your code. Make sure there is an empty line above and below your code

I removed the PFont references and it works by the way.

Kf

Antne333

Simple fix. They did not have java installed on the school computer. Didn't know that was absolutely necessary as I thought processing covered those files for setting up the VM.

GoToLoop

.... I thought processing covered those files for setting up the VM.

When exporting a sketch, we've got the option to bundle Java's runtime or not. L-)