Heres the stack trace. I know its probably something completely stupid on my part but it is driving me crazy. Hope you can help java.lang.NullPointerException at sim.display3d.Display3D.startMovie(Display3D.java:1091) at sim.display3d.Display3D$7.actionPerformed(Display3D.java:412) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:17 86) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$ForwardActionEvents.actionPerformed(Abstra ctButton.java:1839) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel .java:420) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:258 ) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonL istener.java:245) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:5100) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:4897) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1569) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3615) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1627) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3477) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:3483 ) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3198) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3128) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1613) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1606) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3477) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:456) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchTh read.java:201) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThre ad.java:151) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:145) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:137) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:100) On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:42:16 -0500, Sean Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dean, could you give us the full stack trace of your null pointer > exception? What was printed out? > > Sean > > On Mar 24, 2005, at 9:06 AM, Dean Gardner wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I am a little unsure as to how to produce the quicktime movies. I have > > and installed the JMF, however when i try and create a movie I recieve > > a NullPointerException. > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > Thanks > > > > Dean > >