Bug 167688 Setting number format on multiple elements gives NPE
If I select multiple data elements (for example one in each table cell) using the shift key, then try to 'format number' on those in the properties tab, I get a null pointer exception. An unexpected internal exception occurred.Please see log for detail. Plug-in Provider:Eclipse.org Plug-in Name:BIRT Designer UI Plug-in ID:org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui Version:2.2.0.v20061211-0630 Error Code:Error.GUIException.invokedByUnexpectedException Error Message:Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException.
UI/org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.views/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/internal/ui/views/attributes/widget/FormatNumberDescriptor.java
topContainer.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		topContainer.setLayout( new GridLayout( 2, false ) );
		FormWidgetFactory.getInstance( ).createLabel( topContainer,
				isFormStyle( ) ).setText( LABEL_FORMAT_NUMBER_PAGE );
		if ( !isFormStyle( ) )
			typeChoicer = new CCombo( topContainer, SWT.READ_ONLY );
		else
			typeChoicer = FormWidgetFactory.getInstance( )
					.createCCombo( topContainer, true );
		typeChoicer.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		typeChoicer.addSelectionListener( new SelectionAdapter( ) {
			public void widgetSelected( SelectionEvent e )
			{
				reLayoutSubPages( );
				updatePreview( );
				notifyFormatChange( );
			}
		} );
		typeChoicer.setItems( provider.getFormatTypes( ) );
		infoComp = new Composite( content, SWT.NONE );
		infoComp.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		infoComp.setLayout( new StackLayout( ) );
		createCategoryPages( infoComp );
		createCategoryPatterns( );
		setInput( null, null );
		setPreviewText( DEFAULT_PREVIEW_TEXT );
	}
	protected void createContentsHorizontally( )
	{
		content.setLayout( UIUtil.createGridLayoutWithoutMargin( 2, false ) );