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
public void setInput( Object object )
	{
		super.setInput( object );
		getDescriptorProvider( ).setInput( object );
	}
	public void load( )
	{
		setEnabled( true );
		String[] result = (String[]) provider.load( );
		if ( result.length == 1 )
			setInput( result[0] );
		if ( result.length == 2 )
			setInput( result[0], result[1] );
	}
	public void setInput( String formatString )
	{
		if ( formatString == null )
		{
			setInput( null, null );
			return;
		}
		String fmtStr = formatString;
		int pos = fmtStr.indexOf( ":" ); 
		if ( provider.isBlank( fmtStr ) )
		{
			setInput( null, null );
			return;
		}
		else if ( pos == -1 )
		{