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
typeChoicer.select( provider.getIndexOfCategory( categoryStr ) );
		}
		else if ( provider.NUMBER_FORMAT_TYPE_SCIENTIFIC.equals( categoryStr ) )
		{
			refreshScientificSetting( (FormatScientificNumPattern) fmtPattern );
			typeChoicer.select( provider.getIndexOfCategory( categoryStr ) );
		}
		else if ( provider.NUMBER_FORMAT_TYPE_CUSTOM.equals( categoryStr ) )
		{
			refreshCustomSetting( (FormatCustomNumPattern) fmtPattern );
			typeChoicer.select( provider.getIndexOfCategory( categoryStr ) );
		}
		else
		{
			// default for illegal input category.
			typeChoicer.select( 0 );
		}
		return;
	}
	/**
	 * Re layouts sub pages according to the selected format type.
	 */
	private void reLayoutSubPages( )
	{
		String category = provider.getCategory4DisplayName( typeChoicer.getText( ) );
		Control control = getFmtPage4Category( category );
		( (StackLayout) infoComp.getLayout( ) ).topControl = control;
		infoComp.layout( );
		if ( formatCodeComp != null )
		{