Report a bug of R2017a on MacBook Pro 2016, java.lang.​reflect.In​vocationTa​rgetExcept​ion

Hi, I use MacBook Pro 2016 with Japanese Keyboard Layout.

I have installed MATLAB R2017a on macOS Sierra 10.12.4.

Following red error messages will appear in Command Window sometimes.

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.LWCToolkit.invokeAndWait(LWCToolkit.java:572)
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.CInputMethod.attributedSubstringFromRange(CInputMethod.java:586)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid range
  at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent$InputMethodRequestsHandler.getCommittedText(JTextComponent.java:4595)
  at sun.awt.im.InputMethodContext.getCommittedText(InputMethodContext.java:302)
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.CInputMethod$3.run(CInputMethod.java:598)
  at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:302)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:738)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.access$300(EventQueue.java:103)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:699)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:697)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:87)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:713)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:711)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:710)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91)

There was a thread reported this bug. She gave a method to solve the problem, but I think she haven't solved the problem because I tried her method and it doesn't work well.

Error starting desktop r2017a on mac os Sierra (Solved)

I think I find something useful for fixing the bug.

This bug was caused by Chinese Input Method. I installed Chinese Input Method into a MacBook Pro (2016) with Japanese Keyboard Layout. After running a script, if I clicked command window immediately under Chinese Input Method, the error messages will appear.

Temporary Solution：

After running a script, before clicking the command window,

change your input method to any other input methods if your current method is Chinese;

or click one of the other window blocks first, such as workspace.

I hope this bug can be fixed as soon as possible.

Thank you.

[Meixu Chen]

I found the same bug and I also think it's the Chinese input method bug.

[shilei su]

the same to you

[Donglei Zhang]

the same to you

[Jianqiu Wu]

Same!

[haidi zhu]

the same to you

Answer 1

[Swathik Kurella Janardhan]

Thank you for reporting this error. I forwarded this information to my development team for further investigation. Starting MATLAB with admin privileges can resolve these errors.

[Jun]

Thank you very much.

I tried

sudo open -a matlab_r2017a

,it solved the problem partly, but it haven't solved these errors totally.

Sometimes, following errors message appeared

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.LWCToolkit.invokeAndWait(LWCToolkit.java:572)
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.CInputMethod.attributedSubstringFromRange(CInputMethod.java:586)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid range
  at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent$InputMethodRequestsHandler.getCommittedText(JTextComponent.java:4595)
  at sun.awt.im.InputMethodContext.getCommittedText(InputMethodContext.java:302)
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.CInputMethod$3.run(CInputMethod.java:598)
  at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:302)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:738)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.access$300(EventQueue.java:103)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:699)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:697)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:87)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:713)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:711)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:710)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91)
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.LWCToolkit.invokeAndWait(LWCToolkit.java:572)
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.CInputMethod.attributedSubstringFromRange(CInputMethod.java:586)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid range
  at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent$InputMethodRequestsHandler.getCommittedText(JTextComponent.java:4595)
  at sun.awt.im.InputMethodContext.getCommittedText(InputMethodContext.java:302)
  at sun.lwawt.macosx.CInputMethod$3.run(CInputMethod.java:598)
  at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:302)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:738)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.access$300(EventQueue.java:103)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:699)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:697)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:87)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:713)
  at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:711)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:710)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138)
  at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91)

It seems that the same error message appeared twice each time. And I can not use clc to clean the Command Window under Chinese input method. It seems that using clc under Chinese input method to clean those error messages will make the same error. Under English input method, clc can clean those error message from the Command Window.

Thanks again.

Sincerely,

WU