DriveWire 4 FX

Technical Fixes

• ✅ Migrated UI from Eclipse SWT to JavaFX 21
• ✅ Fixed threading issues: replaced Display.syncExec() with Platform.runLater() for JavaFX compatibility
• ✅ Fixed NullPointerException crashes in addToServerLog(), applyMIDIStatus(), and doShutdown()
• ✅ Implemented disk persistence: mounted disk images remembered across application restarts
• ✅ File picker remembers last used directory
• ✅ Fixed disk table updates: LED, reads, and writes now update in real-time
• ✅ UI layout persistence: split pane divider position and column widths saved/restored
• ✅ Fixed disk properties dialog: displays all disk parameters with dynamic updates
• ✅ Connection management: disconnect/reconnect to different DriveWire servers
• ✅ Fixed command console: dw command and subcommands now work correctly
• ✅ Fixed port normalization: SyncThread uses default port (6800) when port is 0 or invalid
• ✅ HDB-DOS translation mode persistence
• ✅ View mode toggle (Dashboard/Advanced) with persistence
• ✅ Fixed status bar display: shows "Client: IP:port" when connected
• ✅ Fixed file column display: shows only filename, full path in status bar
• ✅ Center-justified table columns (LED, Drive, File, Reads, Writes)
• ✅ Fixed TCP device connection blocking: added timeout to ServerSocket.accept()
• ✅ Fixed connection pool management: improved reuse of closed/stale connections
• ✅ Fixed NullPointerException in connection announcement when porthandler is null

Requirements

• Java 21 (with JavaFX included)
• Apache Ant (for building)

Quick Start

1. Build the project:

   cd drivewire4_from_source/drivewireserver-git/DriveWireUI
   ant create_run_jar

2. Run the JavaFX UI:

   .\run-javafx.bat    # Windows
   # or
   .\run-javafx.ps1   # PowerShell

Building

The project uses Apache Ant for building. Ensure you have Java 21 installed, then:

cd drivewire4_from_source/drivewireserver-git/DriveWireUI
ant create_run_jar

This will create DriveWireUI.jar in the DriveWireUI directory.

Project Structure

• drivewire4_from_source/drivewireserver-git/DriveWireUI/src/ - JavaFX UI source code
• drivewire4_from_source/drivewireserver-git/DriveWireUI/src/com/groupunix/drivewireui/fxml/ - FXML layouts
• drivewire4_from_source/drivewireserver-git/DriveWireUI/src/com/groupunix/drivewireui/css/ - Stylesheets
• drivewire4_from_source/drivewireserver-git/java/src/ - DriveWire server core