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RE: Error executing FreeMarker template
I am migrating from Liferay Digital Experience Platform version 7.1.10 Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.4.13. I am migrating a theme as per the following link :https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018162071-Liferay-Theme-Generator.
I am using this version of java to generate the .jar and it is installed in Liferay:
java version "1.8.0_341"
Java(TM) SE Runtime
Environment (build 1.8.0_341-b10)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server
VM (build 25.341-b10, mixed mode)
Those that when lifting are
throwing the following error:
When taking the war from the theme
it is throwing the following error:
ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-1][runtime:59] Error executing FreeMarker
template
freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException: The
following has evaluated to null or missing:
==>
freeMarkerPortletPreferences.setValue [in template
"20099#20135#86793" at line 2, column 32]
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Tip: It's the step after the last dot that caused this
error, not those before it.
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Tip: If the failing
expression is known to legally refer to something that's sometimes
null or missing, either specify a default value like
myOptionalVar!myDefault, or use <#if
myOptionalVar??>when-present<#else>when-missing</#if>.
(These only cover the last step of the expression; to cover the whole
expression, use parenthesis: (myOptionalVar.foo)!myDefault,
(myOptionalVar.foo)??
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FTL stack trace ("~" means
nesting-related):
- Failed at: VOID =
freeMarkerPortletPreferences.s... [in template
"20099#20135#86793" at line 2, column 25]
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Personally I'd avoid trying to auto-update themes.
There's a big difference in themes for 7.1 and 7.4 and no upgrade tool is going to help you get around those changes.
I'd suggest starting a new 7.4 theme and then overlay your changes from the 7.1 theme back in.