From 6cd27d49e5a50249d26092247b83c5042cbd070f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chad Pilkey <capilkey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:26:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] avoid null exceptions

---
 .../src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/chat/views/ChatView.mxml   | 5 ++++-
 .../modules/screenshare/services/ScreenshareService.as       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/chat/views/ChatView.mxml b/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/chat/views/ChatView.mxml
index 5da445cfe7..3af4691ca0 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/chat/views/ChatView.mxml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/chat/views/ChatView.mxml
@@ -284,7 +284,10 @@ with BigBlueButton; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
       }
       
       private function getTabIndexFor(chatBox:ChatTab):int {
-        return chatTabs.getChildIndex(chatBox);
+        if (chatBox)
+          return chatTabs.getChildIndex(chatBox);
+        else
+          return -1;
       }
       
       private function onTabNavChange():void{
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/screenshare/services/ScreenshareService.as b/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/screenshare/services/ScreenshareService.as
index 185bd9240c..7cf8a147f3 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/screenshare/services/ScreenshareService.as
+++ b/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/modules/screenshare/services/ScreenshareService.as
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ package org.bigbluebutton.modules.screenshare.services {
         }
         
         public function disconnect():void {
-            conn.disconnect();
+            if (conn) conn.disconnect();
         }
         
         public function checkIfPresenterIsSharingScreen():void {