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Re: Grab Wizard for a template

2008-07-24T12:10:01Z

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:25 PM, johann Sorel <sorel.johann@...> wrote:

Hello,

I have made a template with the Mime type : text/giscontext+xml

I would like to have an action in the explorer that shows me the file creation wizard for this template.

Just like in a java project you have : New > Java class
that pops up the wizard with the selected template.

Can someone tell me how to do this ?
(not the action, just how to grab the correct wizard and show it)

Follow this- http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/60/nbm-filetype.html

--
Varun

Re: Grab Wizard for a template

2008-07-24T12:03:06Z

Thanks the solution is interesting but not exactly what I am searching for.

The action must be only on a special node and I would also
like to have this action in the toolbar.
I'm not searching for an layer Xml solution, I'm searching for the java code.

johann

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geertjan.wielenga@...
> Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:26:34 +0200
> To: dev@...
> Subject: Re: [openide-dev] Grab Wizard for a template
>
> johann Sorel wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have made a template with the Mime type : text/giscontext+xml
>>
>> I would like to have an action in the explorer that shows me
>> the file creation wizard for this template.
>>
>> Just like in a java project you have : New > Java class
>> that pops up the wizard with the selected template.
>>
>> Can someone tell me how to do this ?
>> (not the action, just how to grab the correct wizard and show it)
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Johann sorel
>>
>>
> http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/privileged_and_recommended_templates
>
> Gj

Re: Grab Wizard for a template

2008-07-24T11:22:22Z

johann Sorel wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have made a template with the Mime type : text/giscontext+xml
>
> I would like to have an action in the explorer that shows me
> the file creation wizard for this template.
>
> Just like in a java project you have : New > Java class
> that pops up the wizard with the selected template.
>
> Can someone tell me how to do this ?
> (not the action, just how to grab the correct wizard and show it)
>
> thanks
>
> Johann sorel
>
>

http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/privileged_and_recommended_templates

Gj

Re: Grab Wizard for a template

2008-07-24T11:00:18Z

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:25 PM, johann Sorel <sorel.johann@...> wrote:

Hello,

I have made a template with the Mime type : text/giscontext+xml

I would like to have an action in the explorer that shows me
the file creation wizard for this template.

Just like in a java project you have : New > Java class
that pops up the wizard with the selected template.

Can someone tell me how to do this ?
(not the action, just how to grab the correct wizard and show it)

check out the Developer FAQ's- http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeansDeveloperFAQ

Does this help?

--
Varun

Grab Wizard for a template

2008-07-24T10:55:15Z

Hello,

I have made a template with the Mime type : text/giscontext+xml

I would like to have an action in the explorer that shows me
the file creation wizard for this template.

Just like in a java project you have : New > Java class
that pops up the wizard with the selected template.

Can someone tell me how to do this ?
(not the action, just how to grab the correct wizard and show it)

thanks

Johann sorel

Re: Re: DataObject and ANT script

2008-07-24T09:41:42Z

Thanks for your reply you saved be from a lot of work

2008/7/24 Jesse Glick <jesse.glick@...>:

Enrico Scantamburlo wrote:

I am trying to use DataObjects from my ant scripts (command Line, no
netbeans GUI). I was able to make them work, however the only dataobjects I get are DefaultDataObjects. I am not able to use my
custom DataObjects.

As far as I know it should work out of the box in NB 6.5. 6.1 will not correctly load declarative MIME resolvers from the classpath. 6.0 (I think, maybe 5.5) will not correctly load DataLoader's from the classpath either.

(To get FileObject's for disk files you would need to either have masterfs in the classpath or create a LocalFileSystem directly - but if you got to the point of having a DefaultDataObject then I guess you have already solved this.)

--
Enrico Scantamburlo
Member of JUGPadova

"I've noticed lately that the paranoid fear of computers becoming intelligent and taking over the world has almost entirely disappeared from the common culture. Near as I can tell, this coincides with the release of MS-DOS."
(Larry DeLuca)

Re: Re: Building from module cluster : without mercurial cloning

2008-07-24T09:34:46Z

On 7/24/08, Jesse Glick <jesse.glick@...> wrote:

> These are built binaries, not sources. I am not sure what you are asking
> for. If you need dev sources of NB, I believe these are available for
> download somewhere (though I have given up on keeping track of where).

Nightly build sources are the third link from the bottom:

http://bits.netbeans.org/download/trunk/nightly/latest/zip/

--
Tom Wheeler
http://www.tomwheeler.com/

Re: How do module suites share modules?

2008-07-24T09:15:39Z

Tom Wheeler wrote:
> you should build the "visual-VM" suite on top of the NetBeans
> Platform. The output of this (when you create a ZIP distribution)
> will be a new platform which contains the NetBeans Platform *and* the
> Visual VM stuff.

Visual VM already includes the (complete) platform cluster. If you want
to also use modules from other clusters found in the IDE which are not
found in Visual VM, you should be able to simply merge platforms
together. E.g.

cp -av $JDKHOME/lib/visualvm /tmp/custom-platform
cp -av $NBHOME/ide* /tmp/custom-platform
...

> You can use that platform as the base platform for creating any
> number of separate applications which contain arbitrary combinations
> of NetBeans and Visual VM modules.

Yes. And if you are developing your own modules on top of this platform,
and you want to reuse different combinations of your own modules for
different custom apps (this is getting pretty advanced...), your best
bet would be to have just one suite (pointing to the custom-platform
described above) with all your modules; you can use some custom Ant
targets (or a separate script) to build particular applications. Maybe
something like

<target name="make-app-1">
<ant dir="...suite..." target="build-zip" inheritall="false"
inheritrefs="false">
<property name="enabled.clusters" value="...what you want..."/>
<property name="disabled.modules" value="...what you want..."/>
<property name="app.name" value="...what you want..."/>
</>
</>

Re: Overwrite IDE Log File menu action to add dynamic logger options

2008-07-24T09:09:03Z

bruehlicke wrote:
> I want to give the user the option to dynamically change the
> Logger.Level which is simply done via
> Logger.getLogger("com.mystuff").setLevel(Level.xyz)

You can save yourself some time and just reuse

http://hg.netbeans.org/main/contrib/raw-file/tip/logmanagement/

Re: DataObject and ANT script

2008-07-24T09:07:08Z

Enrico Scantamburlo wrote:
> I am trying to use DataObjects from my ant scripts (command Line, no
> netbeans GUI). I was able to make them work, however the only
> dataobjects I get are DefaultDataObjects. I am not able to use my
> custom DataObjects.

As far as I know it should work out of the box in NB 6.5. 6.1 will not
correctly load declarative MIME resolvers from the classpath. 6.0 (I
think, maybe 5.5) will not correctly load DataLoader's from the
classpath either.

(To get FileObject's for disk files you would need to either have
masterfs in the classpath or create a LocalFileSystem directly - but if
you got to the point of having a DefaultDataObject then I guess you have
already solved this.)

Re: Building from module cluster : without mercurial cloning

2008-07-24T09:04:26Z

Suresh Shukla wrote:
> I want to try the latest UML module (with visual api).

You mean you want to build it? If you just want to run it, you can
simply use a nightly dev build.

> I [downloaded] 'nightly build' module cluster.

These are built binaries, not sources. I am not sure what you are asking
for. If you need dev sources of NB, I believe these are available for
download somewhere (though I have given up on keeping track of where).

Re: Can a "draggable" applet use all or part of the NetBeans Platform?

2008-07-24T09:02:43Z

Emilian Bold wrote:
> you have to patch things here and there especially due to the
> security sandbox.

Right, there will be trouble trying to run NB platform code in an applet
due to the security concerns. Probably you will be OK if you are using
standalone APIs, but you might not be able to start the module system
(i.e. bootstrap.jar).

Re: (Complete) tutorials available for standard operations like Open, Close, Save, SaveAs or SaveAll?

2008-07-24T09:01:43Z

Tom Wheeler wrote:
> The Javadoc would be more precise if it said "Saves all
> modified data objects" since that is what Save All does.

Please don't be shy to file bugs where you see Javadoc which is
inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or unreadable. Patches especially
welcome.

> the layer.xml file of any module can generally modify the content
> of another module's layer file.

"override" might be the better term. But note that for now you need to
use module dependencies to ensure that an override takes effect (the
overriding module has to be loaded in the right order relative to the
overridden). In the future it would be nice to have a more direct system
for indicating that one layer entry is intended to override another.

Re: Doesn't PropertySupport / Reflection use auto-boxing to find suitable method signatures?

2008-07-24T08:58:28Z

Emilian Bold wrote:
> have you tried using int.class ?

(or Integer.TYPE)

Re: (Complete) tutorials available for standard operations like Open, Close, Save, SaveAs or SaveAll?

2008-07-24T08:54:41Z

Marco Ehrentreich wrote:
> How and where should I track opened files to be able to close windows
> used in common (like explorer views) only after the last file is closed?

Tom talked about tracking the open files. For actually opening/closing
the tool window, use a top component group rather than directly
manipulating the top component, as this gives the user more power.

Re: (Complete) tutorials available for standard operations like Open, Close, Save, SaveAs or SaveAll?

2008-07-24T08:40:32Z

On 7/24/08, Marco Ehrentreich <erisch@...> wrote:
> Unfortunately there are still some unanswered questions. Especially if you
> want to know what's exactly going on behind the scenes of the framework.

One of the hidden gems of NetBeans (and much too hidden IMHO) are the
usecase, architecture and API description documents available for most
modules. They explain a *lot* of details and are extremely valuable
for understanding how things work. Unfortunately, navigating to them
through the Javadoc is tricky, but you can typically derive the URLs
based on the module's name. Here are examples of each from the Module
System API module:

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/overview-summary.html
http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/architecture-summary.html
http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide/modules/doc-files/api.html

Hint: It would be fantastic if someone could create a new FAQ entry
that links to these for each module in the platform.

> It's exactly these details which I'm talking about. Although this must be a
> common use case for most applications it's not really well documented what
> to do in order to use this action. All the JavaDoc of SaveAllAction says is
> "Save all open objects." You might agree that this isn't very helpful for a
> beginner ;) Do you all know such details from experience? Having a look into
> the code? Other documentation sources?

I know from experience -- you don't really have to do anything
special. The Javadoc would be more precise if it said "Saves all
modified data objects" since that is what Save All does. It simply
asks the DataObject.Registry for all the modified data objects, then
gets a SaveCookie from the Lookup of each of those objects and calls
save() on the SaveCookie. So as long as your DataObject has a
SaveCookie in its lookup when it is modified, then it should be able
to participate in Save All.

> Where is the right place to hook in cleanup actions for a file? I have my
> DataObject and use OpenSupport to open/close files and now? If I close the
> whole application I get automatically notified of modified files but I'd
> like to have a notification immediately when closing the editor window.

As mentioned before, this is the tricky part. The simple (but
slightly naive way) is to override your custom editor's TopComponent's
canClose() method. From inside of that you can check to see if the
DataObject it's editing is modified, and if so, ask the user if they
want to save. The tricky part comes in if you allow your DataObjects
to be edited in multiple windows or allow your editors to be cloned.
In this case you probably only want to prompt the user when the last
window is closed.

BTW, I wrote an FAQ entry last night that describes various hooks into
the lifecycle of a platform app; you might find it helpful:

http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqAppLifecycleHooks

> This was just about the problems I've described above. How and where do I
> tie the lifecycle of files, DataObjects and TopComponents correctly
> together? A simple question but I've still some problems to handle all parts
> 100% correctly to open/close/save files and handle the corresponding
> windows, user dialogs etc. accordingly.

It's tricky, as noted before. Doing it right depends on knowing more
about your app and how it works than I know (or have the time to
know). But hopefully the pointers I have given you will set you in
the right direction. If not, maybe someone else can chime in with
their thoughts.

> Sorry, this was a little inaccurate :) I don't have trouble with my own
> windows or toolbars. I want to customize built-in views like the favorites
> or properties windows. Do I have to open them on startup programmatically?
> Can this be done declaratively, too?

Yes, the layer.xml file of any module can generally modify the content
of another module's layer file. There is even some support (albeit a
little buggy in my experience) for this in the GUI via a module's
"Important Files" -> "XML Layer" -> "This layer in context". The
window open state is defined in .wstcref files below the
Windows2/modes folder. Find the appropriate one, double click it,
change the <state> element's "opened" attribute as desired and save
the change. Your module's layer.xml should be updated to reflect this
change, although you will probably need to do a "clean and build" on
the suite before it takes effect.

--
Tom Wheeler
http://www.tomwheeler.com/

Re: Doesn't PropertySupport / Reflection use auto-boxing to find suitable method signatures?

2008-07-24T01:53:14Z

I don't have a link at hand but primitives do have these classes which
are useful for reflection (which is probably what PropertySupport uses
actually).

--emi

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Marco Ehrentreich
<erisch@...> wrote:

> Thanks a lot, Emilian! int.class did it. Actually I didn't even know
> before that primitive types have .class objects. Just out of curiosity,
> can you give me a link or something which describes why this works?
>
> Emilian Bold schrieb:
>> I dunno, have you tried using int.class ?
>>
>> --emi
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Marco Ehrentreich
>> <erisch@...> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have problems with PropertySupport and a primitive "int" property. I
>>> want to create a property entry in a property sheet for the following
>>> property:
>>>
>>> private int limit;
>>>
>>> public int getLimit() {
>>> return limit;
>>> }
>>>
>>> public void setLimit(final int limit) {
>>> this.limit = limit;
>>> }
>>>
>>> and I have the corresponding property:
>>>
>>> PropertySupport.Reflection<Integer> limitProp = = new
>>> PropertySupport.Reflection<Integer>(cardLimit, Integer.class, "limit");
>>>
>>>
>>> The problem now is that I have to give the Integer.class object to the
>>> PropertySupport constructor but it complains that it can't find the
>>> setter method because the parameter is of type "int". Doesn't this use
>>> something like auto-boxing? If I change the parameter in the setter
>>> method to type "Integer" everything works fine. Is this behavior
>>> correct? Any workarounds? THANKS!
>>>
>>> Marco
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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+40 740235562
http://www.emilianbold.ro

Java and NetBeans Platform-loving consulting services from Timisoara, Romania.

Re: Doesn't PropertySupport / Reflection use auto-boxing to find suitable method signatures?

2008-07-24T01:36:22Z

Thanks a lot, Emilian! int.class did it. Actually I didn't even know
before that primitive types have .class objects. Just out of curiosity,
can you give me a link or something which describes why this works?

Emilian Bold schrieb:

> I dunno, have you tried using int.class ?
>
> --emi
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Marco Ehrentreich
> <erisch@...> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have problems with PropertySupport and a primitive "int" property. I
>> want to create a property entry in a property sheet for the following
>> property:
>>
>> private int limit;
>>
>> public int getLimit() {
>> return limit;
>> }
>>
>> public void setLimit(final int limit) {
>> this.limit = limit;
>> }
>>
>> and I have the corresponding property:
>>
>> PropertySupport.Reflection<Integer> limitProp = = new
>> PropertySupport.Reflection<Integer>(cardLimit, Integer.class, "limit");
>>
>>
>> The problem now is that I have to give the Integer.class object to the
>> PropertySupport constructor but it complains that it can't find the
>> setter method because the parameter is of type "int". Doesn't this use
>> something like auto-boxing? If I change the parameter in the setter
>> method to type "Integer" everything works fine. Is this behavior
>> correct? Any workarounds? THANKS!
>>
>> Marco
>>
>
>
>

Re: Doesn't PropertySupport / Reflection use auto-boxing to find suitable method signatures?

2008-07-24T01:18:47Z

I dunno, have you tried using int.class ?

--emi

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Marco Ehrentreich
<erisch@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have problems with PropertySupport and a primitive "int" property. I
> want to create a property entry in a property sheet for the following
> property:
>
> private int limit;
>
> public int getLimit() {
> return limit;
> }
>
> public void setLimit(final int limit) {
> this.limit = limit;
> }
>
> and I have the corresponding property:
>
> PropertySupport.Reflection<Integer> limitProp = = new
> PropertySupport.Reflection<Integer>(cardLimit, Integer.class, "limit");
>
>
> The problem now is that I have to give the Integer.class object to the
> PropertySupport constructor but it complains that it can't find the
> setter method because the parameter is of type "int". Doesn't this use
> something like auto-boxing? If I change the parameter in the setter
> method to type "Integer" everything works fine. Is this behavior
> correct? Any workarounds? THANKS!
>
> Marco
>

--
Emilian Bold
+40 740235562
http://www.emilianbold.ro

Java and NetBeans Platform-loving consulting services from Timisoara, Romania.

Doesn't PropertySupport / Reflection use auto-boxing to find suitable method signatures?

2008-07-24T01:13:05Z

Hi,

I have problems with PropertySupport and a primitive "int" property. I
want to create a property entry in a property sheet for the following
property:

private int limit;

public int getLimit() {
return limit;
}

public void setLimit(final int limit) {
this.limit = limit;
}

and I have the corresponding property:

PropertySupport.Reflection<Integer> limitProp = = new
PropertySupport.Reflection<Integer>(cardLimit, Integer.class, "limit");

The problem now is that I have to give the Integer.class object to the
PropertySupport constructor but it complains that it can't find the
setter method because the parameter is of type "int". Doesn't this use
something like auto-boxing? If I change the parameter in the setter
method to type "Integer" everything works fine. Is this behavior
correct? Any workarounds? THANKS!

Marco

Re: (Complete) tutorials available for standard operations like Open, Close, Save, SaveAs or SaveAll?

2008-07-23T23:55:40Z

Hello Geertjan and Tom!

> As Geertjan said, the FAQ is probably the best and most concise source
> for information like this. I will expand on a few of your questions
> below and I encourage you to add this (or any other information you
> find helpful) to the FAQ to make it better for everyone.
>
Of course I permanently use the FAQ, the NetBeans tutorials and API and
other sources to find the information I need. I wouldn't want to
complain about missing documentation without having a look at these
really good sources of information. Unfortunately there are still some
unanswered questions. Especially if you want to know what's exactly
going on behind the scenes of the framework.

And I'll be glad to help the community and help to complete the FAQ. I
just don't want to give some wrong advices as long as I'm not sure
myself how things work or should work ;)

>> - Why is the standard "save all" action activated permanently once a
>> DataObject is modified but on the other hand I get it only working as long
>> as a TopComponent with the DataObject(s) in its Lookup is opened?
>
> NetBeans has a class DataObject.Registry that keeps track of all
> modified data objects. I believe that the "Save All" action basically
> adds a change listener on this registry to enable itself whenever at
> least one file is marked as modified and disable itself when there are
> no longer any files marked as modified.
>

It's exactly these details which I'm talking about. Although this must
be a common use case for most applications it's not really well
documented what to do in order to use this action. All the JavaDoc of
SaveAllAction says is "Save all open objects." You might agree that this
isn't very helpful for a beginner ;) Do you all know such details from
experience? Having a look into the code? Other documentation sources?

But for my application the problem with "Save All" must be something
other I'm doing wrong. The new question is: What do I have to do to
correctly close a user file together whith it's associated DataObject?
If I close the main editor view of a file I want the user to get asked
if he wants to save the file and then really close the file and
DataObject accordingly. At the moment I can close the editor window but
the SaveAllAction stays activated because the DataObject in question is
still open somewhere in the background. I can also save the data with
the SaveAllAction but I surely want the user to get notified of a
modified file immediately after he closes the editor window.

Where is the right place to hook in cleanup actions for a file? I have
my DataObject and use OpenSupport to open/close files and now? If I
close the whole application I get automatically notified of modified
files but I'd like to have a notification immediately when closing the
editor window.

> The "Save" action, on the other hand, is enabled/disabled based on the
> existence of a SaveCookie in the current selection. In other words,
> Save is dependent on the current selection while Save All is not.
>
OK, then I got this right.

>> - Which methods should I use or override to correctly handle opening and
>> closing files together with their necessary
>> TopComponents/TopComponentGroups?
>
> Not sure exactly what you mean here. Some more description of what
> you're trying to do would help.
>
This was just about the problems I've described above. How and where do
I tie the lifecycle of files, DataObjects and TopComponents correctly
together? A simple question but I've still some problems to handle all
parts 100% correctly to open/close/save files and handle the
corresponding windows, user dialogs etc. accordingly.

>> - Where is the right place to customize what windows should be opened, what
>> size the toolbars should have etc. at application startup?
>
> Typically this is done through entries in a module's layer.xml file.
>
> In the case of having windows opened at startup, the "New Window
> Component" (TopComponent) wizard in the IDE asks you whether you want
> the window opened on startup or not. It will then update the
> layer.xml file and create two XML files (one with "Settings" in the
> name and another with "Wstcref" in the name). The latter one contains
> an element <state opened="boolean"/> which will be true if the window
> should be opened automatically or false otherwise.
>

Sorry, this was a little inaccurate :) I don't have trouble with my own
windows or toolbars. I want to customize built-in views like the
favorites or properties windows. Do I have to open them on startup
programmatically? Can this be done declaratively, too?

>> - How and where should I track opened files to be able to close windows used
>> in common (like explorer views) only after the last file is closed?
>
> This is really tricky to get 100% right. There is a project called
> PlatformX (http://wiki.netbeans.org/PlatformX) with a pojoeditors
> subproject that aims to greatly simplify this, but it's a work in
> progress and probably not suitable for beginners or production use
> yet.
>
> An easier alternative, which is probably good enough, is to use the
> TopComponent.Registry class to iterate over all open TopComponents and
> check their Lookup for a FileObject and/or DataObject.
>

This sounds like a simple but good idea. I'll simply try this one.

>> Because these things are really very common use cases I
>> think they should be documented better... Please correct me if I'm wrong and
>> there's a source of wisdom which explains all this in detail :)
>
> I can highly recommend this book as the best first step for someone
> new to the platform:
>
> http://www.sun.com/books/catalog/rich_client_programming.xml
>
> If you read German, Heiko Bock wrote one that is also very highly regarded.
>

I use both books - Geertjan's and Heiko's - for my daily work at the
moment. And both are really excellent books and a great help for me but
as with all books there's of course a limitation in size and it's clear
that not all details of the NetBeans API can fit into one or two books.

> Other platform documentation is a constant work in progress but is
> *significantly* better than it was 3-4 years ago. I think you will
> find a helpful community here and hope you will update the FAQ as you
> learn to help those who come after you.
>
Please don't get me wrong. I didn't want to complain about the existing
documentation. This is all really great work and I'm very thankful for
all the work and help from the community. I guess I have to be patient
and I'm going share my knowledge with the community... if I'll have the
knowledge some day :)

Anyway thanks for your help!

Marco

Re: Can a "draggable" applet use all or part of the NetBeans Platform?

2008-07-23T23:02:40Z

With some patching lookup api , progress api, editor api comes in mind.

Probably even more but you have to patch things here and there
especially due to the security sandbox.

But you know the platform supports JNLP out of the box. Why not try
and use that ?

--emi

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Richard Catlin
<richard.m.catlin@...> wrote:

> I have to write an Applet that is draggable to the Desktop using jdk6u10.
>
> I would like to take advantage of the NetBeans Platform. Can I use the
> NetBeans Platform as an Applet? If not, what modules could the Applet
> reuse?
>
> Any information will be useful. Thanks.
>
> Richard Catlin
>
>
>

--
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+40 740235562
http://www.emilianbold.ro

Java and NetBeans Platform-loving consulting services from Timisoara, Romania.

Re: How NetBeans boots? What classes/modules are loaded? Order?

2008-07-23T22:59:32Z

Afaik, there's a topological sort being done on the modules (with
dependencies determining a graph edge). If multiple modules could
start at the same time (there is no dependency that makes only one
possible order) then those will be started semi-randomly (ie. order on
disk).

There's been such a discussion recently. You might wanna look into the archives.

--emi

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Richard Catlin
<richard.m.catlin@...> wrote:
> What documents/information is available to help me understand how NetBeans
> starts up? What modules are loaded (in what order)?
>
>

--
Emilian Bold
+40 740235562
http://www.emilianbold.ro

Java and NetBeans Platform-loving consulting services from Timisoara, Romania.

Building from module cluster : without mercurial cloning

2008-07-23T21:55:42Z

I want to try the latest UML module (with visual api).

Within my constraints I can't use mercurial (also I can't make it to work across proxy).

So I took the path of downloading 'nightly build' module cluster. These zip files are small (perfect for my low speed connection) and I got platform, ide, java and uml.

I found some directions at
http://wiki.netbeans.org/WorkingWithNetBeansSources
section 'Working with subsets of the source tree'

But here it again asks for cvs/hg steps etc. Mercurial step seems to suggest to download whole repo.

Please suggest a way out so I can build these modules together.

Suresh

DataObject and ANT script

2008-07-23T16:03:48Z

Hi,
I am trying to use DataObjects from my ant scripts (command Line, no netbeans GUI ). I was able to make them work, however the only dataobjects I get are DefaultDataObjects.
I am not able to use my custom DataObjects. I have checked the classpath, and the jar file of the module that contains my DataObject is in the path.
Moreover I have tried to use MockServices+MasterFS and META-INF+ClassLoade, but it still does not work.
I have also tried to start my script from the module build.xml and it was the same.
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks in advance

--
Enrico Scantamburlo
Member of JUGPadova

"I've noticed lately that the paranoid fear of computers becoming intelligent and taking over the world has almost entirely disappeared from the common culture. Near as I can tell, this coincides with the release of MS-DOS."
(Larry DeLuca)

Re: Overwrite IDE Log File menu action to add dynamic logger options

2008-07-23T14:24:24Z

As most of the time after reading and searching the source I realized that I simply can use the layer.xml to represent Actions in submenus (never done this) and than just add the getMenuPresenter() to each action for the submenus returning a JCheckBoxMenuItem.

NetBeans just rocks.

B-)

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:36 PM, bruehlicke <bruehlicke@...> wrote:

The "View -> IDE Log File" I have already renamed in branding/modules/org-netbeans-core.jar/org/netbeans/core/actions/Bundle.properties by

MSG_LogTab_name=My Log File
MSG_ShortLogTab_name=My Log File

so far so good. Now I wanted to give the user the option to dynamically change the Logger.Level which is simply done via Logger.getLogger("com.mystuff").setLevel(Level.xyz)

I added this to 2 actions so the user can set FINEST and INFO.

Now, it would be cooler if the Menu would just have one entry like "My Log File" with 3 submenus with Checkboxes "Open", "Set Default", "Set Debug"

Question: What is the best way to achieving this ?

I was thinking of creating a new Action which implements Presenter and add the submenus. which each their action. ... what is the action name of the build in action which opens the logger output window ? And how do I make sure it gets overwritten with my new Action implementing Presenter, so that the Main Menu will look like

View -> My Log File -> Open
View -> My Log File -> Set Default
View -> My Log File -> Set Debug

I think I have the general path to what I need todo but suffer a little from basic mechanics with the layer.xml etc ...

B-)

Can a "draggable" applet use all or part of the NetBeans Platform?

2008-07-23T14:12:09Z

I have to write an Applet that is draggable to the Desktop using jdk6u10.

I would like to take advantage of the NetBeans Platform. Can I use the
NetBeans Platform as an Applet? If not, what modules could the Applet
reuse?

Any information will be useful. Thanks.

Richard Catlin

Re: wrong Java platform testing modules under OS X 10.5

2008-07-23T14:06:00Z

Ok, I answer myself - the debug NB is started via ...java2/ant/bin/
ant, which uses

JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home

which is in turn a symlink to

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK

which is apparently still set to 1.5, even after running Applications/
Utilities/Java/Java\ Preferences.

Maybe the ant script should use the same config like the rest of NB?

-- Peter

On Jul 23, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Peter C. Mehlitz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have NB 6.1 running on OS X 10.5.4 with Java 1.6.0_05. I manually
> changed 'netbeans_jdkhome' in
>
> /Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans\ 6.1.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/
> etc/netbeans.conf
>
> to use Java 1.6 as the default, and that works just fine when I
> start NB. However, when trying to run or debug a module from within
> this IDE, the NB that is launched always falls back to Java 1.5 as
> the default (causing wrong classfile version exceptions). I'm sure
> there is another config file I'm missing, but I can't find it. Any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> -- Peter

Re: Query on EditorPanes

2008-07-23T12:36:30Z

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Varun Nischal <diehard.coder@...> wrote:

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Vita Stejskal

I haven't tried this code, but if it works then IMO somebody should rewrite the tutorial. If nothing else it's painfully complicated.

Work is already going on.

Vita,

New version of tutorial is here-
http://wiki.netbeans.org/RevampedHyperlinkNavigation

--
Varun

wrong Java platform testing modules under OS X 10.5

2008-07-23T12:17:46Z

Hi,

I have NB 6.1 running on OS X 10.5.4 with Java 1.6.0_05. I manually
changed 'netbeans_jdkhome' in

/Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans\ 6.1.app/Contents/Resources/
NetBeans/etc/netbeans.conf

to use Java 1.6 as the default, and that works just fine when I start
NB. However, when trying to run or debug a module from within this
IDE, the NB that is launched always falls back to Java 1.5 as the
default (causing wrong classfile version exceptions). I'm sure there
is another config file I'm missing, but I can't find it. Any ideas?

Thanks,
-- Peter

How NetBeans boots? What classes/modules are loaded? Order?

2008-07-23T11:57:31Z

What documents/information is available to help me understand how
NetBeans starts up? What modules are loaded (in what order)?

Re: Getting all the members (variables, methods AND method bodies) of a java source file

2008-07-23T11:50:08Z

janmoons napsal(a):
> ...
> Use AST's provided by the Java Source API and Java Tree API, as discussed in
> the following posts:
>
> http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2008/04/10/source-code-analysis-using-java-6-compiler-apis.html
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/timboudreau/archive/2008/02/see_java_code_t.html
> http://netbeans.dzone.com/announcements/new-class-visualization-module
>
> This has the disadvantage that the classes actually have to be compilable.

No. They don't have to be compilable. To "see" the AST used by the Java Source
module you can set the env variable in the netbeans.conf file to
-J-Dorg.netbeans.modules.java.debug.enable=true and in the navigator you should
see the AST as seen by the Java source module. When you type in non-compilable
code you will still get something reasonable in the AST ... At least this is
true in NB 6.1 I did not check the trunk yet.

Br,

David

--
David Strupl
http://dstrupl.blogspot.com

Overwrite IDE Log File menu action to add dynamic logger options

2008-07-23T10:36:43Z

The "View -> IDE Log File" I have already renamed in branding/modules/org-netbeans-core.jar/org/netbeans/core/actions/Bundle.properties by

MSG_LogTab_name=My Log File
MSG_ShortLogTab_name=My Log File

so far so good. Now I wanted to give the user the option to dynamically change the Logger.Level which is simply done via Logger.getLogger("com.mystuff").setLevel(Level.xyz)

I added this to 2 actions so the user can set FINEST and INFO.

Now, it would be cooler if the Menu would just have one entry like "My Log File" with 3 submenus with Checkboxes "Open", "Set Default", "Set Debug"

Question: What is the best way to achieving this ?

I was thinking of creating a new Action which implements Presenter and add the submenus. which each their action. ... what is the action name of the build in action which opens the logger output window ? And how do I make sure it gets overwritten with my new Action implementing Presenter, so that the Main Menu will look like

View -> My Log File -> Open
View -> My Log File -> Set Default
View -> My Log File -> Set Debug

I think I have the general path to what I need todo but suffer a little from basic mechanics with the layer.xml etc ...

B-)

Re: Re: How do module suites share modules?

2008-07-23T09:11:41Z

On 7/23/08, Tim Halloran <hallorant@...> wrote:
> I can't get this approach to work because the IDE only allows me to choose
> one netbeans platform in the library "tab" of the suite project properties.
> I did try playing around with the NetBeans Platform Manager but it wasn't
> clear there was any way to merge these two complex platforms into one I
> could choose.

I think what Jesse is saying is that you should build the "visual-VM"
suite on top of the NetBeans Platform. The output of this (when you
create a ZIP distribution) will be a new platform which contains the
NetBeans Platform *and* the Visual VM stuff. You can use that
platform as the base platform for creating any number of separate
applications which contain arbitrary combinations of NetBeans and
Visual VM modules.

--
Tom Wheeler
http://www.tomwheeler.com/

Re: Re: How do module suites share modules?

2008-07-23T09:01:45Z

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Jesse Glick <jesse.glick@...> wrote:

Probably your best bet is to have just one suite that contains all of your modules. Its target platform should be a merger of the NetBeans IDE and visual-VM. Then you can have dependencies on any module found in the IDE or VVM (or in both). You can use fairly simple custom Ant targets to do desired tasks. E.g. to test your modules against only certain clusters (such as those found in VVM), just pass --clusters to the launcher.

I can't get this approach to work because the IDE only allows me to choose one netbeans platform in the library "tab" of the suite project properties. I did try playing around with the NetBeans Platform Manager but it wasn't clear there was any way to merge these two complex platforms into one I could choose.