Nabble - Netbeans RCP/Platform Users (Open API)

Top Component Singleton

2009-11-18T16:19:53Z

Has anyone experienced their programmatically created Top Component singleton docked into the Editor mode not scrolling when the window is resized. In Netbeans 6.1 the window would not scroll but it would just push it out of view. Now with Netbeans 6.7.1 the window will not push out of view nor scroll which is very annoying. I would prefer it to scroll like the other Top Components that are created through the wizard regardless of where they are docked. I am still looking but I can't find the setting that controls this. I don't think it has to do with where it is docked because I can a wizard created top component and dock it into the editor area and it will scroll.

thx in advance...

Re: Branding about dialog...

2009-11-18T12:43:47Z

Any update on this? Debug mode seems to work fine, but building results in the default splash and about images being used. Thanks.

ragha-3 wrote:

I checked this link as it was listed in NetbeansFAQ's:

http://blogs.kiyut.com/tonny/2007/10/18/customize-netbeans-platform-splash-screen-and-about-dialog/

It however doesn't work for netbeans platform 6.7 app. Any clues??

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Eat right, exercise, die anyway!!

how to change the default netbeans platform?

2009-11-13T14:04:37Z

is it possible to select one of registered platforms as the default one instead of the ide itself?

thanks

Netbeans startup parameters programmatically

2009-11-13T08:15:10Z

Hello Netbeans RCP users,

I changed my conf file to specify my own MainClass.
This main class then calls org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.main(String[] args);

My main class ask the user for its preferred language. From there it set the default locale for my application.

It works fine for my own localization. I installed the autoupdate api (plugin manager) to deliver update to my client. But it is always in english. I want it to use the localized version of org-netbeans-modules-autoupdate-service.jar and org-netbeans-modules-autoupdate-ui.jar.

My other language is french and I put the localized files under platform11\modules\locale.

But it will only switch language if I pass the command line --locale fr_CA.

I want to be able to set it programmatically. I tried to add an argument and pass it to the main class without success.

You help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Luc

Synchronize the Properties window with Jtable

2009-11-10T02:52:34Z

In the tutorial http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-crud.html It is described that how to synchronize the Properties with the beenTreeView selection. I need this feature with jtable. Whenever user select a row it should be editable in property sheet. Are there any way to do this? How do i communicate the jtable selection with property sheet.
How the beenTreeView do that?

Note: If i can change the beenTreeView's selection programmatically then i can workaround this problem throug a hidden beenTreeView.

Re: Please help me on TableTreeView and OutlineView sorting problems

2009-11-05T10:24:52Z

Turns out that the TreeTableView sorting problem was fixed in 6.8 beta.

Hope this can help someone.

Luc_B wrote:

Hello,

In my program I was using the TableTreeView to display my nodes and their properties.

The problem I had with this component is that whenever I was sorting (clicking on headers) it would group the rows so it would only show distinct values. This but is documented but still there in NB 6.7.1.

So alternately, I changed my code to use the OutlineView. It seems to be buggy too.

Here is the code I use to force a sort on the first column.

//--------------------------------------------
ETableColumnModel etcm = (ETableColumnModel) ttvPeople.getOutline().getColumnModel();
final ETableColumn etc = (ETableColumn) etcm.getColumn(0);
etcm.setColumnSorted(etc, true, 1);
//------------------------------------------<

At first it works fine. But if I do another query and show new results a number one "1" is put into the header.

The only work around I found is to remove the OulineView from its container and create a new instance of it and then put it back in.

I am also having a problem with this call ttvPeople.getOutline().setColumnSelectionAllowed(false);

This never works the second time I call it.

I hope I am being clear if not I would be glad to provide you with more info as needed.

Thank you very much,
Luc

Please help me on TableTreeView and OutlineView sorting problems

2009-11-05T07:22:39Z

Hello,

In my program I was using the TableTreeView to display my nodes and their properties.

The problem I had with this component is that whenever I was sorting (clicking on headers) it would group the rows so it would only show distinct values. This but is documented but still there in NB 6.7.1.

So alternately, I changed my code to use the OutlineView. It seems to be buggy too.

Here is the code I use to force a sort on the first column.

//--------------------------------------------
ETableColumnModel etcm = (ETableColumnModel) ttvPeople.getOutline().getColumnModel();
final ETableColumn etc = (ETableColumn) etcm.getColumn(0);
etcm.setColumnSorted(etc, true, 1);
//------------------------------------------<

At first it works fine. But if I do another query and show new results a number one "1" is put into the header.

The only work around I found is to remove the OulineView from its container and create a new instance of it and then put it back in.

I am also having a problem with this call ttvPeople.getOutline().setColumnSelectionAllowed(false);

This never works the second time I call it.

I hope I am being clear if not I would be glad to provide you with more info as needed.

Thank you very much,
Luc

Re: Netbeans Platform and web services

2009-11-05T04:04:15Z

Still no luck: tried the code, got exceptions, ...

Could someone provide some sample module? This would be really nice.

iReport Chart

2009-11-04T13:15:31Z

I have included the libraries for iReports. When I open a jrxml file the chart does not display. Can you help. The error is:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Problem in some module which uses Window System: Window System API is required to be called from AWT thread only, see http://core.netbeans.org/proposals/threading/
at org.netbeans.core.windows.WindowManagerImpl.warnIfNotInEDT(WindowManagerImpl.java:1532)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.WindowManagerImpl.getMainWindow(WindowManagerImpl.java:156)
at com.jaspersoft.ireport.designer.utils.Misc.getMainFrame(Misc.java:142)
at com.jaspersoft.ireport.designer.utils.Misc.getMainWindow(Misc.java:133)
at com.jaspersoft.ireport.designer.connection.gui.PasswordDialog.askPassword(PasswordDialog.java:255)
at com.jaspersoft.ireport.designer.connection.JDBCConnection.getPassword(JDBCConnection.java:325)
at com.jaspersoft.ireport.designer.connection.JDBCConnection.getConnection(JDBCConnection.java:143)
at com.jaspersoft.ireport.designer.compiler.IReportCompiler.run(IReportCompiler.java:898)
at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:572)
[catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:997)

Extended Login Dialog/ Customizing the Login Dialog

2009-11-04T05:43:07Z

It's possible to create a login dialog with the help of the NotifyDescriptor-class and NotifyDescriptor.Confirmation-class, respectively. However, it bothers me, that I can't create a simple dialog without any of the given buttons ("Yes", "No", "Cancel"). For my login dialog I just want two inputfields and two buttons ("Name", "Password").

Is the only possibility to use the SwingLab-lib?

It would be great, if I could give the whole login-frame or, at least, the main panel of the dialog as an input instead of just the "green" panel, that I outlined below:

Re: Own localised module .jar (Not talking about bundle.prop here)

2009-11-03T02:40:54Z

Hi Carlos,
in the article NetBeans Platform Speaks Romanian Joseki Bold speaks about localization NetBeans Platform in your own language. Perhaps you can find there more informations about your question?

cseguin wrote:

Hello there,

is it possible to create our own localised module and add it to the platform?

Let's say that I want to localise a part of netbeans to work on a language not yet implemented by the platform.

If I create the module with its bundles etc, when I added it to the correspondent locale folder and then run netbeans the platform crashes 'cause that's not recognise the pre fix of the .jar. (of the type of _es, _de...)

Is it possible to add a new prefix somewhere?

Greetings
Peter

Have a look on MultiLingual with NetBeans 6.7.
10.25.2009: MultiLingual is in the interview "Help for Multilingual NetBeans Platform Applications" with Geertjan Wielenga in NetBeans Zone.

Do you know ABC-List?
ABC-List is a "thought tool" by Vera F. Birkenbihl.

Removing things

2009-11-02T12:31:59Z

Hi guys

Since my application have only one window is there a way to remove these two things that are inside the red circle of the example picture?

Another question: How can i make my application disapear from the task bar and go to the system tray and then when i click on the system tray icon the application is restored?

Sorry for the bad english.

Cheers

fixing the size of TopComponent

2009-11-02T05:11:26Z

Thanks for the reply Marek. I have customized it by following the procedure given in Window System API screencast video, wherein we open a topcomponent undock it and fix it to the position we want, close the application and copy the anonymous mode files created in the testuserdir.

I would like to know more about changing the mode container to modified JFrame or JDialogue, coz i have never done it. Is it like creating a JDialogue with a topcomponent inside??

Re: fixing the size of TopComponent

2009-11-02T04:24:39Z

Ashaf wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a TopComponent with three panels inside.. i have customized a mode
> viz undocked and exhibits modal behavior. Sometimes when i run my App, the
> TopComponent size shrinks down to minimum(like a JDialogue) and the biggest
> problem is when i try to run the application in other machine probably
> having different resolution, the window sometimes is too small to display
> all the panels and components inside it.
> My requirement is i need the window size to be fixed relative to screen
> resolution and user should not be able to shrink or resize it, in the sense
> atleast panels inside the window should be visible. Can anybody plz help me
> out?
>
> Thanks,
> Ashraf
>

I think you need to change mode container to be modified JFrame (without
resize) or
JDialog? How did you customize it so far?

Marek

Strange GUI Builder behavior

2009-11-02T04:23:01Z

Hi,

Thanks for the fast replies! Quintin got it right, the problem occurs if you copy/paste your panels and forms from one package to another. In my case, I copied them from a different module and the forms were not updated correctly.

As Quintin said, the whole thing is still very buggy. Here are some points I noticed:

- One problem is that the "bundle" attribute in the <ResourceString> element isn't updated, it still holds the path to the "old" Bundle.properties file. Obviously, that property is overriden somewhere, because I had removed the old module from the module suite, thus making it inaccessible. As the old module still existed, I renamed the old file to make sure my new Panel was using the Bundle.properties in its package.

- Adding new labels to the panel is no problem. The correct bundle file is updated and referenced in the form.

- If you change the variable name through the properties window (in the 'Code' tab), the form gets updated as well. It changes the name of the component and makes the bundle path point to the new Bundle.properties. The problem is that the key in that properties file isn't updated, resulting in a MissingResourceException.

@Quintin :

You said the copy/paste was known to be buggy, did someone already file a bug? If not, should I do it?

In my case, the original Bundle file was never updated, probably because it was in another module and yours was in another package in the same module.

If I copy/paste the whole form by hand, as you proposed, I'm still stuck with a similar problem, as my new bundle file won't be updated if I make changes to 'old' components (even after changing all my ResourceString properties by hand...)

I haven't tried this within the same package, but my guess is that it won't do nothing, as you're probably still referencing the same resource bundle. (whereas with localized bundles, this could be a problem)

@Tomas

The path to the bundle file is displayed and valid. I could send you some code, but the whole thing is pretty easy to reproduce (see above).

Regards,

Philippe

fixing the size of TopComponent

2009-11-02T04:00:38Z

Hi everyone,

I have a TopComponent with three panels inside.. i have customized a mode viz undocked and exhibits modal behavior. Sometimes when i run my App, the TopComponent size shrinks down to minimum(like a JDialogue) and the biggest problem is when i try to run the application in other machine probably having different resolution, the window sometimes is too small to display all the panels and components inside it.
My requirement is i need the window size to be fixed relative to screen resolution and user should not be able to shrink or resize it, in the sense atleast panels inside the window should be visible. Can anybody plz help me out?

Thanks,
Ashraf

Re: Re: Tables

2009-11-02T02:38:34Z

As far as I know, it doesn't. That's why I ended up with JXTable (SwingX).

-Florian

Quintin Beukes schrieb:

> Does TreeTableView support hiding the first column?
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Florian Brunner <fbrunnerlist@...
> <mailto:fbrunnerlist@...>> wrote:
>
> Yes, I also had problems with TableView. I could instantiate it,
> but it behaved strangly. I filed an issue. Please vote for it &
> add a comment:
> http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=154359
>
> -Florian
>
> Quintin Beukes schrieb:
>
> Hey,
>
> I found a component called TableView. Though through extensive
> google/codesearch and a lot of trying, I can't even
> instantiate it.
> Can anyone perhaps explain to me how I should use this? How
> the nodes should be structured, how the table model fits in? I
> tried making table models that return raw values, properties
> by row/column, properties by node/property, everything I could
> think of. I can't even get it to load. It just ends up in an
> AssertionException.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Quintin Beukes
> <quintin@... <mailto:quintin@...>
> <mailto:quintin@... <mailto:quintin@...>>> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> I'm looking for a way to display tabular data in the explorer.
>
> What I want to do is the following:
> 1. Have data items (which are object instances)
> 2. Display each item as a row, with selected properties in
> columns
> 3. Have an action item like a button in another column
> 4. Be able to link this with property sheets. For ex. you
> double
> click it and a property view pops up to the left. The property
> sheet will then display more information, as well as listen for
> services to provide extra information related to this entity.
>
> I would like to refrain from standard JTables, so I can
> hook into
> the NB explorer/nodes api a bit better.
>
> I heard of a tree table, which, as I understand it is the
> explorer
> API view on nodes, but displayed in a table. This sounds
> fine, as
> I would then only have root nodes to display one level data?
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>
>
>

Re: Re: Tables

2009-11-02T02:29:03Z

Does TreeTableView support hiding the first column?

Quintin Beukes

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Florian Brunner <fbrunnerlist@...> wrote:

Yes, I also had problems with TableView. I could instantiate it, but it behaved strangly. I filed an issue. Please vote for it & add a comment:
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=154359

-Florian

Quintin Beukes schrieb:

Hey,

I found a component called TableView. Though through extensive google/codesearch and a lot of trying, I can't even instantiate it.
Can anyone perhaps explain to me how I should use this? How the nodes should be structured, how the table model fits in? I tried making table models that return raw values, properties by row/column, properties by node/property, everything I could think of. I can't even get it to load. It just ends up in an AssertionException.

Any help would be appreciated.

Quintin Beukes

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Quintin Beukes <quintin@... <mailto:quintin@...>> wrote:

Hey,

I'm looking for a way to display tabular data in the explorer.

What I want to do is the following:
1. Have data items (which are object instances)
2. Display each item as a row, with selected properties in columns
3. Have an action item like a button in another column
4. Be able to link this with property sheets. For ex. you double
click it and a property view pops up to the left. The property
sheet will then display more information, as well as listen for
services to provide extra information related to this entity.

I would like to refrain from standard JTables, so I can hook into
the NB explorer/nodes api a bit better.

I heard of a tree table, which, as I understand it is the explorer
API view on nodes, but displayed in a table. This sounds fine, as
I would then only have root nodes to display one level data?

Quintin Beukes

Re: Re: Tables

2009-11-02T02:16:00Z

Yes, I also had problems with TableView. I could instantiate it, but it
behaved strangly. I filed an issue. Please vote for it & add a comment:
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=154359

-Florian

Quintin Beukes schrieb:

> Hey,
>
> I found a component called TableView. Though through extensive
> google/codesearch and a lot of trying, I can't even instantiate it.
>
> Can anyone perhaps explain to me how I should use this? How the nodes
> should be structured, how the table model fits in? I tried making
> table models that return raw values, properties by row/column,
> properties by node/property, everything I could think of. I can't even
> get it to load. It just ends up in an AssertionException.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Quintin Beukes <quintin@...
> <mailto:quintin@...>> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> I'm looking for a way to display tabular data in the explorer.
>
> What I want to do is the following:
> 1. Have data items (which are object instances)
> 2. Display each item as a row, with selected properties in columns
> 3. Have an action item like a button in another column
> 4. Be able to link this with property sheets. For ex. you double
> click it and a property view pops up to the left. The property
> sheet will then display more information, as well as listen for
> services to provide extra information related to this entity.
>
> I would like to refrain from standard JTables, so I can hook into
> the NB explorer/nodes api a bit better.
>
> I heard of a tree table, which, as I understand it is the explorer
> API view on nodes, but displayed in a table. This sounds fine, as
> I would then only have root nodes to display one level data?
>
> Quintin Beukes
>
>

Re: AW: NB Application build by maven and 'may be multiply loaded by modules'

2009-11-02T00:23:08Z

Kutschera Peter wrote:

> Hello Milos!
>
> Thanks for your answer - I got it running the extArtifacts-module way.
> This solution will be good enough for short time usage.
>
> But if I understood this correctly writing a new module for an existing
> application (Which should be possible to the users of my application) would
> need knowledge about the implementation details (= libraries already used by
> all other modules of the application).
>

no necessarily. The first warning you got:

WARNUNG [org.netbeans.core.startup.NbEvents]: The extension ..x-api-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar may be multiply loaded by modules: [...-xfilesupport.jar, ...-xfileviewer.jar]; see: http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide/modules/doc-files/classpath.html#class-path

states that one physical jar file is being used by 2 modules. That in
general is not that much of a problem, given
1. both point to the same binary (most probably they do for maven
dependencies which have version encoded) and
2. none is exposing them as public API, only keeps them private. (eg if
you have jar A embedded in module AA and AB with exposed packages, then
if module BC depends both on AA and AB, you get a problem)
3. the classes in library jar don't do some weird classpath discovery
magic..
unlike maven dependencies, netbeans module runtime dependencies are not
transitive.

Please note that you might get a problem with manipulating the module
system though. Like removing/updating modules. the upgrading of module
AA along with upgrading the library A to new version, might result in
deleting the old A and adding new version of A binary. Leaving AB module
with no A it knows about..

I guess we should fix the problem by appending the originating module to
the ext/A.jar -> ext/AA/A.jar vs ext/AB/A.jar in the Class-Path manifest
entry. Please file an issue with reagrd to the problem under:
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNBMODULE

thanks.

> This is relative strait forward for application specific things (x-api and
> x-impl in this case, which are explicitly exposed), but by transitive
> dependencies some things like special swing elements (JCalendar in my case)
> are used.
>
> The JCalendar is not exposed as public package.
>
> If someone writes a new module and is also using JCalendar, what will
> happen?
>

to get any kind of problem they would have to put their module in the
same cluster and have the same name of the jcalendar jar binary on their
Class-Path:

> He can not use the JCalendar already in the classpath since this package is
> not exposed.
> He can not add the JCalendar since he will run in the classpath-problem.
>
Not in most cases as described above.

> Is this correct?
> Are there any "best practice" documents out there?
>
>
> BTW: NB 6.8Beta using moduleArchetype 1.2 generated a
> nbm-plugin-configuration version 3.1 with module.xml (which is stated as
> obsolete for version 3.0+ and contains only some license information).
> I added some
> <publicPackages>
> <publicPackage>...x_api</publicPackage>
> <publicPackage>...x_impl</publicPackage>
> More packages...
> </publicPackages>
> lines, which I could not found on http://mojo.codehaus.org/nbm-maven-plugin/
> but by reading some pom.xml from some open source projects.
> (There is only a short notice in the last paragraph of
> http://mojo.codehaus.org/nbm-maven-plugin/2630upgrade.html)
>
> Is this the correct way to expose the public packages?
>

I suppose so. The ultimate check is to examine the resulting module
jar's generated manifest entries.

Milos

>
> Well, again, thanks for your time and answer
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Milos.Kleint@... [mailto:Milos.Kleint@...]
> Gesendet: Montag, 02. November 2009 07:59
> An: dev@...
> Betreff: Re: [openide-dev] NB Application build by maven and 'may be
> multiply loaded by modules'
>
> Kutschera Peter wrote:
>
>> Hello out there!
>>
>> I just got an 'interesting' problem when running my maven-generated NB
>>
> Application.
>
>> I found a lot of information about this problem and NOT maven-based
>>
> applications on the internet, but not for maven-based projects.
>
>> My problem is as follows:
>>
>> There are two mvn artifacts x-api and x-impl, where x-impl depends on
>>
> x-api. Both of them are outside netbeans.
>
>> Now I have a NB RCP Application with two modules:
>> xfilesupport (depending on x-impl)
>> xfileviewer (depending on x-impl)
>>
>> When starting the application I get a lot of warnings for x-impl, x-api
>>
> and all artefacts x-impl and x-api are depending on.
>
>> WARNUNG [org.netbeans.core.startup.NbEvents]: The extension
>>
> ..x-api-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar may be multiply loaded by modules:
> [...-xfilesupport.jar, ...-xfileviewer.jar]; see:
> http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide
> /modules/doc-files/classpath.html#class-path
>
>> It seems to me this link is non-maven specific, I am not sure if and how I
>>
> can use this in information.
>
>> The interesting thing is that both, xfilesupport and xfileviewer depends
>>
> on e.g. org-openide-util but there are no warnings about the
> org-openide-util artefact.
>
>> I tried the following:
>> Since xfileviewer depends on xfilesupport I removed the direct dependency
>>
> to x-impl in pom.xml.
>
>> There is NO dependency to x-api in the pom.xml!
>> This results in
>> Adding on module's Class-Path:
>> ..x-api:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
>> .. some artefacts x-api depends on ..
>> Private classes referenced from module: [...x_impl.SomeClassImpl]
>> [ERROR]Project depends on packages not accessible at runtime in module
>>
> ...xfilesupport:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
>
>>
>>
> That's the core of the problem. If you depend on a module, that module
> need to expose public packages. Even for external classpath items it
> ships with.
> So either xfilesupport needs to expose the packages from the x-impl, or
> have a separate module for the x-impl binary that will expose the api
> packages. In either case the api packages config is done as part of the
> nbm-maven-plugin configuration.
> please check the Maven Dependency vs NetBeans runtime dependency section
> in http://mojo.codehaus.org/nbm-maven-plugin/
>
> Milos
>
>
>
>> So what can I do?
>> * Should I add the x-impl and x-api packages as public packages to
>>
> xfilesupport?
>
>> * I already tried to move all dependencies to external artifacts in one
>>
> nbm "extArtifacts" and depending on this in my other nbms, but this did not
> help, but maybe IU did something wrong, I am sot sure about this.
>
>> * And I don't want to put all of my code within 1 (one) nbm, but this
>>
> seems to be the next thing to try on monday morning :-(
>
>> Any help will be welcome.
>>
>> Thanks in advance and have a nice weekend
>> Peter Kutschera
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

AW: NB Application build by maven and 'may be multiply loaded by modules'

2009-11-02T00:06:17Z

Hello Milos!

Thanks for your answer - I got it running the extArtifacts-module way.
This solution will be good enough for short time usage.

But if I understood this correctly writing a new module for an existing
application (Which should be possible to the users of my application) would
need knowledge about the implementation details (= libraries already used by
all other modules of the application).

This is relative strait forward for application specific things (x-api and
x-impl in this case, which are explicitly exposed), but by transitive
dependencies some things like special swing elements (JCalendar in my case)
are used.

The JCalendar is not exposed as public package.

If someone writes a new module and is also using JCalendar, what will
happen?
He can not use the JCalendar already in the classpath since this package is
not exposed.
He can not add the JCalendar since he will run in the classpath-problem.

Is this correct?
Are there any "best practice" documents out there?

BTW: NB 6.8Beta using moduleArchetype 1.2 generated a
nbm-plugin-configuration version 3.1 with module.xml (which is stated as
obsolete for version 3.0+ and contains only some license information).
I added some
<publicPackages>
<publicPackage>...x_api</publicPackage>
<publicPackage>...x_impl</publicPackage>
More packages...
</publicPackages>
lines, which I could not found on http://mojo.codehaus.org/nbm-maven-plugin/
but by reading some pom.xml from some open source projects.
(There is only a short notice in the last paragraph of
http://mojo.codehaus.org/nbm-maven-plugin/2630upgrade.html)

Is this the correct way to expose the public packages?

Well, again, thanks for your time and answer
Peter

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Gesendet: Montag, 02. November 2009 07:59
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Betreff: Re: [openide-dev] NB Application build by maven and 'may be
multiply loaded by modules'

Kutschera Peter wrote:
> Hello out there!
>
> I just got an 'interesting' problem when running my maven-generated NB
Application.
>
> I found a lot of information about this problem and NOT maven-based
applications on the internet, but not for maven-based projects.
>
>
> My problem is as follows:
>
> There are two mvn artifacts x-api and x-impl, where x-impl depends on
x-api. Both of them are outside netbeans.
>
> Now I have a NB RCP Application with two modules:
> xfilesupport (depending on x-impl)
> xfileviewer (depending on x-impl)
>
> When starting the application I get a lot of warnings for x-impl, x-api
and all artefacts x-impl and x-api are depending on.
>
> WARNUNG [org.netbeans.core.startup.NbEvents]: The extension
..x-api-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar may be multiply loaded by modules:
[...-xfilesupport.jar, ...-xfileviewer.jar]; see:
http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide
/modules/doc-files/classpath.html#class-path
>
> It seems to me this link is non-maven specific, I am not sure if and how I
can use this in information.
>
> The interesting thing is that both, xfilesupport and xfileviewer depends
on e.g. org-openide-util but there are no warnings about the
org-openide-util artefact.
>
> I tried the following:
> Since xfileviewer depends on xfilesupport I removed the direct dependency
to x-impl in pom.xml.
> There is NO dependency to x-api in the pom.xml!
> This results in
> Adding on module's Class-Path:
> ..x-api:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
> .. some artefacts x-api depends on ..
> Private classes referenced from module: [...x_impl.SomeClassImpl]
> [ERROR]Project depends on packages not accessible at runtime in module
...xfilesupport:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
>
That's the core of the problem. If you depend on a module, that module
need to expose public packages. Even for external classpath items it
ships with.
So either xfilesupport needs to expose the packages from the x-impl, or
have a separate module for the x-impl binary that will expose the api
packages. In either case the api packages config is done as part of the
nbm-maven-plugin configuration.
please check the Maven Dependency vs NetBeans runtime dependency section
in http://mojo.codehaus.org/nbm-maven-plugin/

Milos

> So what can I do?
> * Should I add the x-impl and x-api packages as public packages to
xfilesupport?
> * I already tried to move all dependencies to external artifacts in one
nbm "extArtifacts" and depending on this in my other nbms, but this did not
help, but maybe IU did something wrong, I am sot sure about this.
> * And I don't want to put all of my code within 1 (one) nbm, but this
seems to be the next thing to try on monday morning :-(
>
>
> Any help will be welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance and have a nice weekend
> Peter Kutschera
>
>
>

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Re: NB Application build by maven and 'may be multiply loaded by modules'

2009-11-01T22:58:39Z

Kutschera Peter wrote:

> Hello out there!
>
> I just got an 'interesting' problem when running my maven-generated NB Application.
>
> I found a lot of information about this problem and NOT maven-based applications on the internet, but not for maven-based projects.
>
>
> My problem is as follows:
>
> There are two mvn artifacts x-api and x-impl, where x-impl depends on x-api. Both of them are outside netbeans.
>
> Now I have a NB RCP Application with two modules:
> xfilesupport (depending on x-impl)
> xfileviewer (depending on x-impl)
>
> When starting the application I get a lot of warnings for x-impl, x-api and all artefacts x-impl and x-api are depending on.
>
> WARNUNG [org.netbeans.core.startup.NbEvents]: The extension ..x-api-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar may be multiply loaded by modules: [...-xfilesupport.jar, ...-xfileviewer.jar]; see: http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide/modules/doc-files/classpath.html#class-path
>
> It seems to me this link is non-maven specific, I am not sure if and how I can use this in information.
>
> The interesting thing is that both, xfilesupport and xfileviewer depends on e.g. org-openide-util but there are no warnings about the org-openide-util artefact.
>
> I tried the following:
> Since xfileviewer depends on xfilesupport I removed the direct dependency to x-impl in pom.xml.
> There is NO dependency to x-api in the pom.xml!
> This results in
> Adding on module's Class-Path:
> ..x-api:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
> .. some artefacts x-api depends on ..
> Private classes referenced from module: [...x_impl.SomeClassImpl]
> [ERROR]Project depends on packages not accessible at runtime in module ...xfilesupport:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
>

That's the core of the problem. If you depend on a module, that module
need to expose public packages. Even for external classpath items it
ships with.
So either xfilesupport needs to expose the packages from the x-impl, or
have a separate module for the x-impl binary that will expose the api
packages. In either case the api packages config is done as part of the
nbm-maven-plugin configuration.
please check the Maven Dependency vs NetBeans runtime dependency section
in http://mojo.codehaus.org/nbm-maven-plugin/

Milos

> So what can I do?
> * Should I add the x-impl and x-api packages as public packages to xfilesupport?
> * I already tried to move all dependencies to external artifacts in one nbm "extArtifacts" and depending on this in my other nbms, but this did not help, but maybe IU did something wrong, I am sot sure about this.
> * And I don't want to put all of my code within 1 (one) nbm, but this seems to be the next thing to try on monday morning :-(
>
>
> Any help will be welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance and have a nice weekend
> Peter Kutschera
>
>
>

File Type Integration Tutorial

2009-11-01T22:06:15Z

Hi,
I try the tutorial File Type Integration Tutorial. It's work well.

Additional I take the roar-action in the menu and toolbar.
Thats work well, if I (not) select an abc-node in the explorerview. The roar-action is appropriate enabled.true / -.false.
But if I have different files open in the editor area and I selected an abc-TC, the roar-action doesn't switch to enabled.true.

How can I do, that the roar-action switch between enabled.true / -.false if I select different TC's (abc-TC, Option-TC, Properties-TC, etc.)?

Re: Tables

2009-11-01T09:35:03Z

1. How can I hide the first column which displays the node itself

Can't find this, though I guess it's not too critical.

2. All the String fields have a little ellipse button next to it to view the full string. How can I hide this.

Found this by returning a generic PropertyEditorSupport for the node property as it's editor.

3. How do I display custom components in a cell, specifically a JButton.

For this I was thinking of seeing how existing properties do it. Where can I find the code of the color property editor, like for a components fore/background color? I search on codesearch for the descriptions of these properties, but can't even find them.

Re: Tables

2009-11-01T08:58:27Z

OK. I got a TreeTableView going. The normal TableView is still a mystery to me. Though by hiding the root node this seems to do something.

3 questions:

1. How can I hide the first column which displays the node itself

2. All the String fields have a little ellipse button next to it to view the full string. How can I hide this?

3. How do I display custom components in a cell, specifically a JButton.

Thanks,

Quintin Beukes

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Quintin Beukes <quintin@...> wrote:

Hey,

I found a component called TableView. Though through extensive google/codesearch and a lot of trying, I can't even instantiate it.

Can anyone perhaps explain to me how I should use this? How the nodes should be structured, how the table model fits in? I tried making table models that return raw values, properties by row/column, properties by node/property, everything I could think of. I can't even get it to load. It just ends up in an AssertionException.

Any help would be appreciated.

Quintin Beukes

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Quintin Beukes <quintin@...> wrote:
Hey,

I'm looking for a way to display tabular data in the explorer.

What I want to do is the following:
1. Have data items (which are object instances)
2. Display each item as a row, with selected properties in columns

3. Have an action item like a button in another column
4. Be able to link this with property sheets. For ex. you double click it and a property view pops up to the left. The property sheet will then display more information, as well as listen for services to provide extra information related to this entity.

I would like to refrain from standard JTables, so I can hook into the NB explorer/nodes api a bit better.

I heard of a tree table, which, as I understand it is the explorer API view on nodes, but displayed in a table. This sounds fine, as I would then only have root nodes to display one level data?

Quintin Beukes

Re: Tables

2009-10-31T16:38:03Z

Hey,

I found a component called TableView. Though through extensive google/codesearch and a lot of trying, I can't even instantiate it.

Can anyone perhaps explain to me how I should use this? How the nodes should be structured, how the table model fits in? I tried making table models that return raw values, properties by row/column, properties by node/property, everything I could think of. I can't even get it to load. It just ends up in an AssertionException.

Any help would be appreciated.

Quintin Beukes

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Quintin Beukes <quintin@...> wrote:

Hey,

I'm looking for a way to display tabular data in the explorer.

What I want to do is the following:
1. Have data items (which are object instances)
2. Display each item as a row, with selected properties in columns

3. Have an action item like a button in another column
4. Be able to link this with property sheets. For ex. you double click it and a property view pops up to the left. The property sheet will then display more information, as well as listen for services to provide extra information related to this entity.

I would like to refrain from standard JTables, so I can hook into the NB explorer/nodes api a bit better.

I heard of a tree table, which, as I understand it is the explorer API view on nodes, but displayed in a table. This sounds fine, as I would then only have root nodes to display one level data?

Quintin Beukes

Tables

2009-10-31T15:21:40Z

Hey,

I'm looking for a way to display tabular data in the explorer.

What I want to do is the following:

1. Have data items (which are object instances)

2. Display each item as a row, with selected properties in columns

3. Have an action item like a button in another column

4. Be able to link this with property sheets. For ex. you double click it and a property view pops up to the left. The property sheet will then display more information, as well as listen for services to provide extra information related to this entity.

I would like to refrain from standard JTables, so I can hook into the NB explorer/nodes api a bit better.

I heard of a tree table, which, as I understand it is the explorer API view on nodes, but displayed in a table. This sounds fine, as I would then only have root nodes to display one level data?

Quintin Beukes

hiding the navigate menu item

2009-10-31T08:47:34Z

Came across this problem and found the explanation here:

http://antonioshome.net/kitchen/netbeans/nbms-sandwich.php

When hiding items you need to use their "real" name as found in properties. Not the "display" name as seen in the layer explorer.

Hope this helps.

Jeremy

(NetBeans Platform Newbie)

Re: Developing SDI applications in Netbeans

2009-10-30T16:13:40Z

Gregg Wonderly wrote:
> is there an @ServiceProvider annotation use that will do the same
> thing as the #- prefix to remove the old one? Does the position value
> take care of this if you know the other position value, or is there a
> way to make sure yours is the one used if you use the annotation?

You can do either. Since the standard decl is (*)

package org.netbeans.core.windows;
@ServiceProvider(service=WindowManager.class)
public class WindowManagerImpl extends WindowManager {...}

and any declared position trumps no declared position, you could write

@ServiceProvider(service=WindowManager.class, position=/*RIPJSB*/1750)
public class MyWindowManager extends WindowManager {...}

to make yours be loaded preferentially (WM.getDefault just uses the first instance it finds); or

@ServiceProvider(service=WindowManager.class, supersedes="org.netbeans.core.windows.WindowManagerImpl")
public class MyWindowManager extends WindowManager {...}

to hide the original and thus have the same effect.

(*) You don't need source code or even binaries to find this out; just peek at the summary produced by dev builds:

http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/nbms-and-javadoc/lastStableBuild/artifact/nbbuild/build/generated/services.txt

Use JIDE QuickFilterTreeView component with BeanTreeView

2009-10-30T14:33:14Z

Hi!

JIDE have a great component to filter Jtree nodes. I was wondering if it would be possible to use it with a BeenTreeView. If not is there another component to search and filter nodes provided by netbeans?

Many thanks!

Dialog multiplicity...

2009-10-30T14:23:23Z

i have a jpopup option item that instantiates a dialog(using dialogDescriptor & dialogDisplayer). the first time i use the option one dialog is created, but subsequent uses appear to be making multiple dialogs.

I am not retaining any references and im not looping. Whats goin on?

Re: Developing SDI applications in Netbeans

2009-10-30T11:52:53Z

I'm just now switching to the 6.7.1 platform and so I haven't yet used
the annotations much. That said, the @ServiceProvider annotation's
javadoc:

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-util/org/openide/util/lookup/ServiceProvider.html

indicates that you could set the position and/or specify a list of
implementations which your own implementation supersedes. If you
manage to get it working, it would be great if you could put a quick
example in this FAQ entry:

http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqLookupHowToOverride

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Gregg Wonderly <gregg@...> wrote:
> Tom, is there an @ServiceProvider annotation use that will do the same thing
> as the #- prefix to remove the old one? Does the position value take care
> of this if you know the other position value, or is there a way to make sure
> yours is the one used if you use the annotation?

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

Re: Developing SDI applications in Netbeans

2009-10-30T11:30:41Z

Tom Wheeler wrote:

> Support for it was removed a few releases ago, so it's not built in.
> That said, it's possible to replace NetBeans' own Window System with
> your own implementation that has the behavior you want. I wrote an
> FAQ entry about it:
>
> http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqReplaceWindowSystem
>
> The part about DummyWindowManager will probably be of special interest
> to you since it opens each TopComponent in its own window.
>
> Feel free to update the FAQ based on what you learn.

Tom, is there an @ServiceProvider annotation use that will do the same thing as
the #- prefix to remove the old one? Does the position value take care of this
if you know the other position value, or is there a way to make sure yours is
the one used if you use the annotation?

Gregg Wonderly

Re: Strange GUI Builder behavior

2009-10-30T11:26:29Z

Hey,

Did you perhaps copy/paste the Form to create a new one?

It is a bug I've noticed. If you duplicate a form with copy/refactor-paste the .form file doesn't get updated properly. Though the code in the .java is updated correctly. So running it works, but when netbeans interprets the .form it still reads the messages from the original form file. Because the properties don't exist in the original one (As the classname change, and thus the property names as well) the GUI builder shows the property name (which is what it does when the property can't be found).

You'll notice this if you change the property values. They are changed in the original Bundle.properties, instead of the new one.

The copy/paste behaviour is very buggy, so I rather just create the forms manually and then copy/paste all the components (open the original, select everything, copy) into the new form, and do the same with the code. It's a bit more cumbersome, but at least you know your .form is correct and you won't accidentally mess up the original - which can happen because localization changes in the pasted form updates the original bundle.

I'm not sure if this also happens when you copy/paste in the same package. I've only done it in between packages.

Quintin Beukes

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:22 PM, theophil <kruschitz@...> wrote:

Hi,

Instead of displaying the actual text value of a JLabel, the GUI Builder displays the key found in the resource bundle. So, in the "Design" view as well as in the "Design Preview" window, I see something like "<SomeVisualPanel1.someLabel.text>" in my JLabels, which is the key found in the Bundle.properties file.

Interestingly, when I run my application, the "real" value is displayed (e.g. "Name :" instead of "<SomePanel.someLabel.text>"). It's kind of weird, because I didn't make any changes to these panels recently and, if I create some new ones, the GUI Builder behaves normally, displaying the correct text values in my JComponents.

Did this happen to anyone else or does somebody have an idea how I could get it to display those values correctly?

Thanks,

Philippe

-- Netbeans 6.7.1

Re: Developing SDI applications in Netbeans

2009-10-30T11:18:35Z

Support for it was removed a few releases ago, so it's not built in.
That said, it's possible to replace NetBeans' own Window System with
your own implementation that has the behavior you want. I wrote an
FAQ entry about it:

http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqReplaceWindowSystem

The part about DummyWindowManager will probably be of special interest
to you since it opens each TopComponent in its own window.

Feel free to update the FAQ based on what you learn.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:05 AM, edbeaty <edbeaty@...> wrote:

> Hello. I'm starting work on a new project, and would like to use Netbeans as the RCP framework. The problem is, our customer prefers a single document interface for our application, which Netbeans no longer officially supports. My question is, has anyone out there recently developed an SDI application using the Netbeans RCP framework, and if so, how did you re-enable or replace the now-missing SDI functionality?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>

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