AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  netbeans : can't open project folder !!!          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message rahul Guest Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:12 am    Post subject: netbeans : can't open project folder !!! We have a problem here: We were developing a software in java on solaris10 with netbeans4.1. To make a back up of the source, we saved the whole project folder that was made by netbeans by writing it to a cd. We accidently deleted the folder from our hard diska. Now we copied the source(the project folder) to our hard disk from the cd. However, when we tried to open the project from netbeans, it wouldn't recognize the folder as a project folder, but only as a normal folder. Does netbeans associate some property to a project folder that is lost when it's written to a cd? If yes, is there anyway we could restore the folder as a project folder? Also when we copy the project folder from cd to the disk, the extensions change automatically from *.java to* .jav and from *.form to *.fr. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Back to top Guest Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:12 pm    Post subject: Re: netbeans : can't open project folder !!! Quote: We have a problem here: We were developing a software in java on solaris10 with netbeans4.1. To make a back up of the source, we saved the whole project folder that was made by netbeans by writing it to a cd. We accidently deleted the folder from our hard diska. Now we copied the source(the project folder) to our hard disk from the cd. However, when we tried to open the project from netbeans, it wouldn't recognize the folder as a project folder, but only as a normal folder. Does netbeans associate some property to a project folder that is lost when it's written to a cd? If yes, is there anyway we could restore the folder as a project folder? Also when we copy the project folder from cd to the disk, the extensions change automatically from *.java to* .jav and from *.form to *.fr. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Question: When does this "automatic change" of extensions occur? Did it really occure during copying the files from CD to the harddisk or maybe during burning the files from the harddisk to the CD? The latter scenario is IMHO the more likely. Nevertheless, some files have been "renamed", and when NetBeans really stores some files in "project folders" (the NetBeans docu or a more NetBeans-specific newsgroup should be able to help you there) it is possible that some NetBeans-specific files have also been renamed and are no longer recognized. BW, Piet Back to top Nigel Wade Guest Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:12 am    Post subject: Re: netbeans : can't open project folder !!! rahul wrote: Quote: We have a problem here: We were developing a software in java on solaris10 with netbeans4.1. To make a back up of the source, we saved the whole project folder that was made by netbeans by writing it to a cd. We accidently deleted the folder from our hard diska. Now we copied the source(the project folder) to our hard disk from the cd. However, when we tried to open the project from netbeans, it wouldn't recognize the folder as a project folder, but only as a normal folder. Does netbeans associate some property to a project folder that is lost when it's written to a cd? If yes, is there anyway we could restore the folder as a project folder? Also when we copy the project folder from cd to the disk, the extensions change automatically from *.java to* .jav and from *.form to *.fr. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Are you sure that the filenames, ownership and permissions for the files on the CD are correct? What tool did you use to create it? I can't imagine that the process of copying from CD to the hard disk would mess up the filenames, but the other way around is quite possible. If you created the CD as an ISO9660 CD it will only have written the filenames in an 8.3 (name.ext) approximation of the original filename. Also, I don't think ISO9660 understands mixed case filenames, and everything is converted to uppercase (but may be converted to lowercase when reading). If this is the case, the information is lost. You will need to manually rename files which are incorrect, and possibly change permissions as well. It's possible that the information is on the CD, but you have not mounted it correctly. A CD can be written in many formats, but ISO9660 is the most common. Extra information is written if certain extensions are used, such as Joliet (for Windows long filenames) and RockRidge for full UNIX/Linux filenames, permissions etc. If the CD is written correctly, but not mounted correctly, you might have see this problem. Does Solaris automatically use RockRidge/Joliet extensions when mounting a CD, or do you need to tell it explicitly to use them? -- Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK E-mail : nmw (AT) ion (DOT) le.ac.uk Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555 Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Java Newsgroups----------------Java DiscussionsWeb-based java games comp.lang.java 3D Graphics API's for Java Java: Support and criticism Java System Announcements comp.lang.java.api JavaBeans Java and CORBA Java and Databases comp.lang.java.developer Java GUI Toolkits Java Help comp.lang.java.javascript JVM, native methods and hardware comp.lang.java.misc Java Language Programming Security and Java comp.lang.java.setup Java Software Tools comp.lang.java.tech ibm.software.java.linux  Non-English Java Newsgroups----------------Java Language (German)Language Java (Français)Java (Italian)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.