AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Switched from Netbeans 3.6 to 4.0 and form design is blank          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java GUI Toolkits View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message James Kimble Guest Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:18 am    Post subject: Switched from Netbeans 3.6 to 4.0 and form design is blank I'm trying to upgrade my IDE from NB 3.6 to NB 4.1 and, with the same setup (some custom beans) I'm getting a blank form design screen even though all my beans were successfully added to the pallette and look normal. They just do show up on my form design screen anymore. I get outlines of things when I click in the tree view of the widgets but nothing else.I'm fairly sure this is a classpath thing (which seems to be 98.9% of all java problems, thank you SUN!) but I'll be darned if I can see where the heck it is supposed to be set. The help tells you to right click on the project and select it from the properties screen. EEHHH... Sorry! No classpath setting there. This is extremely frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. .... Back to top Wiseguy Guest Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:24 am    Post subject: Re: Switched from Netbeans 3.6 to 4.0 and form design is bla "James Kimble" <jkimble (AT) one (DOT) net> wrote in news:1107058694.124434.275140 @c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: Quote: I'm trying to upgrade my IDE from NB 3.6 to NB 4.1 and, with the same setup (some custom beans) I'm getting a blank form design screen even though all my beans were successfully added to the pallette and look normal. They just do show up on my form design screen anymore. I get outlines of things when I click in the tree view of the widgets but nothing else.I'm fairly sure this is a classpath thing (which seems to be 98.9% of all java problems, thank you SUN!) but I'll be darned if I can see where the heck it is supposed to be set. The help tells you to right click on the project and select it from the properties screen. EEHHH... Sorry! No classpath setting there. This is extremely frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. netbeans versions greater than 3.6 suck! At least 4.0 was garbage so I went back to 3.6 until I can get to a fast inet connection to download eclipse. http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- Back to top James Kimble Guest Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Switched from Netbeans 3.6 to 4.0 and form design is bla I've had a terrible time with it. I'm running it on Suse 9.2 and it crashes 3 times out of 5. I don't think I'm going to be able to use it. It's also not as intuitive as the previous version. They keep changing the file/project paradigm and it's just stupid. The stability is the worst though. It's a memory hog (and has a leak, don't leave it running on Windows overnight!) and it's so slow it's like working in the 70's again. I'd go to Eclipse at this point but it's forms management stuff doesn't seem to easily allow you to take a large existing project from NB and import it. If there were a way I'd be with Eclipse in a heartbeat. Wiseguy wrote: Quote: netbeans versions greater than 3.6 suck! At least 4.0 was garbage so I went back to 3.6 until I can get to a fast inet connection to download eclipse. Back to top Wiseguy Guest Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Switched from Netbeans 3.6 to 4.0 and form design is bla "James Kimble" <jkimble (AT) one (DOT) net> scribbled on the stall wall: Quote: I've had a terrible time with it. I'm running it on Suse 9.2 and it crashes 3 times out of 5. I don't think I'm going to be able to use it. It's also not as intuitive as the previous version. They keep changing the file/project paradigm and it's just stupid. The stability is the worst though. It's a memory hog (and has a leak, don't leave it running on Windows overnight!) and it's so slow it's like working in the 70's again. I'd go to Eclipse at this point but it's forms management stuff doesn't seem to easily allow you to take a large existing project from NB and import it. If there were a way I'd be with Eclipse in a heartbeat. In two hours of playing with netbeans 4.0 I found four bugs in the user interface that SHOULD have been found and fixed by the developers before it was ever released. Then, when I looked at their bug reporting procedure I said "ain't a chance in hell that I'm gonna register just to report a bug". netbeans is another case of the developers believing that users exists to do all testing and that the only repsonsibility the developer has is to make sure it compiles cleanly. http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java GUI Toolkits 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.