JavaFX with Ant based projects in NetBeans only works if you’re running on JDK 8.
Best to not use Ant at all, if you can help it: Maven and Gradle are the modern build systems. Gj On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 22:53, Thomas Wolf <tjw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to create a new project: New Project->Java with Ant->JavaFX > Application (or JavaFX in Swing Application). When hitting “Next”, a > screen asks me wether I want to download & activate JavaFX or just > activate. Since I previously downloaded an FX distribution, I picked > “Activate”. Then I get an error message (see screenshot) that tells me > that activation failed and that I should go to the Platform Manager, create > a new platform, and click on the “JavaFX” tab, pointing to the relevant > JavaFX files on my machine. But when I try to create a new platform (or > just pick an existing one), there’s no “JavaFX tab”!? Are these > instructions leftover from some older version of Netbeans? I’m running > v12.3 on macOS BigSur. > > Thnx for all info, > Tom > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
