Very very good points and don’t say them out loud beyond here too much. :-)
Gj On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 19:36, Jeremy Faden CS <fa...@cottagesystems.com> wrote: > I'm very glad they left Swing in as well. Talking to humans is a pretty > basic need of any programming language, and leaving Swing in there allows > for it. > > Jeremy > > > On 2/10/22 12:00, Thomas Wolf wrote: > > Totally off-topic: does anyone find it ironic that the successor to Swing > was taken out of the JDK while Swing itself survives? Makes me feel rather > good about never having jumped on the JavaFX bandwagon. We currently have > a cross-platform desktop app in beta and the GUI is written in Swing - > packaging the app with jpackage became a whole lot easier after we decide > to remove the one JavaFX component we did use (the chart library) and > replaced it with JFreeChart. > > sorry for the off-topic musing. > tom > > > On Feb 10, 2022 at 12:11:16 PM, Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Java 11 does not contain JavaFX. You should use the Gradle or Maven >> plugins, or use a JDK that has added the JavaFX modules (Such as the “full” >> Zulu JDK from Azul). >> I strongly recommend migrating away from Ant if you are refreshing the >> project to use modern tools. >> >> Scott >> >> On Feb 9, 2022, at 6:25 PM, Robert Lockwood <rnlockw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have a Java application from some years ago using an old Netbeans, >> JavaFX, Scene Builder, and Java 8. I've been asked to add features to and >> thought that I would migrate it to a more current IDE etc. and put an end >> to the warnings I receive when I build. I'm using macOA Monterey and an >> Apple Silicon M1 macBook. >> >> I've managed to fix all the syntax errors with help from Dr. Google but >> cannot complete a build. It cannot find the executable or the deployment >> library in the JDK. I've supplied the locations in the libraries and jars >> list and have added the path to the Java Home folder in /Library/... (as a >> side issue Netbeans cannot find the javadocs). >> >> I don't know what I missed and what to try next so I'm asking for help >> here. First time use of this mailing list, too. The application won't be >> deployed BTW. I understand the Nashorn warnings. >> >> Path to JDK /Lbrary/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.2.jdk added to >> $PATH >> >> Build output slightly edited with '***' prepended to warnings and >> errors of note: >> >> *** Warning: java executable not found in JDK, evaluating java executable >> in RT instead. >> init: >> deps-clean: >> Updating property file: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build/built-clean.properties >> Deleting directory >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build >> clean: >> init: >> deps-jar: >> Created dir: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build >> Updating property file: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build/built-jar.properties >> Created dir: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build/classes >> Created dir: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build/empty >> Created dir: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build/generated-sources/ap-source-output >> Compiling 9 source files to >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build/classes >> Copying 5 files to >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/build/classes >> compile: >> < 14 Nashorn warnings > >> Warning: Nashorn engine is planned to be removed from a future JDK release >> >> Copying 11 files to >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/dist/lib >> *** : java executable not found in JDK, evaluating java executable in RT >> instead. >> Detected JavaFX Ant API version 1.0 >> >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/nbproject/jfx-impl.xml:3550: >> The following error occurred while executing this line: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/nbproject/jfx-impl.xml:3578: >> The following error occurred while executing this line: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/nbproject/jfx-impl.xml:3597: >> The following error occurred while executing this line: >> /Users/nate/NetBeansProjects_12/FireMapperMetadataTool_12/nbproject/jfx-impl.xml:524: >> Error: >> *** JavaFX deployment library not found in active JDK. >> >> *** Please check that the JDK is correctly installed and its version is >> at least 7u4 on Mac or 7u6 on other systems. >> BUILD FAILED (total time: 7 seconds) >> >> >>
