Antonio,
You are a god among men! Thank you so much. I knew that I was forgetting
something simple, and that was the MANIFEST entry.
Like you, it had been ages since I had done this and could not remember
what all needed to be done to make it work. You are awesome!
Sincerely,
Sean Carrick
Owner - PekinSOFT Systems
s...@pekinsoft.com
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 1:05 AM Antonio <anto...@vieiro.net.invalid> wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> It's ages since I last did this, so I may be wrong/outdated.
>
> As far as I recall you do need to have a BeanInfo for your Bean. This
> describes the properties of the Bean, including any PropertyEditor(s)
> you may need for specific Bean properties. You can right-click in your
> Java file and select "BeanInfo Editor..." from the popup. This will show
> a wizard for generating the BeanInfo if you haven't one.
>
> Then you need to make sure that your Bean is properly registered in the
> META-INF's manifest. This should be an entry "Java-Bean: the.class.path"
> (IIRC). This is probably automatically generated with the @JavaBean
> annotation, but I can't remember right now. Double-check this.
>
> Then you have to add the JAR file with your Bean to NetBeans. You can do
> this with "Tools" / "Palette" / "Swing/AWT Components" and then "Add
> from JAR..." button. This will make NetBeans know about your bean. Of
> course all classes in your Bean must be available in the jar. If you
> have dependencies make sure these are included in the JAR.
>
> And then you should be all set. Everything should work nicely. Of
> course, the projects that use your bean should include the JAR too in
> their runtime classpath (as a dependency).
>
> You can also make your JAR available as a Library ("Tools" / "Palette" /
> "Swing/AWT Components" / "Add from Library". Use this if your projects
> can benefit of a Library (you can register your bean .JAR using the
> Tools/Libraries menu entry).
>
> Finally you can also do all this using a NetBeans module, this would be
> some sort of NetBeans customization for you. See [1] for details. [1] is
> also a nice read for understanding how things work, and, BTW, needs a
> revision, so feel free to update [1] as appropriate.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Antonio
>
>
>
> [1]
>
> https://netbeans.apache.org/tutorial/main/tutorials/nbm-propertyeditors-integration/
>
> On 4/7/24 17:01, Sean Carrick wrote:
> > Hey all!
> >
> > I have created a class that is a visual component that I would like to
> > be able to visually edit in Matisse. I have annotated the class as
> > @JavaBean, and included the @BeanProperty annotation on the property
> > getter methods. However, when I try to create a new instance in Matisse,
> > it consistently gives me the error message, "Cannot determine form type
> > (com.pekinsoft.api.View). Please make sure the class is a JavaBeans
> > component. The form cannot be opened."
> >
> > When this first appeared, I tried creating a BeanInfo class for it,
> > compiled both of them, and still get the same error message.
> >
> > What is the trick to being able to visually edit custom visual
> > components as forms in Matisse. I know that I must be missing
> something...
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Sean Carrick
> > Owner - PekinSOFT Systems
> > s...@pekinsoft.com <mailto:s...@pekinsoft.com>
> >
>
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