Hi Bradley,
and thanks for your reply. The original issue is sorted, but to sum up
what it was about. I wanted to run nb-7.0.1 in parallel with nb-29
because the former is the last version that is compatible with SAF
(Swing Application Framework).
The rational for this is that I just started with Java a few months ago,
coming from the VB6 world, and I found an old abandoned project that
presents a lot of code to help with the issue to translate VB6 code to Java.
So the idea (or my challenge) is to take that code and move it into a
pure Swing project, which then cane be "brought forward in time" so to
speak. Up the underlying JDK (currently 1.6) etc.
I already tried recreate it in JavaFX directly, and also NB Platform but
it didn't work out well or just got too complicated. So, I have just
today completed to recreate it in Swing, but still with some errors
lurking do to code tied to the Framework.
Right now I'm working on Win10 but the plan is to predominately work on
Linux, once I have closed the VB locker. At that point your share may
come handy so thanks.
/Joakim
On 2026-03-05 18:53, Bradley Willcott wrote:
Hi there.
As I don't have access to the original post, I will just give you my
experience.
- I run Fedora Linux. I don't believe this is likely to work on M$ Win
XX. However it might.
- I use the binary "zip" packages: https://netbeans.apache.org/front/
main/download/nb28/
- I have an "apps/netbeans" directory off my home directory.
- Inside which I unpack each zip, into an inner "netbeans" directory.
The zip program should just create this automatically, as such a
directory exists within the zip package.
- This "netbeans " directory is then renamed to its version number: e.g.
"v28".
- I also have a soft-link in the "apps/netbeans" directory: "current",
which is updated to point to the new current version directory. As of
this post, that is: "v28".
- In this way it is possible to have multiple versions of Netbeans
installed at the same time. It is also possible to run them at the same
time in parallel, by having either scripts or links pointing to each.
- I currently have a program shortcut that runs "/bin/sh" with the
parameter: "/home/bw/apps/netbeans/current/bin/netbeans". With this, all
I have to do is change the "current" soft-link as above.
Now the practical side. Why would I want more than just the latest version?
1) It is always a good idea to keep atleast the previous version
available in-case of some bug/feature that affects the newer version.
You can quickly return to using the last workable version without
affecting your productivity.
2) As in my case, I have "v21" that I still use because it is the last
version that will install and run the full 'C' add-ons from the old
library site. Sure I have the disadvantage of not getting the latest
wizz-bangs, but what there is, works very well. If (when?) a later
version can provide full 'C' programming support, not the current half
grudging support, then I will put "v21" to the grave.
I have run both (v21 & v28) at the same time with no problems.
I hope this is of some help.
Brad.
On 1/3/26 20:03, Joakim Schramm wrote:
I was indeed able to solve this on my own, after sniffing up an old
java bug: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8179014
It turned out I long time ago put this GodMode folder on my Desktop
and simply moving it to the Documents folder seems to have solved the
problem. So far... so Go(o)d
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
