Using the Netbeans GUI within a Project with existing Ant Script

Question

I cannot seem to figure out how to use the Netbeans GUI in my Project with existing Ant Script. Is this possible? I have no problem creating GUI interfaces in a java Application, but attempting to make a new JFrame Form gives the error: package org.jdesktop.layout does not exist, and I have not been able to find a way around this. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Chris Coulon

Answer 1

OK, I think I am on the right track, but I don't understand why I am still getting this error:
clean:
compile:
Copying 1 file to /Users/chris/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ
Created dir: /Users/chris/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ/source/build
Compiling 292 source files to /Users/chris/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ/source/build
/Users/chris/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ/source/plugins/Kline_Frame.java:31: package org.jdesktop.layout does not exist
org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
/Users/chris/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ/source/plugins/Kline_Frame.java:31: package org.jdesktop.layout does not exist
org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
/Users/chris/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ/source/plugins/Kline_Frame.java:34: package org.jdesktop.layout does not exist
layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
/Users/chris/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ/source/plugins/Kline_Frame.java:38: package org.jdesktop.layout does not exist
layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
4 errors
/Users/chris/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ/source/build.xml:11: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.
BUILD FAILED (total time: 6 seconds)
I no longer have the error in my java code in the Projects list, but I still cannot build the project. This is my current build.xml file:
<!-- Ant makefile for ImageJ -->
<project name="ImageJ" default="run">
  <target name="compile" description="Compile everything.">
      <!-- Copy the swing layout library into dist.lib -->
    <copy file="dist/lib/swing-layout-1.0.3.jar" todir=".." />
    <!-- First, ensure the build directory exists. -->
    <mkdir dir="build" />
    <!-- Build everything; add debug="on" to debug -->
    <javac srcdir="." destdir="build" optimize="on" source="1.4" target="1.4" debug="on">
      <!-- The plugins directory only needs to be
             present at runtime, not at build time. -->
      <!-- exclude name="plugins/**"/-->
    </javac>
  </target>
  <target name="build" depends="compile" description="Build ij.jar.">
    <!-- Copy needed files into the build directory. -->
    <copy file="IJ_Props.txt" todir="build" />
    <copy file="images/microscope.gif" tofile="build/microscope.gif" />
    <copy file="images/about.jpg" tofile="build/about.jpg" />
     <copy file="plugins/MacAdapter.class" tofile="build/MacAdapter.class" />
    <copy todir="build/macros"><fileset dir="macros"/></copy>
    <!-- Build ij.jar. -->
    <jar jarfile="ij.jar" basedir="build"
         manifest="MANIFEST.MF" />
  </target>
  <target name="clean" description="Delete the build files.">
    <delete dir="build" />
    <delete file="ij.jar" />
  </target>
  <target name="run" depends="build" description="Build and run ImageJ.">
    <copy file="ij.jar" toDir=".." />
    <java maxmemory="640m" jar="ij.jar" fork="yes" />
  </target>
  <target name="run2" depends="build" description="Build and run ImageJ.">
    <!-- Run in ImageJ directory -->
    <copy file="ij.jar" toDir=".." />
    <java maxmemory="640m" dir=".." jar="ij.jar" fork="yes" />
  </target>
  <target name="zip" depends="clean" description="Build zrc.zip.">
    <zip zipfile="../src.zip"
       basedir=".."
       includes="source/**"
    />
  </target>
  <target name="javadocs" description="Build the JavaDocs.">
    <delete dir="../api" />
    <mkdir dir="../api" />
    <javadoc
           sourcepath="."
           packagenames="ij.*"
           destdir="../api"
           author="true"
           version="true"
           use="true"
           windowtitle="ImageJ API">
    </javadoc>
  </target>
   </project>notice I added this line: <copy file="dist/lib/swing-layout-1.0.3.jar" todir=".." />
because the dir ".." is where the other jar files are placed, i.e.:
[GAIAG:~/**JavaProjects/Netbeans_ImageJ/source] chris% ls ..
PolarDisplay          ij.jar               swing-layout-1.0.3.jar
TestFrames          myApp
api               source
So why is the build not able to see the package org.jdesktop.layout in the jar file?
Chris