You probably mean an empty project. And indeed, no main class can be found because there's no source file at all. So create one and create a main class within it.
Gj On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 11:53 AM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: > What is “a project with a class but no source file”? > > Gj > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 11:50, Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> wrote: > >> With "Java with Maven" I get a project with a class but no source file. >> Attempting to run gives the same apparent error pop-up that there's no main >> class. >> >> Using "Java with Gradle" earns me a message that there's no valid Java >> platform for key default_platform. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> >> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:45 AM >> To: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> >> Cc: Carl Mosca <carljmo...@gmail.com>; Neil C Smith < >> neilcsm...@apache.org>; NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org> >> Subject: Re: FW: screenshot >> >> Now can you try to reproduce the same problem with the Java Application >> (the first template, right at the top) in “Java with Maven”? >> >> Gj >> >> On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 11:40, Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com >> <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > wrote: >> >> >> I chose category "Java with Ant" and project "Java Application" >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto: >> walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:22 AM >> To: 'Geertjan Wielenga' <geert...@apache.org <mailto: >> geert...@apache.org> > >> Cc: 'Carl Mosca' <carljmo...@gmail.com <mailto: >> carljmo...@gmail.com> >; 'Neil C Smith' <neilcsm...@apache.org <mailto: >> neilcsm...@apache.org> >; 'NetBeans Mailing List' < >> users@netbeans.apache.org <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org> > >> Subject: RE: FW: screenshot >> >> > No, I don’t. Are you using ‘Java with Maven’ or ‘Java with Ant’? >> >> I must be missing something major. The screen shot plainly shows >> that I'm using Apache NetBeans 11.1 with Ant. Normally, I would think that >> I've done something wrong, because I learned sometime around 1965 that >> computers and well-vetted tools rarely make mistakes. Since this isn't my >> first rodeo, I tend to think that something about the automatic class >> creation logic is mismatched with the build environment -- probably because >> I installed the wrong version of something through ignorance. >> >> Hopefully, you'll accept a friendly suggestion about how to >> provide tech support and/or volunteer help: it never hurts to assume that >> you're dealing with an accurate report of a problem from someone who is >> missing a crucial piece of information that experienced users possess. In >> my salad days, I used to send academic users out of the assistance office >> to lookup something in one of the dozens of IBM manuals that were >> conveniently mounted in a rack next to the keypunches. I eventually learned >> that what was transparent to me as a systems programmer was completely >> opaque to real users. >> >> -- >> Walter C. Oney, Jr., Esq. >> 267 Pearl Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420 >> Tel.: 978-343-3390 >> http://www.oneylaw.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org >> <mailto:users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org >> <mailto:users-h...@netbeans.apache.org> >> >> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >> >> >> >> >>
