What is the name of the sample that you picked? Gj
On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 7:40 PM Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> wrote: > A follow-on: I *did* previously change the value of JAVA_HOME. I happened > to check in a stale cmd window. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 1:39 PM > To: 'Geertjan Wielenga' <geert...@apache.org> > Cc: 'Neil C Smith' <neilcsm...@apache.org>; 'NetBeans Mailing List' < > users@netbeans.apache.org> > Subject: RE: A Bad Thing has happened to the promise of platform > independence > > Well, Maven downloaded a whole bunch of things (probably good). The run > step failed with these three messages: > > Error: opening registry key 'Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment' > [sure enough, it's not there] > Error: could not find java.dll [it's in \Program > Files\Java\jdk-11.0.4\bin, whereas JAVA_HOME is still pointing to jdk-13 > even though I thought I previously changed it by hand.] > Error: Could not find the Java SE Runtime Environment > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 1:25 PM > To: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > Cc: Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org>; NetBeans Mailing List < > users@netbeans.apache.org> > Subject: Re: A Bad Thing has happened to the promise of platform > independence > > Now don't do anything other than this -- open the New Project dialog, go > to the Samples category, in the JavaFX category pick one of the two samples > you see there. Complete the wizard. Run the sample. > > Gj > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 7:23 PM Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com > <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > wrote: > > > Here you go. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org <mailto: > geert...@apache.org> > > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 1:17 PM > To: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > > Cc: Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org <mailto: > neilcsm...@apache.org> >; NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org > <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: A Bad Thing has happened to the promise of platform > independence > > Cab you go to Help | About in Apache NetBeans 11.1 and copy what > you see there and paste it here and send it so we can really see what the > environment is that you're making use of? > > Gj > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 7:12 PM Walter Oney < > walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > > wrote: > > > I'm doing this particular project on Windows 10. By > "installing" I mean running the .exe (if there is one) from a web site or > downloading a JAR file and putting it some place where I can find it. > > I keep having private conversations with Geertjan without > meaning to -- from long habit, I hardly ever hit reply-all. Anyhow, he > wondered what version of the JDK I was using. Initially, I think I had 11.0 > or 11.1. Then I decided to get the latest and greatest, so I uninstalled > that and installed 13 without realizing it didn't come with JavaFX (which I > need for the graphics). I'm back to 11.1 now, which I downloaded from > Oracle. It appears not to have JavaFX built-in like Oracle says it should. > > I'm grateful that you guys are working on a Saturday and > trying to help a newbie out. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org <mailto: > neilcsm...@apache.org> <mailto:neilcsm...@apache.org <mailto: > neilcsm...@apache.org> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 11:37 AM > To: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com> <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > > > Cc: NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org > <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org> <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org > <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org> > > > Subject: Re: A Bad Thing has happened to the promise of > platform independence > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 at 12:04, Walter Oney < > walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > > wrote: > > My current self-assigned task is to port the app to > Linux in the hope that I’ll find more robust WiFi support than Win10 has. I > was hopping along as a happy little bunny with NetBeans 8.4 and some > version or another of the JDK that included JavaFX. I was misled by the > incomplete instructions for installing JNA to omit downloading jna.jar. > Someone later corrected my mistake on the stackoverflow forum, but not > before I had installed JDK 13, a current release of OpenJFX, and NetBeans > 11.1. I ended up in Version Hell, which is where you go when you have > mismatched versions of your tools. I don’t even know what the path back > might be. > > My first thought is are you doing this on the Linux > machine you talk > about or still on Windows 10? If Linux, which OS? And > what exactly > do you mean by "installing"? Some of the things you > mention there > should probably be part of your project but not > installed. Relying on > Linux packages for anything other than perhaps OpenJDK is > very hit and > miss! > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >
