Dear Geertjan, I agree that the "java" command has nothing to do with Netbeans. I'll try to be more explicit:
I have a project which dates back to about 2006 and has a main class which I'll call A. This uses a separate class B which I developed separately. I included B as a library using A's project properties. Using Netbeans 8 (and earlier) it was possible to run the project using a command line like java -jar A.jar and the program ran. The Java version was 1.8. The path to the Java executable is in my PATH. Earlier this year I wanted to develop it further, and decided to move to the latest version of NetBeans (11.1) and Java (12). Now the command line as given in the build output is C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-12.0.1/bin/java -cp directory\A.jar;directory\B.jar classpath.A My main point is that I don't understand how or why this has changed. I agree that Oracle no longer have a JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the java run-time executable and they don't put it in the PATH, which is a pain, but I can do that myself. But as far as I can see, the "Libraries" sections of "project properties" are identical for the NB8 and NB11 projects, with a few directory changes. So why is the command line different? Is this a Java issue or has someting changed in the way that NB builds its jar files? And also, the NB11.1 command line as given by Ant is incorrect - the Java program path needs quotes because of the space in the path. A minor bug, but annoying when you use cut-and-paste to put it into a batch file! Does this clear things up? Best regards, Peter mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com www.ptoye.com ------------------------- Sunday, October 13, 2019, 7:47:57 PM, you wrote: You appear to be talking about the “java” command line below, which has nothing at all to do with NetBeans. You seen to be using different versions of Java. Gj On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 16:44, Peter Toye <netbe...@ptoye.com> wrote: Having just moved from NB version 8 to 11.1 there seems to have been a change in the command line needed to run a project. The OS is Windows 7 Home. The project has two external libraries: one in the Java modules in the NetBeans 11 directory, and one of my own. In version 8 it was possible to run the program with a command line like java -jar program.jar but this no longer works, and I have to put in a command line like java -cp library paths program.jar which is a pain, as I can't automate that into a batch file. Is there any way of getting the libraries (or references to them) included in the jar file? The properties|Libraries|Run tab shows that the classpaths for Compiling Sources and Compiled Sources are included (at least as I understand the symbols on that page). Does the "Build Dependencies" tickbox have any significance here? The lack of a help file means that I can't find out what most of the window items actually mean. As a rider to this question, there seems to be two small bugs in the Ant script which produces the command line for running the project : To run this application from the command line without Ant, try: ??C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-12.0.1/bin/java -cp C:\Program Files\NetBeans 11\netbeans\java\modules\ext\AbsoluteLayout.jar;D:\Peter\Netbeans\Partitions511\dist\Partitions511.jar;D:\Peter\Netbeans\KillerSudoku11\dist\KillerSudoku11.jar com.ptoye.TestKiller.TestKiller?? 1) In Windows, the Java executable and Netbeans are in the "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86)" folder. This should have quotes round it to run successfully. 2) In NB 11.1, the output mentions "Netbeans 11" - Shouldn't this be C:\Program Files\NetBeans-11.1? Regards, Peter mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com www.ptoye.com
