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If you make a build with no form module at all, upon startup you will receive the exception: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /space/nb/dev-oct31/beans/libs.properties (No such file or directory) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:64) at org.netbeans.modules.projects.PSupport.findBeans(PSupport.java:488) at org.netbeans.modules.projects.PSupport.addBeans(PSupport.java:460) at org.netbeans.modules.projects.PSupport.projectOpen(PSupport.java:177) at org.netbeans.core.NbProjectOperation.setProject(NbProjectOperation.java:146) at org.netbeans.core.NbProjectOperation.openOrCreateProject(NbProjectOperation.java:198) at org.netbeans.core.NonGui.run(NonGui.java:441) at org.netbeans.core.Main.run(Main.java:153) at org.openide.TopManager.initializeTopManager(TopManager.java:120) at org.openide.TopManager.getDefault(TopManager.java:81) at org.netbeans.core.Main.main(Main.java:238) at org.netbeans.core.TopThreadGroup.run(TopThreadGroup.java:90) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) Of course there is no such file; the form module normally provides it. The projects module should print a nicer message rather than this exception.
The exception is visible only if the IDE is run with -Dnetbeans.debug.exceptions=true parameter. BTW, this code will be removed because it is handled by form editor now.
fixed in main trunk - form editor hack removed
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.