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Bug 16883 - .form file gets deleted when compiling the .java file
Summary: .form file gets deleted when compiling the .java file
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Unsupported (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC Windows ME/2000
: P2 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Svata Dedic
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Reported: 2001-10-23 22:30 UTC by Alexander Stukowski
Modified: 2007-09-26 09:14 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Alexander Stukowski 2001-10-23 22:30:59 UTC 
I created a JPanel derived class using the GUI template. The template creates 
two files: a .java file and a .form file.

But as soon as I choose Compile from the menu to compile the GUI class 
the .form file gets deleted. When I try to open the class in the Form Editor 
again it fails to open because of the missing .form file.
Comment 1 Marian Mirilovic 2001-10-24 09:43:21 UTC 
I am sorry, but I am not able to reproduce it. [nb_dev](20011024) 

What number of build, version jdk do you use? Your form file is in CVS
filesystem or not ? Could you give us more information,please ?

I decrease priority to P3, concerning to unreproducible. (IMHO if you
are right and you lost your .form file -> issue number should be P1 -
as data loss)
Comment 2 Alexander Stukowski 2001-10-24 22:23:40 UTC 
The issue I have described occurs in the following environment:

Netbeans Release 3.3 Beta 1 (Build 200110221515)
JDK 1.4.0 Beta 2
Only standard filesystems (no CVS)

Important thing I noticed:

It only occurs when I compile the java file with a custom Compiler 
type and not the default External Compilation.
What I have done for my project is the following:
I have cloned the "External Compilation" compiler type (by Copy and 
then Paste as Copy) and made the new compiler type the default. For 
the new compiler type I've set the "Target" property to another 
filesystem. Because I want my .class files created in another 
directory than my .java files.
Some other settings I've choosen for the new compiler type:
Enable JDK 1.4 source = True
Deprecation = False
Comment 3 Tomas Pavek 2001-10-25 11:55:10 UTC 
Does not depend on JDK 1.4. The problem is in setting the "target" 
property. It seems that java compiler type deletes all secondary 
files (so also the .form file) if compliation goes to another 
directory... It does not happen if target set to <none>.

Reassigning to java.
Comment 4 Svata Dedic 2001-10-25 12:43:05 UTC 
Oops. Fixed in trunk:

/cvs/java/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/JavaDataObject.java,v  <-- 
JavaDataObject.java
new revision: 1.145; previous revision: 1.144
Comment 5 Jan Becicka 2001-10-26 09:52:15 UTC 
[200110260100] Verified
Comment 6 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 13:19:48 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.