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Manual citation: "To add a component using the Explorer: 1 Under the Filesystems tab in the Explorer, find the class of the bean you want to add. 2 Right-click on the class and choose Copy from the contextual menu. 3 Choose Paste from the contextual menu of either the Component Inspector or the Form Editor." I can not accomplish the 3rd step. Besides what does "component" mean? (extends awt.Component) Anyway it does not work for Component subclasses as well.
I ommited to mention build. [boston-1141]
Try to : New -> Swing -> JPanel Then use apply above.
Only compiled classes can be copyed to form (generaly: anything having InstanceCookie, or form's internal components). Maybe the documentation should be corrected slightly to use term "compiled class of the bean". Is this that case (JPanel was not compiled)?
YES, documentation should mention that it MUST be compiled.
SUMMARY: In the usersguide in the section Designing Java GUIs| Working With Components|Adding a New Component there is the following paragraph To add a component using the Explorer: 1. In the Explorer, find the class of the form component or bean. 2. Right-click the class node and choose Copy from the contextual menu. 3. Choose Paste from the contextual menu of either the Component Inspector or the Form window. It should be mentioned in one of these steps that this class have to be compiled.
fixed in NB 3.2 and the trunk.
Resolved for 3.3.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.