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| <h1>NetBeans<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> IDE 4.0 Release Notes</h1> |
| <!--<h2>NetBeans<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> IDE 4.0 BETA</h2>--> |
| <p>Last Updated: 13 December 2004</p> |
| <h2>Contents</h2> |
| <dl> |
| <dt><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a> |
| <dt><a href="#WhatsChanged">What Has Changed</a></dt> |
| <dd><a href="#WhatsChanged36">New in the 4.0 Release</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#WhatsChangedAPI">API Changes</a></dd> |
| <dt><a href="#SystemRequirements">System Requirements</a></dt> |
| <dd><a href="#min_hw">Minimum Hardware Configuration</a> </dd> |
| <dd><a href="#req_hw">Recommended Hardware Configuration</a> </dd> |
| <dd><a href="#req_os">Operating System</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#req_sw">Software</a></dd> |
| <dt><a href="#standards">Supported Technologies</a></dt> |
| <dd><a href="#standards">Web Standards</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#browsers">Web Browsers</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#databases">Databases</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#mobility">J2ME MIDP</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#other">Other</a></dd> |
| <!-- <dd><a href="#Installation">Installation</a></dd>--> |
| <dt><a href="#Startup">Launching the IDE</a></dt> |
| <dd><a href="#launch">Launchers</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#startup_param">Startup Parameters</a></dd> |
| <dt><a href="#Compatibility">Upgrading from Version 3.6 </a></dt> |
| <dt><a href="#KnownProblems">Known Issues </a></dt> |
| <dt><a href="#Documentation">Documentation</a></dt> |
| <dt><a href="#MoreInfo">More Information</a></dt> |
| </dl> |
| <!--<hr>--> |
| <br> |
| <a name="Introduction"><h2>Introduction</h2></a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p> Welcome to NetBeans<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> IDE 4.0. NetBeans |
| IDE is a modular, standards-based integrated development environment (IDE), |
| written in the Java<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> programming language. The |
| NetBeans project consists of: </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>An <a href="https://netbeans.org/features/ide/index.html">open source |
| IDE</a> written in the Java programming language.</li> |
| <li>An <a href="https://netbeans.org/features/platform/index.html">application |
| platform</a>, which can be used as a generic framework to build any kind |
| of application.</li> |
| <!--TODO(tm) : rewrite sentence to be more descriptive--> |
| </ul> |
| <p>For information about the NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.0 see the <a href="#https://netbeans.org/community/releases/40/relnotes-mobility.html">J2ME |
| MIDP Development Release Notes</a>.</p> |
| <p><a href="https://netbeans.org/about/">Read more about the NetBeans project...</a> </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| <a name="WhatsChanged"><h2>What's Changed</h2></a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <a name="WhatsChanged36"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">New in the 4.0 Release</h5></a> |
| <p>The major new features in this release are:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Project System based on Apache Ant</li> |
| <li>Refactoring Support</li> |
| <li>JDK 1.5 Support</li> |
| <li>Web Application Development Improvements</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>For an overview of the changes in this release, see the <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/releases/40/">NetBeans |
| 4.0 Release Plan</a>.</p> |
| <p>For a full description of the changes in the |
| 4.0 release, see <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/releases/40/whats-new-40.html">What's |
| New in NetBeans IDE 4.0</a>.</p> |
| <a name="WhatsChangedAPI"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">API Changes</h5></a> |
| <p>If you develop modules for the NetBeans project, check the <a href="https://netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/OpenAPIs/org/openide/doc-files/upgrade.html">NetBeans |
| Upgrade Guide</a> for information on API changes.</p> |
| </blockquote> |
| |
| <a name="SystemRequirements"><h2>System Requirements</h2></a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <a name="min_hw"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Minimum Hardware Configuration</h5></a> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Microsoft Windows operating systems</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor</b>: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory</b>: 384 megabytes</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space</b>: 125 megabytes of free disk space |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <br> |
| <li><b>Solaris<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> operating system</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor</b>: 450 MHz Ultra<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> 10 workstation |
| or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory</b>: 384 megabytes</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space</b>: 125 megabytes of free disk space |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <br> |
| <li><b>Linux operating system</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor</b>: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory</b>: 384 megabytes</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space</b>: 125 megabytes of free disk space |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <a name="req_hw"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Recommended Hardware Configuration</h5></a> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Microsoft Windows operating systems</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor</b>: 780 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory</b>: 512 megabytes</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space</b>: 125 megabytes of free disk space |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <br> |
| <li><b>Solaris<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> operating system</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor</b>: 500 MHz Ultra<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> 60 workstation |
| or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory</b>: 512 megabytes</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space</b>: 125 megabytes of free disk space |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <br> |
| <li><b>Linux operating system</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor</b>: 800 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory</b>: 512 megabytes</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space</b>: 125 megabytes of free disk space |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <a name="req_os"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Operating System</h5> |
| </a> |
| <p>NetBeans IDE runs on operating systems that support the Java<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> VM. |
| Below is a list of platforms that NetBeans IDE has been tested on. |
| <ul> |
| <li>Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 </li> |
| <li>Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3 </li> |
| <li>Solaris operating system (SPARC<sup>®</sup> Platform Edition), versions |
| 8, 9, and 10</li> |
| <li>Solaris operating system (x86 Platform Edition), versions 8, 9, and 10</li> |
| <li>Red Hat Linux 9.0</li> |
| <li>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 |
| <li>Sun Java Desktop System</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>NetBeans IDE is also known to run on the following platforms: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Various other Linux distributions</li> |
| <li>Mac OS X 10.1.1 or later</li> |
| <li>Open VMS 7.2-1 or later</li> |
| <li>Other UNIX<sup>®</sup> platforms, such as HP-UX |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <!--<p>If you know of other platforms that NetBeans IDE runs on, please let us know.</p>--> |
| |
| <a name="req_sw"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Software</h5></a> |
| <p>NetBeans IDE runs on the J2SE JDK 5.0 (Java<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> 2 |
| JDK, Standard Edition), which consists of the |
| Java Runtime Environment plus |
| developers tools for compiling, debugging, and running applications |
| written in the Java<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> language. NetBeans |
| IDE 4.0 has also been tested on J2SE SDK version 1.4.2. </p> |
| <p><b>Note</b>: If you wish to run |
| the IDE on earlier versions of the SDK or if you prefer to install |
| the IDE manually, you can download archived versions of the IDE at <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html">http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html</a>. </p> |
| <p>Download the JDK for your platform from one of the sites listed below: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Solaris</b>: <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/</a></li> |
| <li><b>Windows</b>: <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/</a></li> |
| <li><b>Linux</b>: <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/</a></li> |
| <li><b>Mac OS X</b>: <a href="http://support.apple.com/downloads/#java">http://support.apple.com/downloads/#java</a> (Mac |
| OS X 10.3.4 or later). Mac OS upgrades are also available via Apple's Software |
| Update mechanism. |
| <li><b>Open VMS</b>: <a href="http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/download/index.html">http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/download/index.html</a></li> |
| <li><b>OS/2</b>: http://www.goldencode.com/company/software/j2se/index.html or http://www.innotek.de/products/javaos2/javaos2general_e.html. <br> |
| If you get a NullPointerException when starting the IDE on |
| OS/2, try changing the name of your <code>JAVA_HOME/jre</code> directory |
| to all capital letters. </li> |
| <!--More information about using NetBeans IDE on Mac |
| OS X is available at <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/mac.html">https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/mac.html</a></li>--> |
| </ul> |
| <!--TODO(tm) : is this still pertninent?--> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> If the installer does not detect the JDK version that you |
| wish to run the IDE on, you can set the <code>--is:home <i>jdk_home_dir</i></code> parameter |
| in the <code>netbeans.conf</code> file to point to the desired JDK. For more |
| information about setting startup parameters, see <a href="#Startup">The |
| Launcher and Startup Parameters</a>.</p> |
| </blockquote> |
| <a name="supported-technologies"><h2>Supported Technologies</h2></a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <a name="standards"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Web Standards</h5></a> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Java<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> Servlet 2.3 and 2.4 specifications</li> |
| <li>JavaServer Pages<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> (JSP<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup>) |
| technology specifications 1.2 and 2.0</li> |
| <li>Deployment descriptor (web.xml) based on version 2.3 or 2.4 of the web |
| application DTD</li> |
| <li>Java<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup> 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE<sup class="tmtext">TM</sup>) |
| 1.3 and 1.4</li> |
| <li>Tomcat 5.0.28 release</li> |
| </ul> |
| <a name="browsers"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Web Browsers</h5></a> |
| <p>The following web browsers have been tested with NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Netscape 7.1 </li> |
| <li>Microsoft Internet Explorer 6</li> |
| <li>Mozilla 1.5</li> |
| </ul> |
| <a name="databases"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Databases</h5></a> |
| <p>The following database servers have been tested with NetBeans IDE:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>IBM DB2 8.1</li> |
| <li>Oracle 9i</li> |
| <li>Pointbase 4.2 </li> |
| <li>Microsoft SQL 2000 SP3 </li> |
| <li>MySQL 4.x</li> |
| </ul> |
| <a name="mobility"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">J2ME MIDP 2.0</h5></a> |
| <p>If you do J2ME MIDP development, you can download <a href="http://services.netbeans.org/downloads/all.php?b_id=259&src=1"> NetBeans |
| Mobility Pack 4.0</a>.</p> |
| <a name="other"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Other</h5></a> |
| <p>NetBeans IDE has also been tested with the following:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Ant 1.5.3 and higher. (NetBeans IDE comes bundled with Ant 1.6.2. You |
| can easily change Ant versions in the IDE's Ant settings.)</li> |
| <li>CVS 1.11 </li> |
| <li>Merant PVCS 7.5.1 </li> |
| <li>Visual Source Safe 6.0</li> |
| </ul> |
| </blockquote> |
| <a name="Startup"><h2>Launching the IDE </h2></a> |
| <p>To make the |
| process of starting up the IDE more convenient, the installation |
| includes launchers for several platforms. |
| |
| <blockquote> |
| <a name="launch"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Launchers</h5></a> |
| <p>The launchers load |
| the JVM, build the IDE's classpath, pass it along with some default parameters |
| to the JVM, and prompt the JVM to launch the Java application. They also |
| restart the IDE after accessing the Update Center. The IDE's provided |
| launchers are located in the <code>bin</code> subdirectory |
| of the installation directory. |
| <p>Launchers provided with IDE installation include: |
| <blockquote> |
| <ul> |
| <li>For <b>Microsoft Windows</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><code>netbeans.exe</code> is |
| the executable for running NetBeans IDE as a Windows application without |
| a console. |
| <li><code>nb.exe</code> is |
| a Microsoft Windows console application. When you run <tt>nb.exe</tt>, a |
| console opens on the desktop with <code>stderr</code> and <code>stdout</code> output |
| from the NetBeans IDE. <!--You can type <code>Ctrl-Break</code> to get a thread |
| dump, or type <code>Ctrl-C</code> to quit the whole program. --></li> |
| </ul></li><br> |
| <li>For <b>Solaris</b> and other <b>UNIX</b> variants: <code>netbeans</code> Bourne |
| shell script is the launcher.<br> |
| <li><b>OpenVMS</b>: <code>runideopenvms.com</code> is the launcher.<br> |
| <li> <b>Macintosh OS-X</b>: <code>NetBeans</code> is the launcher. |
| </ul> |
| </blockquote> |
| <a name="startup_param"><h5 style="border-bottom:0">Startup Parameters</h5></a> |
| <p>Whenever you launch the IDE, it parses the command line |
| options it finds in <code>netbeans.conf</code>. You |
| can customize the startup parameters passed to the IDE at startup by |
| editing the <code><i>${IDE_HOME}</i>/etc/netbeans.conf</code> file. </p> |
| <p>Command-line switches can be entered using GNU style, meaning they are preceded |
| with two hyphens rather than one (e.g.: <tt>--help</tt>) or single-letter |
| switches (e.g.: <tt>-h</tt>). JVM flags are entered using only one hyphen |
| as in <code>-J<i>jvm_flag</i></code>, for example.</p> |
| <p>You can use the following command-line switches: </p> |
| <dl> |
| <dt><code>-h</code><br> |
| <code>--help</code> </dt> |
| <dd>print descriptions of common startup parameters. |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>--jdkhome <i>jdk_home_dir</i></code></dt> |
| <dd>use the specified version of the Java 2 SDK instead of the default SDK. |
| By default on Windows systems, the loader looks into the Windows registry |
| and uses the latest SDK available. |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>--cp:p <i>additional_classpath</i></code> </dt> |
| <dd> prepend the specified classpath to the IDE's classpath. This option |
| is generally not recommended for any purpose. |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>--cp:a <i>additional_classpath</i></code></dt> |
| <dd> append the specified classpath to the IDE's classpath. |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>-J<i>jvm_flag</i></code> </dt> |
| <dd> pass the specified flag directly to the JVM. |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>--laf <i>UI_class_name</i></code> </dt> |
| <dd>use a given class as the IDE's look and feel. |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>--fontsize <i>size</i></code> </dt> |
| <dd>use a given size in points as the basic font size for the IDE user interface. |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>--locale <i>language[:country[:variant]]</i></code> </dt> |
| <dd>use the specified locale. |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>--userdir <i>userdir</i></code> </dt> |
| <dd>explicitly specify the userdir, which is the location in which user settings |
| are stored. If this option is not used on a UNIX system, the location is <code><i>${HOME}</i>/.netbeans/4.0</code>. |
| On Microsoft Windows systems, the default is <code>.netbeans\4.0</code> beneath |
| your default Windows profile area (e.g. <code>c:\Documents and Settings\<i>yourlogin</i></code>). |
| <p></p> |
| </dd> |
| <dt><code>--open <i>file</i></code><br> |
| <code>--open <i>file:line number</i></code></dt> |
| <dd>Opens the file in the IDE's Source Editor at the specified line. |
| |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </blockquote> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> When launching the IDE for the first time, the IDE needs to scan |
| your system classpath after creating the |
| initial new project. During this period you may experience |
| a brief delay, depending on the complexity of the project and your system |
| configuration. While the IDE occasionally scans the classpath (when creating |
| additional projects or after restarting the IDE, for example), the more thorough |
| and time-consuming procedure only needs to be carried out once.</p> |
| <a name="Compatibility"><h2>Upgrading from Version 3.6</h2> |
| </a> |
| <blockquote> When you first run the IDE, you can import a subset of the settings |
| you used in NetBeans IDE 3.6. If you choose not to import settings from a previous |
| release, the IDE opens using the default settings. Project-specific settings |
| are not importable from version 3.6. |
| <blockquote><b>Note:</b><i> The IDE only recognizes previous installations |
| where the user directory resides in the default location. It does not recognize |
| installations for which you have specified a user directory using the <code>--userdir</code> switch. |
| </i> </blockquote> |
| <p> Though it is possible to import settings from a previous IDE installation |
| into NetBeans IDE 4.0, it is not possible to import settings from NetBeans |
| IDE 4.0 into an earlier IDE release. </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| |
| <a name="KnownProblems"> |
| <h2>Known Issues </h2> |
| </a> |
| <p>The major unresolved issues for this release are as follows: |
| <blockquote> |
| <ul> |
| <li><h3>General Issues</h3> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>When working with large projects in the IDE, i.e. those having large numbers of classes, libraries, |
| or required projects, you may experience slowed UI responsiveness or even <tt>Out of Memory</tt> errors. |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>If this occurs, you should increase the IDE's maximum heap size. Navigate |
| to the <tt>/etc</tt> directory within the IDE's installation directory |
| and open the <tt>netbeans.conf</tt> file in a text editor. Change -J-Xmx128m |
| to -J-Xmx160m, or even to -J-Xmx256m for very large projects. For smooth |
| and responsive work with the IDE, it is recommended that your physical |
| RAM size be at least 200MB larger than the Xmx setting. Therefore, you should |
| not set -J-Xmx256m if your system has less than 512MB RAM installed. |
| </blockquote></li> |
| |
| <li> |
| <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45963&x=17&y=7">Issue # 45963</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>When working with projects with resources (JDK, libraries, |
| sources, etc.) located on remote disks within a LAN or accessed from a <tt>/net</tt> folder, |
| you may experience slowed IDE performance. |
| |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>As responsiveness depends on many factors (LAN throughput, project |
| configuration, user's workflow, etc.), there is no easy |
| workaround for this problem. If the IDE's performance seems insufficient, |
| it is recommended that you place all necessary resources on the local |
| system. |
| </blockquote></li> |
| |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47645&x=17&y=7">Issue # 47645</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>Cannot |
| run a target with <java> a task that has <tt>failonerror=true</tt> from within |
| the IDE even though the same script runs outside of the IDE without problems. |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>If this occurs, it is recommended that you |
| run the script from the command line. Alternately, you may rewrite the |
| script.<!--TODO(tm) : add phrase clarifying what user would change when rewriting script--> |
| </blockquote></li> |
| |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49039&x=17&y=7">Issue |
| # 49039</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>When switching projects on the Choose File Type page of |
| the IDE's New File wizard (New > File), the newly |
| designated project doesn't propogate to the subsequent page |
| of the wizard. Note that this problem occurs for generic file templates |
| in the wizard's Other node (i.e. Properties, Folder, Html, etc.) and does |
| not affect Java, Form, Web, JavaBeans, or JUnit templates. |
| |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>If you experience this problem, invoke the New |
| File wizard by right-clicking the project you wish to add the new file |
| to and choosing New from the contextual menu that appears. |
| </blockquote></li> |
| |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47708&x=17&y=7">Issue |
| # 47708</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>Cannot send text input to Ant |
| tasks via the console or the IDE's Output window. |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>Run the Java app in unforked |
| mode by opening build-impl.xml, copying <target<br> |
| name="-init-macrodef-java">, and pasting it into build.xml. Next, |
| edit fork="true" to fork="false". Note that you should ensure that all |
| your files have been saved because even though normal exceptions should |
| only cause the build to fail cleanly, some critical bugs (e.g. |
| AWT-related deadlocks) in your app could cause the IDE to hang or |
| crash. |
| <!--<p>In unforked mode there can also be some |
| subtle problems if your app's classpath includes packages that |
| overlap packages in NB's startup classpath. Similarly, your app will |
| not be able to set a new SecurityManager or do a few other special operations |
| that affect the entire VM.--> |
| </blockquote></li> |
| </ul> |
| </blockquote> |
| <blockquote> |
| <!--<p><b>Note:</b> As this is a beta, there is a large number of outstanding bugs |
| which you can monitor by visiting the <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/issues.html">NetBeans |
| Issue Tracking page</a>.</p>--> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51545&x=17&y=7">Issue |
| # 51545 </a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>When working on multiple projects using different JDKs, |
| JDK sources hyperlinked from the stacktrace of an exected project |
| point to the wrong JDK. |
| Note that stepping through JDK sources in the debugger is not affected by this |
| issue. |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>If you experience this problem, limit work on projects to those using |
| the same JDK at a given time. If you want to work on projects |
| using a different platform, it is recommended that you restart |
| the IDE. |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51819&x=17&y=7">Issue |
| # 51819</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>When attempting to rename a class by choosing Refactor > Rename, the |
| file is renamed, but not the class or its constructors. Note that |
| this issue only occurs when invoking the command from |
| javadocs or comments and can lead to uncompilable source |
| code. |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>If you experience this problem, rename the class by invoking the Rename |
| command directly from class |
| definition or variable declaration for the class you wish to rename. |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52026&x=17&y=7">Issue |
| # 52026 </a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>When attempting to import or edit already-imported VCS |
| profiles from earlier 4.0 versions, various profile settings are |
| missing or incorrect. |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>If you experience this problem, remove your existing |
| versioned working directories from the Version Manager and add |
| them again. |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51955&x=17&y=7">Issue |
| # 51955 </a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b></p> |
| <p>When selecting folders or files that are included in a project in the |
| Versioning window, the project's file-based actions are |
| deactivated. |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b></p> |
| <p>If you experience this problem, restart NetBeans and avoid using the |
| Versioning tab or "Show |
| Versions" contextual action to compile, run, or debug files. |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| |
| |
| </ul> |
| <p>To search for other known issues with NetBeans IDE 4.0, you can use this <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?issue_type=DEFECT&issue_status=NEW&issue_status=STARTED&issue_status=REOPENED&priority=P1&priority=P2&version=3.6&version=4.0&email1=&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=substring&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=substring&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=substring&keywords=&keywords_type=exactlyanywords&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time">query</a>. </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| |
| <a name="Documentation"><h2>Documentation</h2></a> |
| <blockquote> |
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| guides and the IDE's built-in help system. The documentation is not complete |
| for this beta and some of the help files are out of date, however |
| the following documents should help you in getting started:--> |
| |
| Documentation is provided for NetBeans IDE in the form of web-based |
| guides and the IDE's built-in help system. In addition, you can refer to |
| the following documents to help you get started: |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html"> NetBeans |
| IDE Quick Start Guide</a>.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>For the complete NetBeans IDE documentation list, visit <a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html">https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html</a>. </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| <a name="MoreInfo"><h2>More Information</h2></a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p>You can find news, articles, additional modules, and other useful |
| information on the NetBeans project web site. |
| Since NetBeans is an open-source project, the web site also provides access |
| to source code, a bug database, information on creating your own NetBeans |
| modules, and much more. |
| </p> |
| <p>For more information, visit <a href="https://netbeans.org/">https://netbeans.org/</a>. </p> |
| <p>You |
| can keep up to date on NetBeans IDE and interact with the NetBeans community |
| by signing up for NetBeans project mailing lists at <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/lists/">https://netbeans.org/community/lists/</a>. |
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