Strange Netbeans 6.5.1 problem

[qlyde]

Wondering if anyone has had this problem.

When I use the netbeans visual editor and drag a component to a page, it will not add the component to
the import statements and it won't create the getter/setter methods on the page. I have to do it manually.

I started to notice this when I migrated from 6.1 to 6.5.1. Is this a bug introduced in 6.5.1 or is it something else?
Maybe there is a configuration choice that needs to be enabled?

Thanks.

[qlyde]

Since I moved to 6.5.1, I also notice that when i add a component manually
(as I said I have to do now), there is no binding to the page component and therefore I cannot seem to update the component.

I am really confused here. I am not entirely sure this started when I moved
to 6.5.1 but I am sure it was not happening when I was using 6.0.1.
Can someone give me some suggestion about this issue? I am stuck.

[qlyde]

Could it be the change from 1.4 to Java EE 5.0?

In netbeans 6.0 you drag a component to the canvass, netbeans
automatically added the import, added getter/setter methods and
bound it to the page. Looks like 6.5 does none of this.

I'm not sure exactly whether I should be doing this manually or not.
Could someone pls advise me? I notice that when I add the component's
methods, i can then access it from the page. But it's value is always
0, even when something is set on the page. Do i need to bind the component
to ${Page.theComponent} to see a value?

[qlyde]

I seem to be carrying on the bulk of this conversation. Would be nice to get some feedback here.

I reloaded netbeans 6.0 and sure enough it performed the things that 6.5 does not. When I dragged a component to the canvas the import was done for me, the object created and viewable from the java code view.
I am at a loss to understand why this does not work in 6.5 and how I can
work with 6.5 in an equivalent way.

[qlyde]

I guess I am going to have to change IDEs as I still cannot pinpoint the problem here. I also can't stay on 6.0 forever.

For every new component I have to:

add the import for it, add the getter/setter methods, manually bind it to
the page. All of these steps were automatic in netbeans 6.0 I don't understand why they were removed in 6.5.1.

Can anyone enlighten me here?

[Mari]

qlyde,

at first, I think that it would be better if you posted your question to
mailing-list 'nbusers' instead of 'nbdev'.

Then, I am not sure what "visual editor" you mean. I guess that there
are multiple types of visual editors in the IDE. The basic visual editor
for editing Swing forms does not generate any getters/setters as far as
I know. Please try to specify the type of visual editor.

I suggest that your re-send your question to 'nbusers'. There should be
much more people watching (reading).

You might also try a newer version of NetBeans, such as 6.7.1 or even 6.8M2.

Mari

[qlyde]

Mari,

Thank you for answering. These are my first posts on this Forum.
The visual editor is the JSF editor that comes with netbeans 6.5.

I am hesitant to upgrade due to this strange behavior. I have gone back to
6.0.1 where I do not observer it. And considering moving to a different tool.

I will try nbusers mailing list.

[whirledpeas]

Hi Qlyde,

I did a little reading about this when I saw your post. It appears that
the way of doing things as you describe them ended in 6.0.1. If I understand
what I read, the tool discourages putting all of the backing bean behavior on
the page. Instead you need to build beans for each component and bind them in the jsp view.

I guess the visual editor is just for component placement.