[NETBEANS-1925] Netbeans 10, JavaFX 11 and missing ant-javafx.jar

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: javafx - Deployment, javafx - Project, projects - Ant, projects - Ant Project
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: John Radley
• Created: 12/Jan/19 21:49
• Updated: 12/Jan/19 21:51

Description

I create a Java Application, and use HelloFX example to successfully build and run it.

On Project Properties > Build ** > Deployment it is possible to press the "Switch Project to JavaFX Deployment Model" button.

This change works, but the Build fails with message about JavaFX Deployment files missing.

If I copy "ant-javafx.jar" from "/home/<user>/.sdkman/candidates/java/8.0.191-oracle/lib"
TO "/home/<user>/.sdkman/candidates/java/tools"
The build completes, and the JavaFX HelloFX runs successfully.

(I happen to use SDKMAN - you can convert paths if you don't use)

I know many are moving to Maven and Gradle to build JavaFX applications, but I was just interested as to why the Ant method failed. I used Ant Verbose to find the reason.

Do you intend to fix the create JavaFX Application wizard? And continue to offer the Ant build method?

Is there a better way of achieving the same fix as I have found?

 
Product Version: Apache NetBeans IDE 10.0 (Build incubator-netbeans-release-380-on-20181217)

Java: 11.0.1; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 11.0.1+13

Runtime: OpenJDK Runtime Environment 11.0.1+13

System: Linux version 4.18.0-13-generic running on amd64; UTF-8; en_GB (nb)