Type 'main' or 'psvm' and then press Tab. And when you right-click the project, choose 'Run', not 'Build'.
Gj On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 12:31 PM Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> wrote: > Another difference: I don't get the same auto-complete behavior you did > when you typed "main". Did you perhaps hit a shortcut key at that point? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 6:28 AM > To: 'Geertjan Wielenga' <geert...@apache.org> > Cc: 'Carl Mosca' <carljmo...@gmail.com>; 'Neil C Smith' < > neilcsm...@apache.org>; 'NetBeans Mailing List' <users@netbeans.apache.org > > > Subject: RE: FW: screenshot > > When I follow those directions as accurately as I can, I end up with what > you see in the attached screen shot. The .java file is apparently not part > of the project, however, because I don't have the option to compile it when > I right-click on it within the project pane. You can also see that the > build says there are no source files to compile. Attempting to run this app > gives me the same pop-up error that I get with Ant, with a list of > alternative main classes containing just "<no main classes found>". > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 6:07 AM > To: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > Cc: Carl Mosca <carljmo...@gmail.com>; Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org>; > NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org> > Subject: Re: FW: screenshot > > https://youtu.be/HcmcOMZQ0TM > > > Created that especially for you and hope it helps you. > > Gj > > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 11:59 AM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org > <mailto:geert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > You probably mean an empty project. And indeed, no main class can > be found because there's no source file at all. So create one and create a > main class within it. > > Gj > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 11:53 AM Geertjan Wielenga < > geert...@apache.org <mailto:geert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > What is “a project with a class but no source file”? > > Gj > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 11:50, Walter Oney < > walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > wrote: > > > With "Java with Maven" I get a project with a > class but no source file. Attempting to run gives the same apparent error > pop-up that there's no main class. > > Using "Java with Gradle" earns me a message that > there's no valid Java platform for key default_platform. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org > <mailto:geert...@apache.org> > > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:45 AM > To: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > > Cc: Carl Mosca <carljmo...@gmail.com <mailto: > carljmo...@gmail.com> >; Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org <mailto: > neilcsm...@apache.org> >; NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org > <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: FW: screenshot > > Now can you try to reproduce the same problem with > the Java Application (the first template, right at the top) in “Java with > Maven”? > > Gj > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 11:40, Walter Oney < > walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > > wrote: > > > I chose category "Java with Ant" and > project "Java Application" > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Oney <walter.o...@oneylaw.com > <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com> <mailto:walter.o...@oneylaw.com <mailto: > walter.o...@oneylaw.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:22 AM > To: 'Geertjan Wielenga' < > geert...@apache.org <mailto:geert...@apache.org> <mailto: > geert...@apache.org <mailto:geert...@apache.org> > > > Cc: 'Carl Mosca' <carljmo...@gmail.com > <mailto:carljmo...@gmail.com> <mailto:carljmo...@gmail.com <mailto: > carljmo...@gmail.com> > >; 'Neil C Smith' <neilcsm...@apache.org <mailto: > neilcsm...@apache.org> <mailto:neilcsm...@apache.org <mailto: > neilcsm...@apache.org> > >; 'NetBeans Mailing List' < > users@netbeans.apache.org <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org> <mailto: > users@netbeans.apache.org <mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org> > > > Subject: RE: FW: screenshot > > > No, I don’t. Are you using ‘Java with > Maven’ or ‘Java with Ant’? > > I must be missing something major. The > screen shot plainly shows that I'm using Apache NetBeans 11.1 with Ant. > Normally, I would think that I've done something wrong, because I learned > sometime around 1965 that computers and well-vetted tools rarely make > mistakes. Since this isn't my first rodeo, I tend to think that something > about the automatic class creation logic is mismatched with the build > environment -- probably because I installed the wrong version of something > through ignorance. > > Hopefully, you'll accept a friendly > suggestion about how to provide tech support and/or volunteer help: it > never hurts to assume that you're dealing with an accurate report of a > problem from someone who is missing a crucial piece of information that > experienced users possess. In my salad days, I used to send academic users > out of the assistance office to lookup something in one of the dozens of > IBM manuals that were conveniently mounted in a rack next to the > keypunches. I eventually learned that what was transparent to me as a > systems programmer was completely opaque to real users. > > -- > Walter C. 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