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Using NetBeans 4.1 under Windows 7 RC has been wor...

2009-07-19T09:31:59.591+01:00

Using NetBeans 4.1 under Windows 7 RC has been working fine, until I tried to use JUnit. When building and running projects that use JUnit, I get an error saying junit.framework cannot be found. Is JUnit working OK for you lot?

Hi I had the same issue. Changing the compatibili...

2009-06-23T20:10:34.025+01:00

Hi

I had the same issue. Changing the compatibility mode helped installing Netbeans 5.0, but now it it throws nullexeption error when i try to start it. I am trying to install Net beans 5.0 from an Open University M887 CD.

Thanks for the Windows 7 tips - I had been struggl...

2009-05-19T19:40:00.000+01:00

Thanks for the Windows 7 tips - I had been struggling for ages trying to install NetBeans 4.1. Your tip worked a treat. Using Windows 7 RC on a netbook - not as foolhardy as it sounds! Certainly more viable than Vista on a netbook ever would have been.

Hi Liam The only way I got it to work was to inst...

2009-05-18T18:23:00.000+01:00

Hi Liam

The only way I got it to work was to install it cleanly from the installation CD using the windows 2000 compatability mode. I'm interested in the windows XP mode but it all sounds a little rudimentary having to boot up a virtual machine to run one app. I think it will be a matter of time for 6.5, thats if netbeans survives the Oracle takeover!

Simon

Hi Simon, So far Windows 7 has been brilliant. I ...

2009-05-18T17:51:00.000+01:00

Hi Simon,

So far Windows 7 has been brilliant. I had endless problems trying to get XP to install but 7 detected my AMD 760G RAID array straight away with no need to mess around with loading drivers. Only things that don't yet work are an old scanner and a cheap webcam, neither of which are essential to me.

That having been said - I haven't actually got NetBeans 4.1 to work properly. I've specified it to use compatibility mode for Windows 2000 but to no avail; when I try to open a project it crashes with a message that java.exe has stopped working. For M257 TMA03 I had to eventually just use a Vista computer instead; that worked fine.

I think I may have to resort to using Virtual XP mode to get NetBeans 4.1 working. I hope the OU get a move on and switch to NetBeans 6.5; it's mildly ridiculous that a course on Java, of all technologies, is so restrictive with regards the platform that can be used.

Cheers,

Liam

Hi Liam, Glad it helped, I went 32-bit as I'm not...

2009-05-13T21:54:00.000+01:00

Hi Liam,

Glad it helped, I went 32-bit as I'm not sure what the driver support is like for the 64-bit OS. How are you getting on with it? 32-Bit seems very stable I haven't had any problems with it at all, and everything with the exception of netbeans 4 seemed to work out of the box (I used to get issues with netbeans on Vista though so hardly surprising).

Cheers

Simon

Hi there, Thanks for the tips - I've just been ha...

2009-05-12T13:07:00.000+01:00

Hi there,

Thanks for the tips - I've just been having the same problem with Windows 7 RC x64. Hope all will go smoothly now!

All the best with TMA03.