Creating new projects
When you create a project, you give a name to the current IDE state, and then that information is stored in the IDE. Current Project Settings, such as settings for compiling, execution, and debugging, are saved for the new project. The only Project Settings not saved are the Filesystems Settings. Any directories mounted under Filesystems (except for the
Default system
directory, the default Javadoc directory, andTimerbean.jar
) are removed from the new project.To create a new project:
- Choose New Project from the Projects menu.
- When prompted, type a name for your new project and click OK.
- You will be prompted whether to use the file system or file systems currently mounted in Filesystems or whether to remove them and mount a new one. If you click New, the
Development
directory and any other directories or JAR files you have mounted in Filesystems will be removed, and a file chooser will appear for you to select a new file system to mount. If you click Old, all file systems currently mounted in Filesystems will remain there.- You will be prompted whether to save the current project. If you click Yes, any changes you have made to your current project will be saved before it is closed and the new project is opened.
- The file chooser will then appear prompting you to pick a directory to mount under the Filesystems tab.
The packages and files in any directories that you mount will then be available for inclusion in your project. See "Adding packages and files to a project" below.
Once the new project is created, the name of the root node under the Projects tab will be updated with the name of the new project.
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