[Bluej-discuss] Synchonising compilation between BlueJ and Netbeans somewhat imperfect

[Hedley Finger]

BlueJ Dev Team:

I am currently using Netbeans 5.5.1 BlueJ Edition as my development 
environment and BlueJ 2.2.0 as my test/interactive environment.  I 
notice that when I compile in Netbeans, BlueJ ignores the compiled 
class(es) and runs those it has compiled previously.  Hitting the 
Compile button doesn't force a compile because it is convinced that 
there is no need.  So I have to right-click on each class and choose Compile.

This behaviour is consistent if there is an object on the Object 
Bench, even when the barbers pole has gone grey because, presumably, 
nothing is happening.  But sometimes, if there is nothing on the 
Object Bench, the relevant classes become striped after a Netbeans 
compile, and then clicking the Compile button works.  Also, it would 
be nice if changing focus from one to the other always saved the 
previous IDE's code files.  Sometimes I forget to save before 
switching with the result that an older version in the IDE I am going 
to gets saved over the top of the newer version in the other IDE.

I lost a fairly hard-won method which took me quite a while to 
recreate.  Keep up the good work.

Regards,
Hedley


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