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Bug 49739

Summary:	Cannot set main class that is in jar or zip
Product:	java	Reporter:	bstan <bstan>
Component:	Project	Assignee:	Jiri Rechtacek <jrechtacek>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	4.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description bstan 2004-09-30 15:08:13 UTC

If a main class is in a jar or zip file, they
cannot be set as a main class. This occurs even if
the archive file is part of the compile or run
classpath. Entering the main class by hand appears
to be ignored. Using the browse button to find the
main class fails.

*** This is important feature that is works in
Netbeans v3.6 and also in Eclipse. Without it,
v4.0 is unusable for our development work ***

Comment 1 Milan Kubec 2004-10-01 08:45:46 UTC

Reassigning for evaluation.

Comment 2 Tomas Zezula 2004-10-26 14:59:11 UTC

It is easy to fix if it is really needed. The J2SEActionProvider
should check for the main class on ClassPath.EXECUTE rather than on
ClassPath.SOURCE. But the selection in the project customizer should
be done with ClassPath.SOURCE.

Comment 3 Jesse Glick 2004-10-27 20:41:23 UTC


*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 44271 ***