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Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 080204) Java: 1.6.0_04; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 10.0-b19 System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1252; en_GB (nb) Userdir: D:\nb-hg\main\nbbuild\user It's not possible to use "Design" view for "form" files. Even though both ".java" and ".form" files are checked out, GUI can be modified in "Source" view.
If you first check the form out, it works fine. If you just start typing in the java editor (checkout happens in the background) then the design is still not editable although BOTH form and java files are checked out. My suspicion is that the form editor still thinks the design is read only although it is not. Make sure you properly listen for filesystem changes and update r/o flag appropriately. Feel free to stop by for a demo.
I guess we are talking about ClearCase checkout here... So the problem is if you checkout an already opened form, it does not become editable. You must reopen (reload) the form (i.e. opening after checkout is fine). Correct? We should listen to the r/o change (if it is possible) and probably reload the form in such case. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 33487 ***
Verified dup. Closing.