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I am trying to create a JNLP application that does include the Java development modules. I am getting: jnlp-generate-platform-repository: C:\Program Files\netbeans-5.5\harness\suite.xml:194: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\Program Files\netbeans-5.5\harness\jnlp.xml:126: Cannot build JNLP for module C:\Program Files\netbeans-5.5\ide7\modules\org-apache-tools-ant- module.jar as these files are in module's NBM, but are not referenced from any path: [ant/etc/tagdiff.xsl, ant/lib/ant-jsch.jar, ant/bin/ant.cmd, ant/lib/ant- swing.jar, ant/bin/antRun.bat, ant/bin/runrc.cmd, ant/lib/ant-apache- regexp.jar, ant/lib/ant-netrexx.jar, ant/etc/mmetrics-frames.xsl, ant/lib/ant.jar, ant/lib/ant-javamail.jar, ant/lib/ant-nodeps.jar, ant/etc/junit-noframes.xsl, ant/lib/ant-stylebook.jar, ant/bin/ant, ant/lib/ant-icontract.jar, ant/bin/ant.bat, ant/bin/runant.py, ant/lib/ant- commons-logging.jar, ant/etc/checkstyle/checkstyle-frames.xsl, ant/lib/ant- apache-bsf.jar, ant/lib/ant-launcher.jar, ant/etc/coverage-frames.xsl, ant/etc/jdepend-frames.xsl, ant/bin/runant.pl, ant/etc/jdepend.xsl, ant/lib/ant-xalan1.jar, ant/etc/junit-frames-xalan1.xsl, ant/bin/complete-ant- cmd.pl, ant/lib/ant-apache-bcel.jar, ant/bin/antenv.cmd, ant/lib/ant-jai.jar, ant/lib/ant-weblogic.jar, ant/lib/ant-xslp.jar, ant/etc/checkstyle/checkstyle- text.xsl, ant/lib/ant-trax.jar, ant/lib/ant-antlr.jar, ant/lib/ant-junit.jar, ant/etc/log.xsl, ant/bin/envset.cmd, ant/bin/antRun, ant/lib/ant-apache- resolver.jar, ant/lib/ant-jdepend.jar, ant/etc/junit-frames.xsl, ant/etc/maudit-frames.xsl, ant/lib/ant-starteam.jar, ant/bin/antRun.pl, ant/etc/checkstyle/checkstyle-xdoc.xsl, ant/lib/ant-vaj.jar, ant/lib/ant- apache-oro.jar, ant/lib/ant-commons-net.jar, ant/nblib/bridge.jar, ant/bin/lcp.bat, ant/etc/changelog.xsl, ant/lib/ant-apache-log4j.jar, ant/etc/ant-bootstrap.jar, ant/lib/ant-jmf.jar] BUILD FAILED (total time: 2 seconds) Normal Build/Run/Debug work fine, as well as Build ZIP Distribution. To be sure, I reinstalled NB 5.5 from scratch (remove by .netbeans/5.5 dir), created a NB Suite project with no modules, tried to Build a JNLP file with all NB 5.5 modules, and it fails consistently.
Right, only "simple" modules from the platform can be built yourself in JNLP mode. For all others, you need to use prebuilt JNLP descriptors from netbeans.org; the regular binary platform does not suffice. (See harness/README for a description of the property you need to set to use external JNLP descriptors.) In the case of the Ant module, this is not available in 5.5; 6.0 development versions do include a JNLP-ready version of the Ant module. 5.5 Java support modules are not ready either; their 6.0 replacements (the Java infrastructure was rewritten) can be built as JNLP descriptors but do not yet work in JNLP mode. So basically you're out of luck for now, sorry.