I have googled for a while now, but no matter how I put the question, google just won't give me what I'm looking for (just watch how someone now will find the answer in 1 google search :D ). So I'm getting around to finally being able to convert my java code into .exe files using Launch4j, but one thing I noticed is I'm unable to paste into the console. I assumed since the console uses command prompt as it's base, it would have it's functions, but unfortunately not. This wouldn't be an issue most of the time, but when for example I want to enter a very long string of binary numbers, I'd rather not have to type it in. So if someone would tell me how (if at all possible) I can paste plain text into the console, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!
update: ok, I've realized if I right click the title bar of the window and hover over "edit", I have access to the right click functions that would normally show up in a regular cmd window, so my original question is basically solved. However is it possible to compile the .exe such that I can just right click anywhere in the window rather than only the title bar? This simplicity is not for me, it's so the program is as user friendly as possible.
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So I'm not 100% sure if I explained it correctly in the title, but I will try and explain it more thoroughly here.
Let's say I want to make a Java application that receives a file, and simply makes a duplicate. This is pretty simple to do when specifying the desired file's path in console, or an input box, etc. However, what I wish to do is to, for example, add a right click option to the user's window (which I believe I know how to do), this right click option would have the name "Duplicate", and it would take the file that the menu option was clicked on, and duplicate it.
The only problem I am having right now, is understanding how I can get the file information after pressing the menu option?
TLDR: Right click a file, select "Duplicate", which runs my application, application receives file info (somehow?) and duplicates the file.
I had some software developed on oDesk about a year ago. What I get back is a java based .EXE
It runs as a standalone without any sort of installation. The problem is they screwed up some graphics for the buttons, it didn't bother me at the time, because I got what I wanted, a minimal viable product that got the job done.
With that said, it's been bothering me for a while, and when I reach back out to the guy - I can't get him.
I used 7zip to open the .EXE and extracted all the contents. I found where the buttons were and fixed them, obviously trying to drag it into 7Zip in the specified location isn't going to work.
How do I go about recompiling everything?
I'm new to all this, so if you need any additional information, please don't hesitate to ask. I just want this thing to look as I intended.
I've come across quite an odd problem with eclipse.
I was working on a project and I right clicked on a method call declared in another class and used Eclipse's handy find declaration in project (saves me quite a bit of scrolling) to run a search for that specific method declaration. Right as it should my search pane pops up with a link to the method declaration. So I click the link, the other file the method is declared in is opened automatically, and poof the Java file I had searched from disappears from my editor tabs.
So I say to myself, "damn this old version of eclipse (Indigo) has some bugs...now I've got to go reopen my file and get back to my spot...GREAT!". But when I open the file, it is treated like a plain text file. All the text is the same color, and the outline won't work!!!
So I solved the problem whilst I was typing the above up and decided to post the answer since it isn't a nice clean solution..and I doubt one exists.
Okay so file wasn't being recognized by eclipse..
So I open the file and do a Save As, and save it under another name in the same package.
Then, I went to my test code and right clicked on a method call that was declared in the file that eclipse had buggered up, and went to search for declaration in project.
Sure enough two results popped up, one in the newly saved as file, and one in the old one.
I clicked on the old one, and still plain text...no difference.
But then I clicked on the new one, and my highlighting was back!
So then I just deleted the old file and refactored.
I think somehow eclipse made the file disappear without properly closing it...just my guess, glad I resolved this nice and quickly, hopefully anyone who has the same issue can be helped by this.
This happened to me a couple of minutes ago. Trying to close/open the projet, restarting eclipse did not work for me.
The steps I used were:
Pick another Java file (same package) right next to the bogus one (make sure syntax highlighting works on this one)
Choose 'Save As' and override the bogus one.
Verify that the bogus one now has proper syntax highlighting
Use git checkout -- to retrieve you original file
Et voilà !
I need to know a couple things.
What is the terminology for the pop-up box shown in this Image? (Not the text, but the actual box itself) This is with Visual Studios.
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I need to do a project in Java and I heard that Eclipse has this pop-up box, but I cant seem to find it. Does anyone know where this option is? I was hoping maybe finding out the terminology of the box will help me find the option easier.
Is there a better IDE for java than Eclipse with this box included?
Thank you for the help.
This is IntelliSense, it's activated automatically, but can be invoked manually using Ctrl+Space.
Yes, Eclipse does have this as well. Press Ctrl+Space to bring it up (I don't think Eclipse does it manually - it's been a couple of months since I last used Eclispe so I may be wrong).
You might want to look into IntelliJ IDEA or Netbeans (the former over the latter). IMHO, Eclipse is the most powerful and represents best value for money :-)
I have been wracking my brain trying to figure this out. For the first time I used jEdit the other day and I was pleasantly surprised that it auto indented my code (meaning that I'd put in the following code:
int method () {
_ //<-- and it put me here automatically
I've tried to get the same thing working with eclipse but with no success. I got into the code formatter but I don't see how to make that happen.
Is it possible to do this? Also while I'm here, is there a such thing as a eclipse plugin that will allow you to search the methods and classes of the standard java library?
Thanks
Personally all I use for this is the format options Window->preferences under Java->Code Style ->Formatter.
I once took the time to tweek how I like my code to look like when I work and exported the whole thing. After that I just code without too much bother on what it looks like. When I find the code looks messy by pressing the combination ctrl+shift+f and the whole class becomes pretty again, comments and all.
After a while it pretty much became a reflex...
code code code
ctrl-s, ctrl-b (cause I disable auto build sometimes), ctrl-shift-f
code some more etc...
Once I got used to this I never really cared how it presented the code as i was typing because I knew it would look all pretty as soon as the loop/if/switch/method etc is finished
My clean eclipse install does this by default.
Have you changed any options? Make sure the file you are editing has the .java file extension. The preference options that control the typing automations are under Java -> Editor -> Typing in the Window -> Preferences menu.
Also, I find that the auto-indenting, and most of the other auto-complete functions of eclipse do not function well if the file I am editing has errors in it which prevent compilation. Make sure that your curly-braces are matched correctly, this is the main one that I've noticed blocks auto-indent.
Regarding searching through the standard Java libraries, use the Search -> Java.. menu option, and check the JRE libraries checkbox, then search away. You can also use the Hierarchy view to see how the classes relate. Also, in the Package and Project views you can expand the JRE System Library, and then expand rt.jar which holds pretty much all the standard Java pacakges.
Eclipse has always done this for me by default.
One really cool thing about eclipse is that you can search preference pages. Just right click and go to prefrences. Go to the "Window" menu, and click "Prefrences". Then at the top of the tree view there's a text box that says "type filter text". Replace that with "indent" and it should bring up the page where the indent option is.
Make sure that eclipse recognizes your file as a java file, that you're using the Java distribution, the latest version, etc.
Iv been trying to work around the eclipse indenting and other supposed features for years, and it seems that the bottom line is this ...
It only works for the programming style of the authors, so to use it you need to modify your style to comply.
This would be OK except that the authors of eclipse have some very strange ideas about common shortcut keys.
One horrid example is the search features, eg when did Ctrl+K become "Find Next occurrence" and why doesnt F3 or n work?
That all being said I use eclipse because if you have the time to wait around while it starts up - or never close it - and you can modify everything youve learned about using an editor - why why why - then it will certainly increase your efficiency.
Please note that there is a preference setting for indenting, it can be set for a project, a workspace, or globally, but no matter how you set it eclipse will still chuck tab characters in where you dont want them.
In fact its indent crazy, like it wants to indent everything, even if its already indented.
Like I said Iv been using it for years and it STILL drives me nuts with its random behavior.
Follow these steps for Eclipse:
Select all text: ctrl+A
Correct indentation: ctrl+I
You should check:
Hidden features/tricks for Eclipse?
What is your favorite hot-key in Eclipse?