如何在Netbeans中制作PDE文件

Question

I have a Java GUI project in netbeans and I want to make Processing Development Environment (PDE) file of it. I have searched everywhere but couldn't find the solution. Please help.

Answer 1

A .pde file is really just a text file with a .pde extension. You can prove this by opening up a .pde file in a basic text editor like notepad or JEdit.

So to create a .pde file, you just have to print some Processing code to a text file and give it a name that ends with .pde .

If you have file associations set up (which happens automatically when you install Processing), then the Processing editor will open .pde files be default.

The Processing editor expects .pde files to be in a folder with the same name as the .pde file, but I think it will actually detect this and move it for you, so that might not be strictly necessary.

Edit: But I wonder if that's what you're actually asking. If what you're actually asking is how to use Processing as a Java library in Netbeans, then that's a different question.

If that is what you're asking, then you're no longer using a .pde file. Instead, you'll need to create a Java project, then add the Processing library jars (located in the Processing directory) to your classpath. After that you can call Processing from Java, and most projects will start with a class that extends PApplet . That class contains your sketch code, and you launch it by calling PApplet.main("YourSketchNameHere"); from the regular main() method.