Hi there

I am trying to instal NetBeans andJForex_SDK and am following Dukascopy's instructions

However, when I add "implements IS" I do not get the suggested choices as per instructions

At step 3, creating a new javafile I notice that I have "Source Packages" showing in location rather than "src" as per Dukascopy's instructions

Any ideas what I need to do to get the link that I am missing?

Many thanks

Bob M

Simply proceed treating "Source Packages" the same way as "src" is treated in the instructions.

Thanks, but this does not address my problem............................

Under step 4, of creating a strategy in NetBeans
when I add "implements IS" the editor does not show all the suggestions as per your instructions
i.e. NetBeans is not trying to guess what I want to write

Bob M

Did you see the notice in parentheses in the point 4. about auto-completion settings?

Yes - all boxes are ticked

you could be a bit more specific rather than just saying 'check the parameters"

Bob M

In general we don't provide support for third-party software. The tutorial you refer to simply demonstrates a usage case and its goal is not to exhaustively cover the NetBeans functionality. If you encounter problems with NetBeans usage please resort to using its documentation:
https://netbeans.org/kb/index.html
For instance here is an official NetBeans video on its IDE features:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHZbOBzt ... C114D403E7

I have just watched NetBeans video entitled "JDK7 Support in NetBeans IDE 7.0
and tried to follow the instructions

I created the simple program SwitchTest and ran it..............

and got the following exception message in the output window
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run:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncompilable source code - Erroneous tree type: <any>
at switchtest.SwitchTest.main(SwitchTest.java:14)
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 9 seconds)
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Any ideas anybody?

Sorry - I spelt color wrong (colour)
The SwitchTest works OK

Bob M

OK so where am I up to then.......................

when I create a new strategy , I delete the contents between

public class MyFirstNBStrategy {

and

}

I then insert "implements IStr" after the name but

it does not recognize the class IStr ???????????????

Bob M

p.s. this is after creating the new strategy exactly as SwitchTest is created in the NB video

Hi again.......................

Thanks to JLongo I now see the way forward..........................

Dukascopy have changed the way they distribute JForex API.
Now it is distributed as a marven project without the required jar files but with references in the marven project to the jar files on the Dukascopy servers.....

One needs to unzip the API file to a folder of one's choice and open in NetBeans as a marven project

Next, right click on the new project and start a build so that NetBeans can download from Dukascopy all the necessary jar files.

Then begin to use the API.

Dukascopy Support: I suggest you either update your instructions on this or remove - as there is nothing helpful about a "how to" which is out-of-date

Bob M

Now you are talking about something that is already described at the very beginning in our wiki article:
https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/#Use_in_NetBeans
Deployment instructions are up-to-date and the subsequent subsections simply give a usage case for strategy creation in NetBeans. So what exactly in the wiki description you find out-of-date?

Try Eclipse.
Plain, simple, and working...
... just follow the wiki page of the Eclipse-SDK (seriously!).

Thank you tcsabina - I shall try Eclipse - good suggestion...............

Dukascopy Support: what do I find out-of-date?

IMHO the following.....................

Having downloaded NetBeans with Java SE I went through the first part of the following video from NetBeans

bits.netbens.org/media/jdk7-nb70.swf

up to the part where they begin to look at the Switch statement (whether I needed to - somebody else can answer that)

Then we turn to Dukascopy wiki - Use in Netbeans

I believe that 1a should be inserted pointing to the above video

3.Open project

There is no project now labelled JForex-SDK_mvn that I can find! so remove reference to "_mvn"

Maybe I am wrong ?

Bob M

Trying to create a new strategy in NetBeans.........................

As per wiki

I end up with the outline of a new strategy - OK - but No. 4 does NOT do what it should!

I still am in the position where when I add "implements IS" to the public class MyFirstNBStrategy NB does NOT try and guess what I will write ???????????

Bob M

Maybe this is quite obvious, but in NetBeans you should write "implements IS" and then press "Ctrl + space bar" to see the suggested choices.
This is also because in a new class you will not have the package for the IStrategy imported.

Try import: (at the beginning, although this is not really necesary because Netbeans will do it automatically in the next step)

import com.dukascopy.api.IStrategy;

And then:

public class MyFirstNBStrategy implements IS (press Ctrl + space bar and choose IStrategy)

This should work.

Hello mmunoz

How simple is that

It is NOT obvious to someone relatively new to Java and NetBeans

Many thanks

Bob M