Importing a Project

You can import projects that were developed in previous versions of the IDE, including NetBeans editions and Forte editions. When you import a project, you import the project's filesystems and settings.

You can also work with projects that you have created in other IDEs by mounting the project's source directory as a filesystem. However, it is not possible to import project settings that you had in those IDEs. For more information on mounting directories, see Mounting a Filesystem.

To import a project:

  1. Choose Project and choose Import Project.
  2. Navigate to the user directory of the version of the IDE that contains the project you want to import. Then navigate to the user directory's System/Projects directory. Select the project that you want to import.

    If you want to import every project from that version of the IDE, select the Projects directory.

    You can determine your user directory for an IDE installation in the About dialog box. Launch the IDE that you want to import projects from. Then choose Help and choose About. Click the Details tab. The user directory is listed next to User Dir.

  3. Click Import Project.

The project is then available in the IDE. However, this project is not opened.

Note In IDE installations that are run in single-user mode, the System/Projects directory is in the IDE's installation directory instead of in the user directory. Versions of the IDE previous to NetBeans 3.2 and Forte For Java, release 3.0, run in single-user mode by default.

To open the imported project:

  1. Choose Project and choose Project Manager.
  2. In the Manage Projects dialog box, select the project and click Open.
  3. Click Close to exit the Project Manager.
See also
Projects in the IDE
Creating a New Project
Adding an Existing File to a Project
Adding a New File to a Project

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