Re: Nb 8.2RC "The type of DialogDescriptor .... is erroneous" - and a solution

I guess this was a thing since 8.1?

On Sep 20, 2016 22:33, "bruehlicke" <[email protected]> wrote:

> After updating to 8.2RC and porting an older module I got the error in
> NetBeans that "The type of DialogDescriptor ... is erroneous"
>
> I see numerous similar issues with older versions (https://netbeans.org/
> bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252729) or (https://netbeans.org/
> bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=244749). None of the suggested solution was the
> core of the issue.
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> I have attached a small freshly made Netbeans Platform app with one module
> called "module" which as a "MyTopComponent" which opens a Dialog (line 94).
>
> Solution/Fix:  Adding "Utilities API" to the dependencies.
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> Question:  I see this is done automatically for a new module created but
> this is a port and how would a humble programmer ever find that he/she
> needs to add Utilities API ? I was just lucky that another moduel using
> similar code had this added and did not have the error, hence I found out.
>
> This is not a show stopper at all, but if anyone can explain why and what
> this NetBeans error means that would be great.
>
> Bests and thanx for the 8.2RC ! Looking good so far.
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> Attachments:
> http://forums.netbeans.org//files/erroneous_141.zip
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