[SOLVED] Turn off NetBeans code blocker

[xcallmejudasx]

I'm curious if there's a setting I can uncheck within netbeans to allow me to alter the generated code that gets created when using the GUI creator? It's fine for laying out everything but when it comes time to work the backbones in I want to be able to do that myself.

[markw8500]

I don't think that you can turn it off... But I did some playing around and if you go into the directory where the source files are, there will be a xml file there... If you simply rename that file, close your class and reopen it, NetBeans will treat it like a normal class... Then if you want to put it back into the GUI Builder, just change the name back...

The syntax of the xml file will be YourClassName.form...

[Gudradain]

You can just do the coding that you didn't want to be generated in another method. For example :

public class TestFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    /** Creates new form TestFrame */
    public TestFrame() {
        initComponents();  //Generated code
        initComponents2(); //Your code
    }

}

Something wrong with that?

[xcallmejudasx]

actually I found this cool little customize code button that lets me put a method call right where I declare one of the Swing components and from that method I can easily manipulate that piece.(Essentially what Gudradain said except I needed to know how to put the method call in there to begin with)

[Gudradain]

Hmmm, I don't really like the customize code button. Why? You only get error message when you look at the generated code in the source (you don't get them while you are typing in the customize code). Also, if you want something on one component you have to open the customize code for this component specifically. Might be a waste of time if you just have to change a little something on many components.

[xcallmejudasx]

That's exactly how I felt but for simple stuff that I shouldn't really be getting confusing errors on it works. I can just copy the generated code into eclipse for the more complex stuff.