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I tried creating a project from existing source AND then I tried importing an existing JBuilder project... neither method identifies source code that utilizes swing UI so we can WYSIWYG edit the UI in the NB IDE. This blocks us from adopting (migrating to) the NB IDE because we can't use/edit the existing swing UI that we have spent many work months on; and we are not going to recreate the swing UI (days or weeks of work?) just so we can use the NB IDE.
Well, you are right. If you want to use our Form Designer, you have to spend some time to design by this tool. Actually I don't know about any tool, that can generate ".form" file (file with meta-data requested by our designer) from existing sources. But if you want to use smart and helpful designer which will save your time and of course money, I would vote for switch. For more details look at the page : http://wiki.netbeans.info/wiki/view/NetBeansUserFAQ#section-NetBeansUserFAQ-GUIEditorMatisse Anyway thanks for your feedback. reassign to form for further explanation ...