Converting a BlueJ Project to a Standard IDE Project

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If you no longer need the BlueJ visual representation of classes and need to use the capabilities of standard IDE projects, you can convert your BlueJ projects to NetBeans IDE projects.

To convert a BlueJ project into a NetBeans IDE project:

  1. Open the BlueJ project in NetBeans IDE.
  2. In the Projects window, right-click the project's node and choose Convert to Java SE Project.

When you convert a BlueJ project into a standard Java SE project, the IDE copies the sources from your existing project and places them into a new project, where sources and compiled classes are separated into different folders. Your BlueJ project remains, but is separate from the newly created project. The converted project is not visible in the BlueJ view and can not be opened in BlueJ.

In the converted project, you can easily manage the classpath through the Libraries node. You can manage the way the application is built and packaged through the Project Properties dialog box, which you can open by right-clicking the project's node and choosing Properties.

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