You can import projects that were developed in previous versions of the IDE, including NetBeans editions and Sun JavaTM Studio 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, mounting a source directory only makes it available in the IDE and does not copy the filesystem settings for the directory from the previous IDE version. For more information on mounting directories, see Mounting a Filesystem.
To import a project from a different IDE version:
If you want to import every project from that version of the IDE, select the Projects directory.
You can determine the user directory for an IDE installation in the About
dialog box. Launch the IDE that you want to import projects from. Then choose
Help About. Click
the Details tab. The user directory is listed next to User Dir.
The project is then available in the IDE, however the project is not opened.
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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. |
To open the imported project:
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Projects in the IDE Creating a New Project Adding an Existing File to a Project Adding a New File to a Project Filesystems Window |