Thread: Error reading the module..

early on i was watching videos on udemy and youtube for javafx but they all lead to creating a new project for each program.

I didn't like the fact that the code was pre-written for me so i went back to a book called "Introduction to java programming 10th edition" by Y. Daniel Liang.

Chapter 14 talks about the basics of creating the program but not on how to set it up.

Do i really need to create a new javafx and go through all that trouble setting up everything every time i want to create something ?

In the previous chapters it was as simple as, right click src > new > java class and thats it!

I'm completely oblivious to javafx but i understood more from reading a few lines in a book than listening to people talk.

What am i doing wrong ?[COLOR="Silver"]

Please copy the text and paste it here that you have questions about. The posted images are very hard to read.

What command are you executing that returns that error message?

If it is from deep inside of an IDE I probably can not help you.

The people at this forum would be more help:
https://coderanch.com/f/98/JavaFX

in that same file i created another java file

Each java class should be in its own file. I'm not sure what "in that same file" means.

As i said, in the previous chapters, before javafx, creating a new java file was as easy as right clicking the java file > new > java class. from there making new code and running it has never been a problem. Why doesn't it work with javafx?

The new thing with javafx is that i have to open run/debug configurations among other things to get the thing working but can't i, after all that just create a new java class in that file without having to do all that ?

I suppose it isn't that big of a deal but i just want to know. A bit lazy but man, i like to ask alot of questions to clear things for the future.

That error i'm getting is basically telling me that the file is in the wrong section (sadly i can't upload a better picture since the max resolution on this site is like 620x280), do you know (from the image "error 2") where can i place the java class for it to work or that isn't possible at all ?

where can i place the java class

What tools are you using to compile and execute the program?
Are you executing commands in a command prompt
or are you using an IDE to do it?

Sorry, I do not know how to use that IDE. Is there a forum for that IDE where you can ask how to configure it for Java Modules?

doing it over and over every time i want to make something simple .-.

If you don't type (or paste) in the code, how will any editor know what code to include to do what the program is desired to do.

I am able to compile and execute your javafx program by configuring the contents of the commandline to use.
The code is missing a call to the Stage class's show method.

The code needs the call to the show method to work.

The process for building the commandline was trial and error. I added modules to the commandline until it worked.
The commandline I used:

D:\Java\jdk-17\bin\java.exe -cp .;..\..\. --module-path "D:\Java\javafx-sdk-12.0.2\lib" --add-modules=javafx.controls --add-modules=javafx.fxml JavaProgramtest

Originally Posted by Norm

The code needs the call to the show method to work.

The process for building the commandline was trial and error. I added modules to the commandline until it worked.
The commandline I used:

D:\Java\jdk-17\bin\java.exe -cp .;..\..\. --module-path "D:\Java\javafx-sdk-12.0.2\lib" --add-modules=javafx.controls --add-modules=javafx.fxml JavaProgramtest

I am so confused O_O isn't a method part of a class?

Looking at the directory and it seems like you're dealing with the configuration files (those vm options) with adding modules but when i go to "Edit configurations" and select the program i make (other than the one created in the video tutorial which had the vm options), it doesn't contain "VM options".

Mind you I'm creating a new java class in the same folder as the HelloFX program (which would normally work if it wasn't a JavaFX thing which leads back to my main question as to whether its possible or not).

In case you're wondering, i also used selected JavaFX as a new class in the java folder to see if its any different but nope.