Why am I getting the error package does not exist?

Question

So I created a GUI in Net-Beans and I'm trying to run it in VS Code and I keep getting this error for all my packages

1. error: package org.netbeans.lib.awtextra does not exist
2. getContentPane().add(jLabel5, new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteConstraints(20, 190, 80, -1));

How do I fix this?

Answer 1

It seems that the problem is that you are attempting to instantiate the AbsoluteConstraints class from the awtextra library which isn't installed by default in VSCode. Since NetBeans developed the awtextra library, I assume that they may have installed that dependency by default in their IDE, but VSCode has not.

In order to fix this, you can download the dependency online (Wyzant doesn't allow me to post links but you can just google "java awtextra maven") and install it into your program. If you're not familiar with Maven and need some help setting this up, I'd love to work with you to fix it. You can message me and we can set up a session to quickly go over it. Good luck!