B4J Question Error compiling lay-out files (even in non-ui)

Not a bug. Layout files are only supported in UI apps.

Ok I get that, but why does the IDE tries to compile lay-out files in a non-ui project?

Why does it matter? What are you you trying to do?

I'm just trying to run my project, and it fails because it tries to compile lay-out files. The problem is mostly fixed by restarting the B4J IDE, but not always.
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Have you checked your files tab to make sure there are no layout files included

Daestrum said:

Have you checked your files tab to make sure there are no layout files included

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It seems he IS using layoutfiles in his project.

@MathiasM
Remove the layoutfiles from the project and sync the filesfolder and clean the project so that no single layout is included and no layoutfile should be compiled.

As written in #2 layoutfiles are NOT supported in nonui-Apps.

I'm 100% sure I didn't add layout files to this non-ui project.

I got the error again today, I went to check the src path. So:

\Objects\src\b4j

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And this folder is just empty. It looks like B4J just wipes the folder and didn't wrote the new source, thus erroring on the lay-out folder (it just doesn't exist)



I tried building the project, so in release mode, and the error slightly changes:



So this times the main.java file isn't found. Obviously because the folder \example just doesn't exist.

The previous step in the proces (Building folders structure) just silently fails. I still consider this a bug. As something in the build process clearly goes wrong. At this moment, I see no clear indication of when/why this happens.

After restarting and rerunning the project multiple times, the source get's effectivily written and the error dissapears.

Please upload the project or a small project that demonstrates the issue.

Just an FYI... I've got the same issue with a ui project. Just upgraded to 9.10. the path ....\Objects\src\ is empty but it can't find ...\Objects\src\b4j\example\designerscripts.
Restarting B4J made it go away.

Hi @AKJammer Is it possible that your project path is on a network drive? This was the case in my networked environment. Moving it to a local drive seem to have fixed my problem lately.

Yes. I'd moved it to a network drive to make working between my main machine and my laptop easier. When I moved it back, the error went away. I'm thinking it's a latency thing with accessing the folders, but <shrug>. Something for one of the experts to dive into I guess.
Thanks for confirming.