Download the NetBeans from the XXX website and follow the instructions to install the software

Save the ProfessorJ program you want to run in NetBeans, say in the directory .../ProfJPrograms. Assume the file name is books-authors.java

Create a directory where you will keep the NetBeans projects, say .../NetBeans

Create a subdirectory .../NetBeans/Libraries of your .../NetBeans directory where you will keep any library files your project may need

Download the file ConvertNB.zip into the .../NetBeans directory and unzip it there

Download the file MyProjectNB.zip into the .../NetBeans directory and unzip it there

Download the file tester.jar into the .../NetBeans/Libraries directory

Start the NetBeans application

In the File menu choose Open Project then select ConverterNB

Again, in the File menu choose Open Project then select MyProjectNB

You are now ready to convert the ProfessorJ program to Java 1.5 and to run it

Highlight the ConvertNB project in the Projects frame, right click and select Set Main Project

Click on the left green triangle in the top left menu bar (the tooltip should say Run Main Project F6)

The file dialog will ask you to select the ProfessorJ file you wish to convert. Choose the file books-authors.java

Next it will ask you to choose the location and the name of the file you want to Save as Java 1.5 File. Choose books-authors-nb.java in the directory .../NetBeans/MyProject/src/books-authors-nb.java

You can click on the triangle on the left of MyProjectNB in the Projects frame and see Source Packages, clicking on the triangle again shows <default package> and clicking on the triangle the third time shows the file books-authors-nb.java

Now you need to add the tester library to your project. Right click on the Libraries tab just below the SourcePackages tab for the MyProjectNB and select Add JAR/Folder...

In the dialog find the file tester.jar that you have saved in the .../NetBeans/Libraries directory

Your program is almost ready to run. Double-click on the file books-authors-nb.java and it will open in the main frame of the NetBeans workspace. Scroll through the file to see if there are any remaining problems, before the program can run. Every error is marked in red on the left hand side, with explanation of the problem

The only problems we anticipate are the method definitions for methods required when the class implements an interface. By definition all methods defined in an interface are considered to have public visibility and all implementing methods have to match this. Add the word public before the header of every method that is required to implement an interface. You should now be able to run your program

Highlight MyProjectNB in the Projects frame, right click and select Set Main Project, then run the project. The printout of all fields in your Examples class as well as a report on all tests appears in the Output window on the bottom of the Workspace

If the name of your Examples class is different than just "Examples", maybe you used the name "BookExamples", you need to do one more thing before running your project: Right-click on the name of the project and select Properties at the bottom of the menu choices. In the Categories frame on the left select Run. Then on the right replace "Examples" in the Arguments field with "BookExamples", hit OK, and run the project