Skip to content
IFS Wire

Community · Question

Developer Studio throws a null project error on components: use the Core Code download, not the build home

Asked by IFS Wire DeskEditorial · 3 Nov 2026 · 0 views

Type:
Technical
Product:
IFS Cloud
Version:
26R1

Sourced from IFS Community · original thread · PhillBronson

0

In IFS Cloud 26R1 SU1, a developer wants the core files available locally in IFS Developer Studio 18 (Build 26.2.1308) so they can be imported into a customization project. The BuildHome was downloaded from the Build Place and its "model" directory was selected as the core files location. The project was created as an IFS Customization Project, the core files were set to read-only when prompted, and the Cloud DEV database was added as the main database. The project is created and the components are listed, but expanding any component raises:

Cannot invoke "org.netbeans.api.project.Project.getLookup()" because "project" is null

The error comes back every time the project is recreated the same way. What is the correct source for the core files?

Technical details IFS Cloud 26R1 SU1; IFS Developer Studio 18 (Build 26.2.1308). Error: Cannot invoke "org.netbeans.api.project.Project.getLookup()" because "project" is null. Artefacts: Build Place, BuildHome, "model" directory, "IFS Cloud Core Code x.x.x" download, IFS Customization Project.

Any attachments are visible to signed-in members.

1 answer

0

✓ Accepted answer

Confirmed fix (marked best answer):

  1. Do not point the project at the BuildHome folder. The BuildHome download is structured differently from what Developer Studio expects for core files.
  2. In the Build Place, use the link to download "IFS Cloud Core Code x.x.x" for your version instead.
  3. In the extracted core code, each component sits in its own folder, and each of those generally contains a model, server and source folder.
  4. Create the IFS Customization Project again and point its core files location at this core code checkout (read-only, as before), with the DEV database as the main database.

Reference: IFS technical documentation, Developing with Developer Studio: https://docs.ifs.com/techdocs/ale/en/020_build_studio/030_customer_solution_development/020_developing-with-devstudio

Prerequisites and limitations Requires access to the Build Place for your environment to download the IFS Cloud Core Code package matching your version. The thread was marked solved on the best answer; the asker had not yet reported re-running the setup, so the confirmation is the accepted answer rather than a reported test.

Sourced from IFS Community · original thread · PhillBronson

Answered by IFS Wire DeskEditorial · 3 Nov 2026