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  • Oct 30, 2026 6:08 PM UTC
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MWitczak
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Hi everyone,

 

Still a bit of a newbie on IFS Developer Studio… seeing if I’m missing something obvious.

 

I downloaded the BuildHome from our Build Place with the desire to bring the core files onto my local drive for import into my project.  I selected the “model” directory in the build-home and it set the files to read only and all the components were displayed.  When I go to expand a component, I get the following error:

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

 

Cloud version is 26R1SU1

Developer Studio 18 (Build 26.2.1308)

 

 

Best answer by PhillBronson

​@MWitczak I think you need to use link in the build place to download the “IFS Cloud Core Code x.x.x”. 
 


 https://docs.ifs.com/techdocs/ale/en/020_build_studio/030_customer_solution_development/020_developing-with-devstudio

it is structured differently than the build-home folder shown in your picture. Inside the core-files checkout you’ll have each component in a folder and each of those will generally have a model, server, and source folder.

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PhillBronson
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  • Oct 30, 2026 6:15 PM UTC

​@MWitczak can you start a little further back in your recap and talk more about how you set up your project?

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    MWitczak
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    • MWitczak
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    • Oct 30, 2026 6:37 PM UTC

    Hi ​@PhillBronson, thanks for the response.  Here’s what I did:

     

    1.  Created a new “IFS Customization Project”
    2. Gave the project a name, and then searched for the Core Files on my local computer’s directory structure:
      1. Set files to Read Only at the prompt:
        1. Added our Cloud DEV database and set it as the main database.

    That creates the project after clicking Finish, and no matter what I do, it gives me that same error each time.  Still trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong!

     

    Thank you,

     

    Marty

    PhillBronson
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    • Oct 30, 2026 6:55 PM UTC

    ​@MWitczak I think you need to use link in the build place to download the “IFS Cloud Core Code x.x.x”. 
     


     https://docs.ifs.com/techdocs/ale/en/020_build_studio/030_customer_solution_development/020_developing-with-devstudio

    it is structured differently than the build-home folder shown in your picture. Inside the core-files checkout you’ll have each component in a folder and each of those will generally have a model, server, and source folder.

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-bronson/
    MWitczak
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    • MWitczak
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    • Hero (Customer)
    • Oct 30, 2026 7:12 PM UTC

    Hi ​@PhillBronson,

     

    Thank you for the information; looks like I will be able to get this taken care of next week.  The responses are appreciated!

     

    Marty

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