Getting JFXtras to run on a Mac

Many people have encountered problems getting JFXtras to run on a Mac and a number of solutions have been proferred.

This simple solution worked for me:

1 - Close Netbeans
2 - Open a terminal window
3 - cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
4 - rm -f CurrentJDK (this is just a symlink to version you are using)
5 - ln -s 1.6 CurrentJDK
6 - close terminal window
7 - start Netbeans

Just to test it, I threw together the following code (copied and paste from various resources, so nothing original here)

/*
 * Main.fx
 *
 * Created on Mar 27, 2009, 7:34:38 AM
 */

package test;

import javafx.ext.swing.SwingButton;
import javafx.lang.FX;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

/**
 * @author johndunning
 */
var stage:Stage;

stage = Stage {
    title: "Application title"
    width: 250
    height: 80
    scene: Scene {
        content: [ Text {
            font : Font {
                size : 16
            }
            x: 10, y: 30
            content: "Application content"
        },
        HBox {
            content: [

        SwingButton {
            text:"Click Me"
                        action:function()
            {
                var help:Help = Help{}
                help.showHelp(stage);
            }
        },
                SwingButton {
            text:"Exit"
            action:function()
            {
                FX.exit();
            }

        }
            ]
        }


        ];
    }
}

package test;

import javafx.ext.swing.SwingButton;
import javafx.ext.swing.SwingLabel;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import org.jfxtras.scene.layout.Cell;
import org.jfxtras.scene.layout.Grid;
import org.jfxtras.scene.layout.GridConstraints;
import org.jfxtras.scene.layout.Row;
import org.jfxtras.stage.JFXDialog;

package class Help
{
    package function showHelp (owner: Stage): Void
    {
        def helpText = ""
                       "Welcome to Text Search!

"
                       "Enter the search text in the text field.
"
                       "Click Search to initiate the search.
"
                       "Click Stop to interrupt a search.
"
                       "Click Help to display this help.
"
                       "
"
                       "The paths of all files that contain
"
                       "the search text appear in the list."
                       "";

        var dialogRef: JFXDialog;
        dialogRef = JFXDialog
        {
            title: "Text Search Help"

            owner: owner
            modal: true
            packed: true
            resizable: false

            scene: Scene
            {
                content: Grid
                {
                    border: 15

                    rows:
                    [
                        Row
                        {
                            cells: SwingLabel
                            {
                                text: helpText
                            }
                        }
                        Row
                        {
                            cells: Cell
                            {
                                content: SwingButton
                                {
                                    action: function (): Void
                                    {
                                        dialogRef.close ()
                                    }

                                    text: "OK"
                                }

                                horizontalAlignment: GridConstraints.CENTER
                            }
                        }
                    ]

                    vgap: 10
                }
            }
        }
    }
}