Question

Where is the lib folder with the JAR’s? Is there some magic to load the JAR’s from another directory?

Specifically, where is beansbinding-1.2.1.jar and the other jar is swing-layout-1.0.4.jar?

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directory structure:

thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ tree fud/
fud/
├── build.xml
├── manifest.mf
├── nbproject
│   ├── build-impl.xml
│   ├── genfiles.properties
│   ├── private
│   │   ├── private.properties
│   │   └── private.xml
│   ├── project.properties
│   └── project.xml
└── src
    └── dur
        └── bounceme
            └── net
                └── view
                    ├── NewJFrame.form
                    └── NewJFrame.java

7 directories, 10 files
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ head fud/build.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- You may freely edit this file. See commented blocks below for -->
<!-- some examples of how to customize the build. -->
<!-- (If you delete it and reopen the project it will be recreated.) -->
<!-- By default, only the Clean and Build commands use this build script. -->
<!-- Commands such as Run, Debug, and Test only use this build script if -->
<!-- the Compile on Save feature is turned off for the project. -->
<!-- You can turn off the Compile on Save (or Deploy on Save) setting -->
<!-- in the project's Project Properties dialog box.-->
<project name="fud" default="default" basedir=".">
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ 

Answer 1

you have an option of add Jar/Folder just below Add Library . Use that