Nabble - Netbeans - UI

Re: help editing the Netbeans generated code: jPanel.add();

2008-07-23T23:57:57Z

palmisano wrote:

Okay, next question about changing Netbeans Generated code... I want to change the parameter in bold. How do I do that? Is is a property or custom code...??

connectWestPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
connectWestPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(connectWestPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addComponent(connectionPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(184, Short.MAX_VALUE))

Note the comment above this forum in nabble about what it is this forum is for. It isn't to support the NB UI editor. It is for a discussion of usability issues with the NetBeans users interface itself. nbusers is the one you want.

It certainly isn't a property. The layout isn't treated like other JavaBeans, and besides setVerticalGroup none of the method calls are properties. I don't think you can customize this code either, but I'll check it when I have some more time. I think the only way to address it is to get it right in the UI editor. If you can't, and you don't think the UI editor can do what you need to do, and you feel you must, or you were wanting to use MigLayout then you may have to do it by hand and not use the form/UI editor at all. However, I haven't met a UI which I couldn't create in the UI editor using combinations of the provided layouts and possibly a little custom code.

Re: help editing the Netbeans generated code: jPanel.add();

2008-07-23T15:51:25Z

Okay, next question about changing Netbeans Generated code... I want to change the parameter in bold. How do I do that? Is is a property or custom code...??

connectWestPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
connectWestPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(connectWestPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addComponent(connectionPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(184, Short.MAX_VALUE))

Re: help editing the Netbeans generated code: jPanel.add();

2008-07-23T14:24:19Z

NB doesn't support just using any layout directly in the UI editor. You would have to write and add a module to get layout support in there for another layout. This is just a direct link to the fact that layout uses loosely coupled layout information. For instance, in the case of "west" "east" etc....that String could really be any value, so the IDE can't really infer anything.

Wade

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----- Original Message ----

> From: palmisano <sharon.palmisano@...>
> To: nbui@...
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:25:28 PM
> Subject: [nbui] help editing the Netbeans generated code: jPanel.add();
>
>
> I'm new to Netbeans and I'm sure this functionality exists, I just don't know
> what properties to select...
>
> I'm using the MigLayout and cannot figure out how to get the .add(Component)
> to pass additional parameters in the generated code.
>
> Netbeans Generated Code: jPanel4.add(jButton1);
>
> Desired Code: panel.add(comp3, "wrap");
>
> There are custom code options for "pre-adding" and "post-adding" however
> that puts code in the lines above/below the .add(component) line.
> I then tried:
> Right clicking on Component in the Object Browser
> Selecting Customize Code (edit only edited text on the component)
>
> I could only edit:
> jPanel4 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
> jRadioButton1.setText("jRadioButton1");
>
> but not:
> jPanel4.add(jButton1);
>
> XXX.add(...) can take one - several parameters, how control them in
> Netbeans? I am finding the Netbeans support documentation to be extremely
> difficult to search and google usually turns up better results.
>
> Any suggestions other then editing outside of Netbeans??
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/help-editing-the-Netbeans-generated-code%3A--jPanel.add%28%29--tp18614838p18614838.html
> Sent from the Netbeans - UI mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

help editing the Netbeans generated code: jPanel.add();

2008-07-23T09:25:27Z

I'm new to Netbeans and I'm sure this functionality exists, I just don't know what properties to select...

I'm using the MigLayout and cannot figure out how to get the .add(Component) to pass additional parameters in the generated code.

Netbeans Generated Code: jPanel4.add(jButton1);

Desired Code: panel.add(comp3, "wrap");

There are custom code options for "pre-adding" and "post-adding" however that puts code in the lines above/below the .add(component) line.
I then tried:
Right clicking on Component in the Object Browser
Selecting Customize Code (edit only edited text on the component)

I could only edit:
jPanel4 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
jRadioButton1.setText("jRadioButton1");

but not:
jPanel4.add(jButton1);

XXX.add(...) can take one - several parameters, how control them in Netbeans? I am finding the Netbeans support documentation to be extremely difficult to search and google usually turns up better results.

Any suggestions other then editing outside of Netbeans??

Re: Netbeans UI not the same as if executed

2008-07-05T09:25:12Z

Hi,

the difference you see is caused because off different look&feels.
NetBeans uses the system look and feel as default, but your app the
swing cross platform l&f. (you can also preview with different look and
feels via context menu)

simple put this into your code _before doing anything gui related:

// switch to system look and feel
try{

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
}catch(Exception ex2) {
// ignore
}

regards,

michael

edelynn wrote:

> Hi, I am wondering how come the UI that I see in my netbeans design editor is
> as follows:
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18293472/netbeans_design_preview.jpg
>
> But when i execute the application, the actual UI is as follows:
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18293472/executed_application.jpg
>
> For the above example, the UI is not so far but for more complex UI, the
> actual result is not desirable compared to the one I see in the design
> preview. Is this really how it goes? or something is wrong with my settings?
>
> THanks lots!
>
>
>

Netbeans UI not the same as if executed

2008-07-05T08:47:33Z

Hi, I am wondering how come the UI that I see in my netbeans design editor is as follows:

But when i execute the application, the actual UI is as follows:

For the above example, the UI is not so far but for more complex UI, the actual result is not desirable compared to the one I see in the design preview. Is this really how it goes? or something is wrong with my settings?

THanks lots!

Re: GridLayout in Netbeans

2008-07-01T22:24:30Z

GridLayout is no components. GridLayout, as its name can suggest, is a LayoutManager (1). Each container has a default LayoutManager. In your case (JApplet) I guess it's BorderLayout (as for JFrame). If you want to change it, in your palette select Layout, and then the third button!

But, this mailing list is not the right place for your questions about Swing or Netbeans' usage! ;-)

Braim

(1) http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/index.html

On Tuesday, July 01, 2008, at 04:06PM, "GonzaloP" <gonzalobera@...> wrote:

>
>Hello I am using the Design mode to design a JApplet in Netbeans, I can't
>find the component GridLayout, I am using Netbeans 6.1, where is located? or
>how can I insert it?
>
>Thanks very much
>--
>View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/GridLayout-in-Netbeans-tp18214379p18214379.html
>Sent from the Netbeans - UI mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>
>

GridLayout in Netbeans

2008-07-01T06:40:25Z

Hello I am using the Design mode to design a JApplet in Netbeans, I can't find the component GridLayout, I am using Netbeans 6.1, where is located? or how can I insert it?

Thanks very much

Re: Colors of properties panel (JFrames and dylogs)

2008-06-30T12:59:05Z

kapitan wrote:

[CUT]
Thanks all.

I've an image!

Colors of properties panel (JFrames and dylogs)

2008-06-29T03:46:34Z

Hi all, i'm new to netbeans and i have just a
starter question about its ui.

I have a dark gtk theme but i have a problem
displaying properties and binding panel of Jframes and
other derivates.

The foreground is light gray and the background is pure white.

So i wish to know what is the GTK widget connected
to that (or if there is another way to modify those
colors).

Thanks all.

ScrollPane

2008-06-26T04:26:11Z

Hello,

I have a question about jScrollPane. I would like to have multiple JPanel forms that I would dynamically include into a panel (or scrollPane) on the main frame (like a menu on the left and changing main area that depends on which menu you clicked). I would like to show the whole panels within scrollpanes on smaller resolutions or if user changes the window size.

Panels would probably have predefined size. What I'm asking is, what do I have to do to get scrollbars when window gets resized (if needed, that means if the container panel gets too small for the dynamically inserted panel to show). Currently, on Linux, the contents of the main panel disappear when I resize, so there must be a repaint problem or so. I have not managed to get the scrollbars yet.

My code for adding panels dynamically is something like this:

@Action
public void bClicked() { // menu click action
p = new Panel(); // create an instance of a Panel

p.setSize(400, 300); // if I don't set size the panel doesn't show
p.setLocation(10, 10);
jScrollPane1.add(p); // adding the panel to the ScrollPane

p.validate(); // found somewhere; repaint doesn't work here, not on p, neither on jScrollPane...
}

The project is in very beginning phase now but i'm going to start developing it more seriously in a few days. Any help would be appreciated.

using jbutton. new to netbeans

2008-06-25T02:53:27Z

hello.

I AM PLACING A JBUTTON in one of the pannels but it becomes invisible as soon as i place it and i cant do anything with it.. but if i see the preview of the design its there. what is the problem??

and also i am trying to delete an already existing jbutoon which is there on the inspector window but no where else. , but its not getting deleted!!

thnx in adavance for your help

ankit

Creating a toggle toolbar button

2008-06-23T19:23:42Z

Hello everyone,

I'm in the process of creating an application that captures streaming data. I would like to create an action associated with a toolbar that can be toggled on or off. For example in the button's depressed state the streaming data is captured and in the button's unpressed state the streaming data is not captured. I've created the toolbar button and tied the associated action to it without a problem, however, I can't figure out how to control whether the button stays depressed or unpressed.

So far I have not seen an example or found a related post. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Re: Desperate need for defining shortcuts facility

2008-06-23T10:01:40Z

Are you looking for keyboard shortcuts? In NB 6.1 (and earlier
versions) there are two things you can do:

Go to Tools (menu) | Options | Editor

1) Click on the 'Code Templates' tab. You can define one type of
shortcuts here. This shortcut lets you type in a short piece of text
and have it expanded to longer text. As an example, if you type (in a
.java file using the editor) the shortcut 'sout' and hit the 'Tab' key,
'sout' will be expanded to 'System.out.println("");

2) Click on the 'Macros' tab. Here you can define a macro (you can also
define a macro by recording it using 'Edit (menu) | Start Recording
Macro' and 'Edit (menu) | Stop Recording Macro') by typing in macro
code. You can then create a keyboard shortcut to execute this code.

-Darryl

Срђан Обућина wrote:
> I am finding that a NetBeans is in a desperate need for "Define
> shortcuts" facility. Many modules do not define own shortcuts, so for
> many command you have to go through 2, or 3 menu levels. Very
> frustrating. So, what we need is a generic "Defino shortcut" facility.
> I mean, Versioning have absolutely no shortcuts, and we need them
> almost as our ENTER.
>
>
>

Desperate need for defining shortcuts facility

2008-06-20T18:00:36Z

I am finding that a NetBeans is in a desperate need for "Define
shortcuts" facility. Many modules do not define own shortcuts, so for
many command you have to go through 2, or 3 menu levels. Very
frustrating. So, what we need is a generic "Defino shortcut" facility.
I mean, Versioning have absolutely no shortcuts, and we need them
almost as our ENTER.

How to hide the hierarchical column in a TreeTableView

2008-06-09T07:25:34Z

Suppose that there is a TreeTableView component, which displays set of nodes which have no children. Each node has several properties. These properties are shown in the TreeTableView too.

Is there any option to hide the hierarchical column, so the component looks like "TableView"?

Creating login/logout functionality with swing.

2008-06-06T07:36:01Z

Basically have a a class that implements JDialog and shows a login screen, it has a boolean value which indicates if the result was OK or not (in this case, the login was valid or the user canceled). Basically the simple functionality looks like this

[code]
Login l = new Login(null, true);
l.setVisible(true);

if(l.getResult())
new MainForm().setVisible(true);
else
System.exit(0);
[/code]

Now this works well, if the user presses ok, the event for the button sets the result to true and the login data is valid, false if canceled. The window is shown if the result is true.

The only thing is the MainForm class has a File Menu option with logout, which I intend to have the main form close and the login dialog to show up again so another use can login. I trued putting the code above in a loop with a guard that cna be changed in the main-form via a callback, but since hte main form is modeless, the login pops up right after it is shown. Also system.exit closes the entire application. Is there a way to do it the way I want?

Re: ${application.name} in netbeans templates

2008-06-03T06:42:00Z

mojocojo2000 wrote:
> Is there any way to include ${application.name} and other keys in
> project.properties within netbeans templates? Sort of like the
> project.license key. All my attempts result in undefined errors.
>

I'm afraid it won't work for you. project.properties are only evaluated
during build process.

Please use nbusers mailing list for such questions.

Milan

${application.name} in netbeans templates

2008-06-02T18:31:47Z

Is there any way to include ${application.name} and other keys in project.properties within netbeans templates? Sort of like the project.license key. All my attempts result in undefined errors.

Re: Custom Method as jTextArea Text?

2008-05-30T11:49:13Z

--- On Fri, 5/30/08, Barry_C <barrycole@...> wrote:

> From: Barry_C <barrycole@...>
> Subject: [nbui] Custom Method as jTextArea Text?
> To: nbui@...
> Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 2:23 PM
> I want my jTextArea text to be the value returned from a
> class method.
>
> I have the following class:
>
> /***********************************/
> public class Appointment {
>
> //Fields
> private String note;
>
> //Constructors
> public Appointment() {
> note = "This is what you get.";
> }
> //Methods
> public String getNote() {
> return note;
> }
> public void setNote(String anyName) {
> this.note = anyName;
> }
> /****************************************/
>
> Then my jTextarea code looks something like this:
>
> /****************************************/
> import com.miginfocom.beandemo.Appointment;
>
> public class ApptDetails extends javax.swing.JDialog {
>
> /** Creates new form ApptDetails */
> public ApptDetails(java.awt.Frame parent, boolean
> modal) {
> super(parent, modal);
> initComponents();
> }
> private void initComponents() {
> jTextArea1 = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
>
> jTextArea1.setColumns(20);
> jTextArea1.setRows(5);
> jTextArea1.setText(getNote());
> jScrollPane1.setViewportView(jTextArea1);
> }
> /*******************************************/
>
> It yacks on the call to getNote(). What is the proper
> syntax for this?

Please review the description at:
http://www.nabble.com/Netbeans---UI-f2608.html

and note this is not a support forum. Please use nbusers@... for such things, or in this particular case, you can get better support at:
http://forums.java.sun.com

as this is just a standard Java question of how to use instances and classes.

Notice you are in another class where the call to getNote takes place. You should have an instance of Appointment some where to call getNote against. Thus we'll call it app:
Appointment app = new Appointment();
//some code to setup app
//later you call
jTextArea1.setText(app.getNote());

Wade

==================
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Custom Method as jTextArea Text?

2008-05-30T11:23:07Z

I want my jTextArea text to be the value returned from a class method.

I have the following class:

/***********************************/
public class Appointment {

//Fields
private String note;

//Constructors
public Appointment() {
note = "This is what you get.";
}
//Methods
public String getNote() {
return note;
}
public void setNote(String anyName) {
this.note = anyName;
}
/****************************************/

Then my jTextarea code looks something like this:

/****************************************/
import com.miginfocom.beandemo.Appointment;

public class ApptDetails extends javax.swing.JDialog {

/** Creates new form ApptDetails */
public ApptDetails(java.awt.Frame parent, boolean modal) {
super(parent, modal);
initComponents();
}
private void initComponents() {
jTextArea1 = new javax.swing.JTextArea();

jTextArea1.setColumns(20);
jTextArea1.setRows(5);
jTextArea1.setText(getNote());
jScrollPane1.setViewportView(jTextArea1);
}
/*******************************************/

It yacks on the call to getNote(). What is the proper syntax for this?

Re: Form inheritance in NetBeans

2008-05-30T11:02:42Z

--- On Fri, 5/30/08, Ales Kahanek <akahanek@...> wrote:

> From: Ales Kahanek <akahanek@...>
> Subject: Re: [nbui] Form inheritance in NetBeans
> To: nbui@...
> Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 1:36 PM
> >> and this worked correctly when I ran the
> application
>
> I would expect that, as the controls are created by the
> constructor and the
> *.form file is needed only for the designer
>
> >> but the Netbeans designer did not display the form
> correctly
>
> ... and that is the core of the problem IMHO
>
> I will try your workaround, thanks for the hint.
>

Please read the descriptions of the forums in Nabble before posting. nbui is not a general support list. inheritance is supposed to work. If you are having issues please file a bug so others can gain from your pain. See:
http://www.netbeans.org/community/issues

and 'form' is the component you will choose for which to file your bug against. The subcomponent will be 'code'.

Thanks,

Wade

==================
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Software Engineer and Developer, Certified Forensic Computer Examiner, NetBeans Dream Team Member, and NetBeans Board Member
http://www.certified-computer-examiner.com
http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/NetBeansDreamTeam
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Re: Form inheritance in NetBeans

2008-05-30T10:36:34Z

>> and this worked correctly when I ran the application

I would expect that, as the controls are created by the constructor and the *.form file is needed only for the designer

>> but the Netbeans designer did not display the form correctly

... and that is the core of the problem IMHO

I will try your workaround, thanks for the hint.

Phil Doble wrote:

I tried creating a "Base" frame class and then using ...extends BaseFrame instead of ...extends javax.swing.JFrame, and this worked correctly when I ran the application, but the Netbeans designer did not display the form correctly. So forms inheritance works in Java, but not in the Netbeans designer.

The way around this is to create a "JPanel form" comnponent for the contents of the frame, and to put this on the various JFrames that you want (create the "JPanel form" comnponent, compile the project, then drag from the explorer onto the design surface).

Re: Form inheritance in NetBeans

2008-05-30T10:14:21Z

I tried creating a "Base" frame class and then using ...extends BaseFrame instead of ...extends javax.swing.JFrame, and this worked correctly when I ran the application, but the Netbeans designer did not display the form correctly. So forms inheritance works in Java, but not in the Netbeans designer.

The way around this is to create a "JPanel form" comnponent for the contents of the frame, and to put this on the various JFrames that you want (create the "JPanel form" comnponent, compile the project, then drag from the explorer onto the design surface).

I have read your posts you stated below. If anyone asks how this feature should behave, look at Delphi, which has form inheritance many many years and it is very well designed. Or even .NET Windows Forms do have form inheritance.

IMHO if Sun wants to encourage developers to do real desktop applications in Java, then form inheritance is a must. Otherwise the maintenance of bunch of forms in such an application is a nightmare. Maybe anyone knows another approach which could help now - please share your best practices ...

Ales

Rochelle Raccah wrote:

I asked for something similar several years ago:
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=nbusers&msgNo=5188>
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=nbdev&msgNo=7674>

I can't seem to find any issue filed for this, though.

Rochelle

Ales Kahanek wrote:
> Hi,
> I am pretty new to NetBeans and after several weeks of testing I have to
> admit, that NB is very cool. Thanks for the work! On the other hand I am
> very disappointed due to missing form inheritance. Did I miss something or
> the form inheritance is not possible with NB?
>
> I can hardly imagine to write rich UI with lots of forms without form
> inheritance. Form inheritance is a big time saver with respect to
> maintenance of all the forms in a big application.
>
> I have 2 questions:
> 1. Are there any plans to support forms inheritance in the future?
> 2. What kind of approach do you use now to make maintenance of multiple
> forms as easy as possible?
>
> Thank for any hints.
> Ales

Re: Things I'm missing from version 5 ...

2008-05-30T10:00:37Z

The Javadoc - Netbeans 6.1 has some "Code completion" - try putting in {@, and select link from the drop-down, then type #, and you should get a list of local methods etc to choose from.

Also, you can create code templates for javadoc - select Tools - Options - Editor - Code Templates, then select "text/x-javadoc" from the "Language" drop-down. You can now create code templates which work when you are writing javadoc.

Since 6.0, if you put the cursor on the line just before a class member (or the class name itself), then type /** and press enter, it will create some initial javadoc for you - works well!

Hope this helps.

James Hoyland wrote:

Hi! I just wanted to mention two things I could do and liked in Netbeans 5.x which I don't seem to be able to do in 6.1 ... maybe I'm being dense and these things have just been moved:

1) I could right-click on a Java class in my project tree and choose to add a new method / field or constructor. Alt+Insert seems to be where this is now but it only lets me create properties with setters and getters not general fields. And as far as methods it only lets me create override or delegation methods not a general method. I liked the way before that I could pop up a dialog and enter return type / parameter type etc and it just filled in the source.

2) There was a nice Javadoc editor in 5.x which let me select Javadoc tags from drop downs for methods, fields parameters etc and and fill in my stuff - now it seems I have to remember all those tags and the syntax and type it straight into my source file again.

Both these changes seem like a bit of a step backward to me. Can anyone tell me what happened to these features and why?

James

Netbeans Windows

2008-05-30T06:47:43Z

Hi Y'all... Id like to make an effect on a window similar to the "output window" or "paletts" on Netbeans IDE, like when you do click on some button or even that window, it overlaps some stuff like that

The first image is before pressing the button and the Second one is after pressing the button, (the window overlaps the other ) It seems to slide from left side to right. The star is the JPanel overlapped.

Tell me if it wasn't clear enough

Re: Form inheritance in NetBeans

2008-05-29T23:18:57Z

I have read your posts you stated below. If anyone asks how this feature should behave, look at Delphi, which has form inheritance many many years and it is very well designed. Or even .NET Windows Forms do have form inheritance.

IMHO if Sun wants to encourage developers to do real desktop applications in Java, then form inheritance is a must. Otherwise the maintenance of bunch of forms in such an application is a nightmare. Maybe anyone knows another approach which could help now - please share your best practices ...

Ales

Rochelle Raccah wrote:

I asked for something similar several years ago:
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=nbusers&msgNo=5188>
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=nbdev&msgNo=7674>

I can't seem to find any issue filed for this, though.

Rochelle

Ales Kahanek wrote:
> Hi,
> I am pretty new to NetBeans and after several weeks of testing I have to
> admit, that NB is very cool. Thanks for the work! On the other hand I am
> very disappointed due to missing form inheritance. Did I miss something or
> the form inheritance is not possible with NB?
>
> I can hardly imagine to write rich UI with lots of forms without form
> inheritance. Form inheritance is a big time saver with respect to
> maintenance of all the forms in a big application.
>
> I have 2 questions:
> 1. Are there any plans to support forms inheritance in the future?
> 2. What kind of approach do you use now to make maintenance of multiple
> forms as easy as possible?
>
> Thank for any hints.
> Ales

Re: Form inheritance in NetBeans

2008-05-29T17:36:34Z

<http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/#subandunsub>

Lee Larsen wrote:
>
>
> Anyone know how I unsubscribe from this list?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee
>

Re: Form inheritance in NetBeans

2008-05-29T16:21:09Z

Anyone know how I unsubscribe from this list?

Thanks,

Lee

Re: Form inheritance in NetBeans

2008-05-29T13:52:02Z

I asked for something similar several years ago:
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=nbusers&msgNo=5188>
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=nbdev&msgNo=7674>

I can't seem to find any issue filed for this, though.

Rochelle

Ales Kahanek wrote:

> Hi,
> I am pretty new to NetBeans and after several weeks of testing I have to
> admit, that NB is very cool. Thanks for the work! On the other hand I am
> very disappointed due to missing form inheritance. Did I miss something or
> the form inheritance is not possible with NB?
>
> I can hardly imagine to write rich UI with lots of forms without form
> inheritance. Form inheritance is a big time saver with respect to
> maintenance of all the forms in a big application.
>
> I have 2 questions:
> 1. Are there any plans to support forms inheritance in the future?
> 2. What kind of approach do you use now to make maintenance of multiple
> forms as easy as possible?
>
> Thank for any hints.
> Ales

Form inheritance in NetBeans

2008-05-29T13:05:02Z

Hi,
I am pretty new to NetBeans and after several weeks of testing I have to admit, that NB is very cool. Thanks for the work! On the other hand I am very disappointed due to missing form inheritance. Did I miss something or the form inheritance is not possible with NB?

I can hardly imagine to write rich UI with lots of forms without form inheritance. Form inheritance is a big time saver with respect to maintenance of all the forms in a big application.

I have 2 questions:
1. Are there any plans to support forms inheritance in the future?
2. What kind of approach do you use now to make maintenance of multiple forms as easy as possible?

Thank for any hints.
Ales

Things I'm missing from version 5 ...

2008-05-28T20:30:01Z

Hi! I just wanted to mention two things I could do and liked in Netbeans 5.x which I don't seem to be able to do in 6.1 ... maybe I'm being dense and these things have just been moved:

1) I could right-click on a Java class in my project tree and choose to add a new method / field or constructor. Alt+Insert seems to be where this is now but it only lets me create properties with setters and getters not general fields. And as far as methods it only lets me create override or delegation methods not a general method. I liked the way before that I could pop up a dialog and enter return type / parameter type etc and it just filled in the source.

2) There was a nice Javadoc editor in 5.x which let me select Javadoc tags from drop downs for methods, fields parameters etc and and fill in my stuff - now it seems I have to remember all those tags and the syntax and type it straight into my source file again.

Both these changes seem like a bit of a step backward to me. Can anyone tell me what happened to these features and why?

James

Re: Re: [nbusers] Disaster!!:Renaming Project Action Failed and Deleted all My Source Code Along with no hope of recovery

2008-05-28T14:18:44Z

Also analyzing my Gesture files and tracking the record around the time when the problem happened, it was like 4AM

I would have attached the entire gesture file but its quite too big to be attached so

This is the dump of the Gesture record around that time:

----- beginning of dump---

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On 5/28/08, Ayodeji Aladejebi <aladejebi@...> wrote:

OK,

I run Windows XP Service Pack 2
Sony Viao 1GB RAM Intel Core Duo Processor 1.6Ghz
JDK 1.6_05
Netbeans 6.1
NB Project Type: Java Application

I have a project named boutick-main
Now for some reason, I wanted to rename the entire project into boutick-main-standard

So I fired Netbeans and I mounted the project. It opened the project successfully. The project is a bit big, over 200 classes and 50 or more Swing Matisse Based Forms

So I right-clicked and selected Rename....

The Rename Project Popup folder came up. the mistake I made was to have CHECKED the box telling Netbeans to "Also Rename The Project Folder"

The first thing I noticed was that as the renaming process was progressing, the progress bar stopped at about 46% and remained there for more than 1 hour. I left it as long as it would take and did not bother cancelling it.

When i eventually came back. It gave me the impression that it had finished. Only the see that neither the source project folder (boutick-main) nor the destination project folder (boutick-main-standard) contained my codes anymore, all the source files inside the src folder were all gone!

But luckily I had my subversion system functioning so I had to check out my code from yesterdays commit. then I retried the process this time but now ignoring the CHECKBOX "Also Rename The Project Folder". It succeded.

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Re: Re: [nbusers] Disaster!!:Renaming Project Action Failed and Deleted all My Source Code Along with no hope of recovery

2008-05-28T14:01:36Z

OK,

I run Windows XP Service Pack 2
Sony Viao 1GB RAM Intel Core Duo Processor 1.6Ghz
JDK 1.6_05
Netbeans 6.1
NB Project Type: Java Application

I have a project named boutick-main
Now for some reason, I wanted to rename the entire project into boutick-main-standard

So I fired Netbeans and I mounted the project. It opened the project successfully. The project is a bit big, over 200 classes and 50 or more Swing Matisse Based Forms

So I right-clicked and selected Rename....

The Rename Project Popup folder came up. the mistake I made was to have CHECKED the box telling Netbeans to "Also Rename The Project Folder"

The first thing I noticed was that as the renaming process was progressing, the progress bar stopped at about 46% and remained there for more than 1 hour. I left it as long as it would take and did not bother cancelling it.

When i eventually came back. It gave me the impression that it had finished. Only the see that neither the source project folder (boutick-main) nor the destination project folder (boutick-main-standard) contained my codes anymore, all the source files inside the src folder were all gone!

But luckily I had my subversion system functioning so I had to check out my code from yesterdays commit. then I retried the process this time but now ignoring the CHECKBOX "Also Rename The Project Folder". It succeded.

Re: [nbusers] Disaster!!:Renaming Project Action Failed and Deleted all My Source Code Along with no hope of recovery

2008-05-28T07:55:46Z

Yeah, I noticed this first thing when switching to NetBeans. You must put your code into an SCCS or NetBeans will smoke it all--happened to me.

Ayodeji Aladejebi wrote:

If you love yourself, dont ever attempt to rename your project using Netbeans. I am using version 6.1 and the IDE has almost thrown my project into disaster

Maybe blogging fully about this will show some of the very dangerous bugs living inside the IDE