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1. GUI tool to browse Java serialized objects    stackoverflow.com

Is there a GUI application that can open serialized Java object files (both binary and XML format) and display them in browsable fashion (maybe like the Eclipse debugger displays the state ...

2. NetBeans gui design tool (matisse) seems to use Java 5 instead of Java 6    stackoverflow.com

When trying to open a custom JPanel class in the NetBeans GUI design tool, I get the following error: Warning - Form loaded with errors Error in loading component property: [JPanel]->someScrollPane->somePlainJTable->autoCreateRowSorter No such property ...

3. GUI tool for configuring Java property files and XML files    stackoverflow.com

This is more of a question about tools that are out there instead of a programming question on one particular stuff. So apologies in advance if the question does not belong ...

4. java GUI programming tools?    stackoverflow.com

which is one is the best java GUI generating tool

  1. NetBeans
  2. Jigloo
Please suggest me if you have any other choices. I need the following functionalities:
  • Drag and drop feature
  • able to add code manually after ...

5. The best tool for build swing UI visually    stackoverflow.com

What is the best and powerful tool for building swing interface? What tool do you use for swing? Why?

6. Are there any good tools for finding usage statistics of GUI, broken down panes and components?    stackoverflow.com

Collecting usage statistics per web-page on sites is common practice, I'm interested in a similar thing, but for GUI:s. You see Google Chrome (and others) collect usage statistics so Google can ...

7. What are the tools needed in order to create a GUI application?    stackoverflow.com

in more easy way except the netbeans generated codes because i don't like the codes they generated.

8. JAVA Reporting Tool iReport    stackoverflow.com

Can we get a reporting page which is like .Net's Crystal report using iReport? That is i need to get report inside the frame. Please help me.

9. Logback+Swing in small tool    stackoverflow.com

I need to hack up a small tool. It should read a couple of files and convert them. Right now that works in my IDE. For the user, I'd like to ...





10. UI automation tool for Java Swing application with Record and Playback and screen capture facilities    stackoverflow.com

Can someone suggest a UI automation tool for a Java Swing application with Record and Playback and screen capture facilities

11. Best tool or solutions for GUI in desktop app using Java SE    stackoverflow.com

For a normal GUI (desktop) application with standard controls, like labels, textbox, progress bars, buttons, panels and so on, do you believe that what is the most suitable solution or tool ...

12. How to refactor thousands of lines of Java code? Is there any tool available?    stackoverflow.com

In our application we have two or three classes which contains the entire Java Swing application logic. These two or three classes contain around 7k lines of code. Now I have been ...

13. Is there any framework/tool that we can use to create Java Swing application as module based?    stackoverflow.com

We want to make our current Java Swing application as module based so that it can be loaded from configuration files. Is there any framework/tool that helps in making our application as ...

14. Is there anyone who have used GUTS(GUICE UTILITIES TOOLS SWING)?    stackoverflow.com

We have a huge Java Swing application. Now we want to remove couplings from all the components so that we can reuse them. I came across this tool called GUTS which is ...

15. Inspecting Component Hierarchy in Java UI    stackoverflow.com

We have a very large Java Swing desktop application comprising of a great deal of views. Developers have done a pretty good job over the years in choosing appropriate class locations ...

16. Tool to graphically customize the Nimbus look and feel    stackoverflow.com

I am looking for a tool that I used a few months ago, but I am not able to remember the name. This is a graphical tool for customizing the Nimbus Swing ...





17. Is there any free GUI based sql data manipulation tool for people who do not know sql?    stackoverflow.com

A friend of mine has a MS SQL database installed. He wanted to be able to do insert and update (mostly these two operations) entries to some tables. But he has ...

18. Is there any tool/software that decouples Java Swing GUI logic and business logic?    stackoverflow.com

I have been working on Java Swing project. Its design is pretty poor. I have been given task to make its design better. Primarily I was thinking that I will decouple ...

19. Is there an open source java message flow designer or similar tool?    stackoverflow.com

I am looking for an opensource product or some code examples of how I might design either a Java or HTML based GUI to design message flows. One would add nodes/entities to ...

20. inspector/spy tool for swing guis    stackoverflow.com

is there any tools for java swing, that helps discovering what object is being show/drawn at a certain location. In complicated guis where there are hundreds of panels and components it's ...

21. H2 database GUI Tool    stackoverflow.com

I' trying to use H2 database in my application and i need to backup only a 2 table, I also need a way to import and export blob through a gui ...

22. What are the best tools for building graphical desktop applications?    stackoverflow.com

I have programmed in Java, Python, MATLAB for a few years, but I know almost nothing about software achitecture. My new project in graduate school is to make a full blown ...

23. Reporting Tool for Swing    stackoverflow.com

EDITED Im developing an application which is having the reporting section.I need to do.....

  1. Show the data's from DB in tabular format
  2. To give the options to save the visible data's in a .doc ...

24. How to develop a GUI for a command line tool in java?    bytes.com

I have a windows command line tool that accepts certain input parameters and runs a process and displays a report. I want to develop a Java GUI for that tool. Input ...

25. GUI for a commandline tool    forums.netbeans.org

Hi all, I have this commandline tool that accepts certain parameters and executes displaying results. I need to develop a GUI for that. I need to know how to initiate the ...

26. GUI for a commandline tool    forums.netbeans.org

Hi all, I have this commandline tool that accepts certain parameters and executes displaying results. I need to develop a GUI for that. I need to know how to initiate the ...

27. Best GUI tool for commercial J2ME project    forums.netbeans.org

Hi all, I m doing a commercial project and I need a good GUI with auto complete text field and tabbed pane is must so can anyone tell me which is ...

28. Struts 2 GUI tools    struts.1045723.n5.nabble.com

Anyone have any ideas for what they'd like to see in a Struts 2 Eclipse plugin? I'm thinking of developing a follow up to Struts Console that is specifically targeted at Struts 2 and Eclipse. With the move to convention over configuration it seems that a GUI interface to the struts.xml config files might not be necessary. Perhaps there are other ...

29. Swing problem on Sun's deploy tool    coderanch.com

30. tool barrrrrr    coderanch.com

Hi Kumar, If I am understanding you correctly, you just need to add your panel as a mouse listener so that you can request the keyboard focus when user clicks in it. The code below might help you out. import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; public class ToolBar extends JFrame { JToolBar toolBar; JPanel panel; public ToolBar() { setTitle( "Tool Bar ...

31. Question about a screen capture tool.    coderanch.com

I am trying to create a screen capture program. It has to have three major functions: 1) be able to capture the whole screen. 2) be able to capture the active (current) window 3) be able to capture the desired region (the desired region might be defined by dragging the mouse and draw a box) The first task is very easy ...

32. Are there any tools which onverts GUI developed in any language into Java ?    coderanch.com

Can any one tell me how to do the following job- If I have a GUI which was developed in Delphi/PB/VB and now I need to convert that GUI into Java and make it web enabled. I've heard some tools are there to do this operation. I could found 2 tools (blackbirt.com & vb2j.com). But in those 2 sites, the tools ...

33. presentation tool in java    coderanch.com

34. Dark gray tool bar    coderanch.com

Hi all, I'm working on an application (in Windows XP) which has a JToolBar that is always dark gray (and looks rather ugly). It has this color in both JDK 1.3 and 1.4. The buttons on the toolbar look all right in regards to their color, transparency (which is a light gray - the correct default color), but when compared to ...

35. GUI development tool    coderanch.com

It's been awhile since I used Delphi, but there are several GUI builders available. My favorite is NetBeans, because at free, the price is right. Borland's JBuilder is also not bad. I think the Foundation version is still free, and includes a GUI builder. Ironically, layout managers, which make GUIs much easier to code (especially windows that can be resized) make ...

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39. Need a good graph tool    coderanch.com

I am writing a project where a tree is needed on the left side (for navigation purposes) and a graph is needed on the right side (to show more detailed info of the tree selected item and it's decendants. I would prefer something that handles layout management so I don't have to calculate positioning of the graph items. I've started exploring ...

40. GUI developing tool    coderanch.com

That's encouraging, I thought it was just me. I tried using Forte to do my GUI building but I find the generated to code to be long-winded, the IDE not using loops and so on. You have to really learn how to use the IDE properly otherwise you hit a brick wall because you cant edit the generated code. I found ...

41. Application/tool to debug Swing code.    coderanch.com

Hi, I use JCreator Lite (free version) to code for educational purposes. At times I need to debug my code. Most of the times System.out.println works very well and at times I feel need to a better/interactive debugger. I am wondering if you can suggest me easy to use debugger application/tools that can be used/integrated with JCreator Lite. I am sure ...

43. best pure java Graph/Chart tool??    coderanch.com

Hi, I am trying to review the best commercial Graph/Chart tools for purchase. The tool needs to generate 2D/3D graph reports. I have had experience with the Oracle Reports 6i's graphing tool, but frankly it sucks. I have reviewed the Graphing tool marketed by VisualMining Corp., if anyone has opinions on their tool or any other interactive graphical reporting solutions, please ...

44. GUI designer tool?    coderanch.com

46. best GUI Development Tool these days    coderanch.com

My experience with gui design tools has been disappointing. They generate ugly and unmaintainable code. You end up restructuring your object model to accomodate the tool rather than the tool facilitating the implementation of your object model. The worst case scenerio is that the guy who developed the gui used one tool, you prefer another tool and the way the two ...

47. Development tools    coderanch.com

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49. Good GUI building tool    coderanch.com

50. Geo-mapping tool for Java    coderanch.com

I hope this is the appropriate forum... I'm looking for a tool/library to plot lat/long data onto a map using Java. The data (NMEA-0183) is gathered from a GPS unit I have and I would like to be able to plot on a map the track taken. I'm new to geo-mapping and I'm not sure what tools exist. What experiences have ...

51. Swing Based Report Tool    coderanch.com

Hello! You might be familiar with JViewPro api for generating reports. I find it very conveninent because it allows to place a text at any position specifying the horz and vert co-ordinates. I've downloaded a trial version of it but I'm not able to purchase it. I dont find Jasper Reports(for ex.) convenient because you have to carry out a couple ...

52. Widget question : Defrag tool ?    coderanch.com

Hi Everyone : Im trying to write a gui that "emulates" the Defrag tool's look (the graph that pops up when youre running defrag in windows) ... Basically, its a chart that has several verticle lines on it colored differently. Is there a general name for such a chart ? And if so, does anybody know of a good Swing or ...

53. GUI Tool    coderanch.com

55. GUI Building Tools    coderanch.com

Hi. I'm looking for a tool that can be used to visually construct GUIs to take some of the time out of having to do all of the GUI building through code. Basically, if we have some non-programmers that can create our GUI in Photoshop, we want to be able to somehow transform that into Java code with minimal work. Does ...

56. How to remove last edit location tool bar item in my application    coderanch.com

Hi, The application is developing using swt. this way I resolved this one. Thanks for your response. ============================= private MenuManager createWindowMenu(IWorkbenchWindow window) { .... ......... ActionSetRegistry reg = WorkbenchPlugin.getDefault().getActionSetRegistry(); IActionSetDescriptor[] actionSets = reg.getActionSets(); String actionSetId[] = {"org.eclipse.ui.edit.text.actionSet.navigation" }; for (int i = 0; i < actionSets.length; i++) { if ((!actionSets[i].getId().equals(actionSetId[0])) && (!actionSets[i].getId().equals(actionSetId[1]))) continue; IExtension ext = actionSets[i].getConfigurationElement().getDeclaringExtension(); reg.removeExtension(ext, new Object[] { ...

57. How to create Gantt chart without tool    coderanch.com

58. Is it possilbe to create Gantt chart without any tool    coderanch.com

What Roseanne was getting it is that -since a library like JFreeChart, which can produce Gantt charts, is written in Java- it's certainly possible to do the same in your code without using the library. Obviously, that involves duplicating a lot of effort that has gone into the library. Which brings us to the question: why don't you want to use ...

59. How to create chart without tool    coderanch.com

60. UI Service Binding Tools    coderanch.com

So back in the day when Swing was Sun's step child and there were applications like Forte 4 Java and before we new any better we all dealt with JDBC to get data from a database. So tools like Forte4Java would allow you to create a datasource and pick and choose tables and columns and all this handy dandy code was ...

61. Developing a small tool    coderanch.com

Hi everybody, I am developing a small tool which has a UI built on Swings. Based on the user input, I am doing the processing in a different class. This class has the main method from where I am invoking.... javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { ExcelGeneratorUI.createAndShowGUI(); } }); After that, I am doing the remaining processing. The problem is ...

62. Looking for examples of what can be done with Java's GUI tools    coderanch.com

Hello all Getting back into the java programming world for the first time in years and am wondering just want are the limits of java's GUI tools? I'm hoping that the metal look that greeted me when I last played with Swing is now able to be made at least sort of attractive now. Can someone point me to some examples ...

63. GUI Reproting Tool Required (Desktop Based application)    coderanch.com

Regarding the new reporting tool. Here I am mentioning the key points of my rquirement Need a GUI kind of reporting tool, Where the user can drag and drop the tables, In that he can build the relations among the tables (if any exists). User should be given a provision to make alias names for tables and columns. Then saves his ...

64. Swing visual diff tool    coderanch.com

65. Using Third party tool in Swings    coderanch.com

It is Swing and not swings Third party tools are usually in the form of jars. Select the library you want to use. (There might be multiple which do the same stuff. You can generate reports with JFreeChart, BIRT, Jasper reports etc) Check out the API. Check out the documentation. Get the downloaded jar(s) onto your classpath. Start coding. We do ...

66. JavaBeans, Swing, AWT and Builder Tools?    coderanch.com

I am new to java and have recently discovered something that is really confusing me. I understand so far, I think, that swing, and AWT(???) are librarys for building and creating GUI's with Java, right? Ok so now I learn about JavaBeans. And from what I read, they are pretty much java classes that are reusable... and for creating GUI's with ...

67. What Tools that you usually use for developing Swing application?    coderanch.com

I use JFormDesigner. It gets the job done well and it is not intrusive in the project. I don't agree with the hand coding philosophy. How many times do you have to put a label before you've learned what there is to learn? A table? What about internationalization. JFormDesigner as well as such tools have features to help you handle all ...

68. Reporting Tool    coderanch.com

69. Swing GUI tool generated code, newbie stuck :(    coderanch.com

Hi, I got this code generated using a GUI tool, but I am not able to run it properly. I am very new to swing, tried whatever seems logical. Can any one take the pain of pointing out my problem. Thanks in advance. Note : External jar has been added, and its compiles fine. import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.border.*; import ...

70. Runtime designer and screen builder, help me find suitable tool    coderanch.com

we had the following requirement for an SAP WebDynpro for java application: system administrator must be able to design screen/forms at runtime based on the users requirements and assign the screen/form to the said user. so i wrote a limited but very capable screen builder in webdynpro for java WYSIWYG style. you had the supported UI controles in one panel (Label, ...

71. problem in swing tool bar    coderanch.com

public class NewJFrame1 extends javax.swing.JFrame { /** Creates new form NewJFrame1 */ public NewJFrame1() { initComponents(); JToolBar toolbar = new JToolBar("Toolbar", JToolBar.HORIZONTAL); JButton cutbutton = new JButton("dfdfd"); toolbar.add(cutbutton); JButton copybutton = new JButton("dfdfd"); toolbar.add(copybutton); JButton pastebutton = new JButton("dsds"); toolbar.add(pastebutton); getContentPane().add(toolbar); // JToolBar tb=new JToolBar("fghofg"); //JButton tb2=new JButton("fdgjodfg"); //tb.add(tb1); //tb.add(tb2); } /** This method is called from within the constructor to ...

72. Tool to develop GUI    forums.oracle.com

Hi, I would like to develop a GUI for my project. I heard that by making use of some tool like JCreator r NetBeans r Eclipse, we can simply drag n drop the required tools. I've downloaded NetBeans 5.5.1 recently. When I'm trying to run it, my system hangs up, as a result of that I was asked to restart the ...

74. NetBeans GUI Creating Tool    forums.oracle.com

I ran into the same problem trying to use the NetBeans GUI tool but was thoroughly pi$$ed to find how extensively they tried to prevent me from editing the code. I find the tool is good for my JUnit test classes but not my production code. It is the worst case of spaghetti code drivel that I have ever seen auto-generated. ...

75. Design java gui tool    forums.oracle.com