Very, very new to Java. I have a program written in FoxPro and I'd like to rewrite it using Java. I'm starting with the basics. Is there a way to make my own copy of a form object such as a JLabel to keep in my own toolbox (not sure of the terminology yet, it was stored in Libraries in FoxPro) where I could set the attributes such as font, forecolor, size, etc. to public variables and be able to reuse this new Label class by dragging it onto my forms in development mode. I want to have input objects on the forms that set their attributes to each user's preferences. Could someone please step me through this if it is possible? Thank you in advance.
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You can make use of JavaBeans stuffs for this.
But as a newbie to java, you have lot of stuffs to learn before getting into Swings and Javabean concepts.
I'm not demotivating you, but that's the fact.
For quick work as ADSL told, you can make use of those GUI Editors.
But you creating a own will take time for sure. :-)
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by: ADSLMarkPosted on 2007-04-14 at 06:29:39ID: 18910689
What you are looking for is a GUI builder for Java. Normally, you program the layout of your program *by hand*, but you can also use a GUI builder for that. There are many available on the net. Personally I have never used it for Java applications, maybe because my applications aren't *that big* or just because I like the way Java lets me define my layouts. In any case, I think some big names here are:
Visual J++
Netbeans
I hope this answers your question, I think it does.. if you want to define your own components, then I'm not sure if you can do that with these packages I named, but I would imagine you can (they are pretty *large*).
Mark