How do I make a bean in netbeans using java
I am trying to make a newspaper game project that contains
1) jumble
2) crossword
3) celebrity cipher
I will work out the details of the above three games in a bit but I am not there yet. I made a tabbed pane so you could choose to play any of the above games. I THINK I have to make my three game programs into beans so they can be added to the three tabbed panes. I don't know how to make my programs into beans that may be added to the netbeans pallette. Does anyone know how to make a bean?
1) jumble
2) crossword
3) celebrity cipher
I will work out the details of the above three games in a bit but I am not there yet. I made a tabbed pane so you could choose to play any of the above games. I THINK I have to make my three game programs into beans so they can be added to the three tabbed panes. I don't know how to make my programs into beans that may be added to the netbeans pallette. Does anyone know how to make a bean?
hazgoduk
A bean is an object with database persistence. Don't think that's really what you need. Start off by creating 3 JPanel forms. You can develop each one seperately in the form builder and then add them to your tabbed pane (jtabbedpane.add("Crosswor
ASKER
OK thanks. Obviously I'm not real sure what a bean is. What does database persistence mean? I'll try to make the JPanel forms tonight.
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To add your panel to the palette you just have to right click it and do tools/add to palette
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EE suggests to stay engaged with the experts helping you with your question. I just want to let hazgoduk and CEHJ know that I haven't fallen asleep or anything - I just got sidetracked for a few hours and I'm working through the webpage from CEHJ.
OK ;-)
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The current version of netbeans that I have is 6.5 and the web site is for a couple versions back. After I figured that out, I realized what the very small problem was.