Swing and OLE

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Henri - 13 Dec 2003 12:28 GMT

Hi all,

I just wanted to know whether anybody has used Swing for the UI and
SWT just for the OLE/ActiveX library ? Actually more of a fan of Swing
than SWT but I need to launch Word, Excel and other Software. They do
not have to run in a frame of my application, it's fine if they just
open in a new frame but can be controled from my app.

Thanx,

Henri

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Harald Hein - 13 Dec 2003 15:27 GMT

> I just wanted to know whether anybody has used Swing for the UI
> and SWT just for the OLE/ActiveX library ? Actually more of a fan
> of Swing than SWT but I need to launch Word, Excel and other
> Software. They do not have to run in a frame of my application,
> it's fine if they just open in a new frame but can be controled
> from my app.

Look for what is called a Java - COM bridge. There are several. Using
such a bridge you are not bound to a specific UI toolkit.

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