I have made an app that takes an xml node and display its content in a
JTable. THe node is handed to a converter class which reads the
information and generates  the ArrayList which contains the column
labels and the ArrayList of ArrayLists that contains the data. These

I am trying line up a single column of several buttons on the left
(West) side of a container but have not been successful. Here is a
simple code example to illustrate how I am attempting this:
import java.awt.*;

I would like to customize the JFileChooser so that when a user opens a file
there is an extra option on the JFileChooser dialog (an extra tickbox).  I
am writing a bit analyser so when the user opens a new file (containing the
bits) there should be an option for "packed ...

I have a home made panel (which extend JPanel), and a home made
graphical component (which extend java.awt.Component).
What i want to do is:
- when i click on the HomePanel, it's add a HomeComponent to it.

Greetings. I am trying to construct an RTF document with Java / Swing
(StyledDocument, RTFEditorKit) and then save it.
Can anyone give me a quick primer on how to draw a simple table, with
a few rows and columns, border perhaps ... I have been scouring

 I am looking for a java based ( preferable using http protocol ) remote
desktop contol client-server application. Has any one has experienced such?
If so, may I request you to provide pointers or sample code on that.
Thanks,

One more problem in my Component...
I have created a Button Component
Using fillRect i have drawn the component
My test program extends Frame and override the paint method....

In this code fragment:
public class FrameLayers extends JFrame {
 JTextField txtWidth = new JTextField();
 public FrameLayers() {

I meet some problem in GUI design. I am using JBuilderX. When I switch
from source to design, it always pops up error message " Cannot set
"layout" property for this -- java.lang.illegalArgumentException:
object is not an instance of declaring class. I don't know if it will

I am using jdk1.1.18 and jfc-swing-1.1.1 in my appication. This is an
embedded system running (what I think is) JWorks on VxWorks, which
(again, I guess) is based on the combination I mentioned above and I
dont have the option of upgrading to later java versions.

I use the following code to determin the width of a string in pixels. The
result is correct as long as the used font is set to Font.PLAIN. If I use
Font.BOLD the result won't change although the string eats up more space now
(oviously).

hey all i am having trouble making a panel scroll...
on start up of my application the pannel is blank but uses ar able to drag
and drop images on to the pannel and once on the pannel the images can be
re araged i draw the images on the pannel using the graphics.drawImage()

I have a GUI that I programmed and one of the Panels in it contains a
JTextArea. I set it to scroll with the following code:
this.outPanel.add(new JScrollPane(display));
It works fine except that when new data is added though the append()

I have a JTable that initially has no rows ie getRowCount() == 0
But I can still manage to fire ListSelectionEvents by keying tabs.
Is this a bug or have I missed something?
I have, until now, assumed this was impossible.

I extended JPanel into something called a DrawingSurface that is used
to render images. I set up a JScrollPane with a DrawingSurface
instance as its client. When the drawing surface loads an image, it
changes its size by calling setSize(). To my chagrin, my JScrollPane