is there any way that we can have different buttons in the same screen
be displayed with different look and feels?? please advice

i have a doubt, i am using linux os with 2GB harddisk with P4 processor
how many threads can my java program handle at a particular point of
time.
plzzz i need the reply as soon as possible .

I have a JTextArea inside a JScrollPane.
I add some lines to JTextArea programatically using append() method.
Once added the vertical scrollbar moves such that last line gets
displayed (Obviously thats the expected behaviour since it was the last

If I have a JFrame which can be resized by the user, how can I make it
so that it will keep its aspect ratio as it is resized? I think I can
figure out how to check that the JFrame has the correct aspect ratio
just *after* it has been resized but is there a way of making sure it

I have the following components AS the bottom component of a JSplitPane
(w/ a horizontal split, left to right).
JPanel<-JTabbedPane<-JPanel-<JScrollPane (this is a bottom component).
Q1. The problem is that I can drag the divider bar up which makes this

I'm trying to create a panel which contains a rows of fields for contact
details. Each row has one label (i.e. field name) and one data field. The
effect I'm trying to achieve is so the field name 'column' has a static
width, and the data 'column' expands with the window (i.e. so ...

I need a help from you all.
I am working on highlighting a value in a JTable cell.
When the user searches in a JTable for a single word, I need to render
that particular word in the cell. Not the whole column.

I have a JDialog that contains many controls for a simulation. I would
like to make it impossible for the user to close that dialog via the
close button. How do I do that?
TIA,

Have to create an interface that will run a Payroll System application
using a JComboBox and JTextFields. I have to allow the user to specify
the type of employee they wish to create and then specify the data
concerning that employee.  The output is displayed in a JTextArea.  I

I'm fairly new to java. I'm trying to build an application which reads
a hierarchical description of objects (something like a RC netlist with
the values) and draws the Circuit diagram. This may include blackboxes
which on clicking expand to show their sub-elements.

   Does anyone know the maximum length of a string for
JTextPane.setText(string) ?
   I'm attempting to generate an html report for viewing in a JTextPane.
   It appears to work fine for small reports (strings around 100,000

in a touch screen based application, i need an on-screen key board to
be used to type in data to different test components. in the keyboard i
have button from A to Z. to type using this, i'm trying to dispatch
events to the currently selected text compnent.

I am new to Java and am trying to write an application where I have a
disjoint window, separate from the main window, where I can put some
controls. This would be like the "Find" window in Eclipse, which is
movable anywhere on the desktop and therefore does not block any of the

I'm new to SWT and I'm looking for the best free SWT designer for Eclipse.
Any suggestions?
TIA.

We are experiencing problems with making our own scrolling class and
putting them into a ScrollPane.   The program below does not draw
anything in the paintComponent procedure.  It does not create scroll
bars