how can i close a jform extension of javax.swing.jframe
dispose method is deprecated in java 1.5
and about jfilechooser
where can i find some code to manage open and cancel buttoms events?

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   I've tried enable(false) - but that also greys out the control making it
harder to read - is there any better way?
TIA

I'm very new to Java Swing and I'm trying to create a JTable.  I need a
column of the table to display multiple types, such as a String in row
1, a JComboBox in row2, and a JRadioButton in row 3 for example.
I'm working on an editor of sorts and I need to create a table to

I am required to select a tab of JTabbedPane as a matter of
event-handling of some component which may be in some other tab of the
same JTabbedPane or may be a leaf of JTree which is on a left-split of
JSplitPane. Does someone know how to do it? Please help me out with it.

So if I have a regular jmenu on a form clicking File-->New-->Item
highlights all three menu (items) - File and New and Item
On the otherhand I have a popup menu from a jtree which uses the
following code

My problem should be pretty simple. I just haven't been able to work
out the solution yet.
The problem is: When I add JInternalFrames to my JDesktopPane, I can't
seem to get the newly added JInternalFrame to acquire focus. I'm

Can anyone point me in the right direction, I'm writng an application
that dynamically builds a JMenu, basicllay I iterate the given menu
and either create a new JMenu or add to the existing on :-
public void addMenuItem(String heading , String name , String icon ,

I have several JTextFields each contain text formatted differently. Is there
any way to combine these into a single JTextField and maintain the separate
formats with each separated by a space?

I am required to select a tab in JTabbedPane as event-handling of a
node of JTree. Now the selected tab should display the old instances
plus a new instance of JInternalFrame corresponding to the node that
was clicked.

Anyone know how to have JEditorPane to have HTML 4 support instead of HTML
3.2
Thanks

I have interesting problem with javax.swing.JComboBox (java 1.4.2)
When I click at combo to open list - there is no reaction to mouse
moves except these on combo header or outside my combo. So I cannot
choose any item from the list.

I have been using document windows contained
in a Desktop frame that inherit from InternalFrame
for several years now. The constructor of these
InternalFrames starts by declaring them, among

I have a main interface with a button that creates a frame.
Creating this frame may take 10 seconds.
I wish to make a progressbar (indeterminate) in the main interface to
show the application is working.

Hey people,
I have a problem with an application im trying to create, Ill start
with an intro to what im trying to achieve:
I have a ScrollPane on a Jframe, and in this ScrollPane i tried to get

I am required to populate a menu with the column-names of a table, upon
right-cliking the header. Now I want that the user can select more than
one of the options in the menu. And accordingly I would show only those
columns out of the whole collection of columns originally present ...