I want to have a TextPane, that always have the size of
it's content. i used a DocumentListener to update the bounds
in the help of getPreferredSize().
Now i got the problem, that sometimes a new line is inserted.

does anyone have experience on creating and using a custom LayoutManager
in NetBeans (5.5)? What needs to be written in addition to the actual
LayoutManager class in order to have NetBeans accept it?
Thanks,

I have a JTree where each node displays a specific view when selected.
I'd like to somehow fire an event to default the app which view to
display when opened.
How do I fire an event for a JTree as if the user clicked on a specific

Hello all,
I have a small problem with Java Help. My application needs to show a
table in the help menu. This is not really a problem as JH  uses HTML.
The problem is that the table is big, and generated in an external

I have a JInternalFrame which contains various JComponents. One of
which is a JScrollPane which contains a JScrollBar. When I do a repaint
call (I have an ActiveRepainter class) on the JDesktopPane the
JScrollBar resets itself to the topmost position. I want the JScrollBar

Can XP/Vista run apple.awt.brushmetallook? If not, why not.

I have a table that all it's cells are rendered, I want to set the row
height accoding the height of the tallest component.
and I also want the component height to be set automatically after I
set it's width to the column width.

Please review the following code segment....
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public class IMIEasternButtonPanel extends JPanel {
    private BoxLayout bl = new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS);

I have just started playing with JFreeChart and am wondering how to
make two series on one plot with the possibility of setting up the
colors of each series and the line width (I am using XYDataset). Would
be very grateful for any hints.

    I want to keep an animation to a frame in background and
labels,textboxes etc on foreground,for that what i have to do?

Is it possible to change the properties of the font used in displaying tool
tip text for a JComponent?

I would like to check a web page for updates that is written
in JavaScript and requires me to log on with a username and
password, then email me a snapshot of the web page or a
copy of the web page.

In my application, i want to transfer a bill amount in word
representation.
Example,
 Number is 1,12,23,453 and i want to dispaly "one crore twelve lakhs

I would like to write a simple movie Database in java. When run it
should open a gui where all the movies are listed with the following info:
title, DVD-Number, Genre
It should be possible to add more columns later on. It should also be

How do I force my JLabel to display on the screen when I set it's
contents before some business, like for example some JMS communication
over a slow network?
 myLabel.setText("Now commencing network communication...");