Murach's Java Programming
How to develop a form

To make your Java applications inviting to today's users, you're going to want to create graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for them.

To do that, you use components from Java's Swing library. And in NetBeans, you have what many consider to be the leading tool for building GUIs using Swing components, the Swing GUI Builder. So this chapter teaches you the basics of using Swing and the Swing GUI Builder to create user-friendly interfaces, or forms.
Chapter 15 How to develop a form
An introduction to Swing 460
The user interface for the Future Value Calculator application 460
The inheritance hierarchy for Swing components 462
How to design a form 464
How to create a project for a GUI application 464
How to add a form to a project 464
How to add controls to a form 466
How to set properties 468
Common properties for forms and controls 470
How to add code to a form 472
How to set the variable name for a control 472
How to create an event handler for a control 474
How to rename or remove an event handler 476
How to enter the code for a form 478
Common methods for controls 480
How to display and center a form 482
The code for the FutureValueFrame class 484
How to validate Swing input data 486
How to display error messages 486

How to validate the data entered into a text field

 488
The SwingValidator class 490

How to validate multiple entries

 492
The Future Value application 494
The user interface 494
The code 494


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