| GUI Form Example Descriptions |
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| This project contains three visual forms that were designed with the IDE's |
| GUI Builder. You can open these forms in the IDE, and you can view accompanying |
| demos that show you how those forms can be created in the IDE. |
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| To open an example form in the GUI Builder: |
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| 1) In the IDE's Projects window, navigate to the examples package node within the |
| Source Packages directory. |
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| 2) Double-click the node of the sample form you want to view. |
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| The IDE launches the GUI Builder and displays the chosen form. |
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| Contact Editor |
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| This complex form is similar to Windows dialogs typically used to display and |
| edit database information. The example illustrates the full range of GUI Builder |
| features, including alignment, anchoring, sizing, indentation, and runtime |
| auto-resizing behavior. To view a detailed tutorial including flash |
| demonstrations showing how to build this form, copy and paste the following link |
| into your web browser http://netbeans.org/kb/60/java/quickstart-gui.html. |
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| Antenna Preferences |
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| This example illustrates a type of table-based form commonly used to display |
| related information in visually coherent groups. The GUI Builder's advanced |
| alignment features enable you to group and size non-adjacent components (such as |
| labels, text fields, and buttons) consistently without the need to merge cells |
| manually. |
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| Find |
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| This simple form illustrates a straight-forward layout often used in various |
| applications requiring basic search functionality. The GUI Builder's alignment |
| and sizing features enable you to quickly construct such forms while ensuring |
| that they localize predictably. |
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