AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Netbeans Help? :-)          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Inertia_sublimation Guest Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 5:35 am    Post subject: Netbeans Help? :-) Hi everyone! I was wondering, is this the place I can request assistance with some features in NetBeans? I am trying to design a GUI, Im *almost* done, but cant find the parameter for setting a JFrame's initial start-up size. Im using the NetBeans Frame Designer tool, and on startup, I want the Main Form to take up a certain percentage of the User's Screen space. Ive already gotten it to set its location to the middle of the screen (setLocationRelativeTo(null)). I just havent found a way to imput an initial start-up value for the Frame in the NetBeans Frame Designer interface. Extremely sorry if this doesnt belong here... would anyone like to tell me where I could post a question like this if so? Back to top Andrew Thompson Guest Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Netbeans Help? :-) "Inertia_sublimation" <inertia_sublimation (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote .... Quote: ....(bad) features in NetBeans? I am trying to design a GUI, Im *almost* done, but cant find the parameter for setting a JFrame's initial start-up size. I do not use net beans, but if you have access to the _code_ [ you know, that Java words that is your app.. ], you might try.. Component.setSize(int, int) -- Andrew Thompson * http://www.PhySci.org/ PhySci software suite * http://www.1point1C.org/ 1.1C - Superluminal! * http://www.AThompson.info/andrew/ personal site Back to top Ryan Stewart Guest Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Netbeans Help? :-) "Andrew Thompson" <andrew64 (AT) bigNOSPAMpond (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "Inertia_sublimation" <inertia_sublimation (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:zA9Gb.14556$aw2.8241229 (AT) newssrv26 (DOT) news.prodigy.com... ... ....(bad) features in NetBeans? I am trying to design a GUI, Im *almost* done, but cant find the parameter for setting a JFrame's initial start-up size. I do not use net beans, but if you have access to the _code_ [ you know, that Java words that is your app.. ], you might try.. Component.setSize(int, int) In addition, you should be able to use java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize() to get the screen resolution as a java.awt.Dimension, then use that and your GUI's height and width to place it center screen. Back to top Geoffrey Guest Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Netbeans Help? :-) You shouldn't set the size of your JFrame, it's bad practice. Instead, you should call pack(), which uses the layoutmanagers and every single component's preferredSize (or minimum) to determine it's size. If you are using JTextArea or JTextfield, use constructors that set the amount of columns. If you are using JScrollPane's use ???, but a hack is to set the minimum and preferred size of those manually. After calling pack(), you might wanna use the jFrame.set???state(SwingConstants.MAXIMIZED???). Still call pack() first, as the user might unmaximize the window. -- Thank you for any and all help, Geoffrey "Inertia_sublimation" <inertia_sublimation (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> schreef in bericht news:zA9Gb.14556$aw2.8241229 (AT) newssrv26 (DOT) news.prodigy.com... Quote: Hi everyone! I was wondering, is this the place I can request assistance with some features in NetBeans? I am trying to design a GUI, Im *almost* done, but cant find the parameter for setting a JFrame's initial start-up size. Im using the NetBeans Frame Designer tool, and on startup, I want the Main Form to take up a certain percentage of the User's Screen space. Ive already gotten it to set its location to the middle of the screen (setLocationRelativeTo(null)). I just havent found a way to imput an initial start-up value for the Frame in the NetBeans Frame Designer interface. Extremely sorry if this doesnt belong here... would anyone like to tell me where I could post a question like this if so? Back to top Andrew Thompson Guest Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 10:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Netbeans Help? :-) "Geoffrey" <geoffrey (AT) nospam (DOT) invalid> wrote Quote: You shouldn't set the size of your JFrame, it's bad practice. ..... 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