Wallpaper in a NetBeans RCP application
Yesterday I wrote about my attempts to put an image in the root window of a Netbeans RCP application that is shown when no TopComponents are open. Today I did finalize the code
Put a wallpaper in the root frame of a Netbeans RCP application
A few days ago I had dinner with Geertjan Wielenga and Henry Arousell and Henry did show me his application he is working on. He did have a background image in one of
Place the quicksearch component anywhere you like
In one of my applications I needed to put the Quicksearch into one of my Topcomponents instead of having it in the standard netbeans toolbar. The main reason for this is I'
No, I don't want to rename my node
Two weeks ago I needed to make my Outlineview readonly. All properties it's showing was only for read and all changes was gonna be done in a separate editor window. Making
Dynamic node edit property menu
Hi everybody. I'm sorry for the last months of no posts here but there hasn't been any time for me to write any blog posts since I have been
OpenJDK Project for Mac OS X
This is some good news for us Java developers on Mac: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/11/12openjdk.html Also I have started with a new blog post about dynamic population
Great Lookup video
Just found this great video about Lookup on blip.tv by NetBeans API architect Jaroslav Tulach. http://blip.tv/file/2631958/
That other Lookup
In my previous posts I have shown Lookup as a way to communicate between different components in a Netbeans RCP application, even between different modules by using Lookup as a communication device where
Bye bye Webstart Hello Update center
I have always heard about Update centers and that Netbeans modules could be put into them and have the module being updated automatically... But I have always been frigthend about it because it
Global font size
This is a really nice trick. I usually think that the font size of a Netbeans RCP application is too big. Even if it's possible to change the font size on
Refresh Node children automatically
Hello followers! Todays problem to solve is how to refresh your Node children when there is a change in the data model. For example if you have a list of Customers and a
The one with the cookies and some action and a little bit of Lookup
So.. this is a blog post about cookies. Don't we all love cookies? Sure we do but this isn't about those small sugar bombs, neither is it about cookies