Re: Benefits of XUL with custom components

Hi,

> It seems like in my Application GUI work through
> the years, custom/tweaked Java components always are
> required.

  I agree. Letting you plug-in your own widgets and
use your own XUL tags is essential. Please, check out
the petra download package, for plug-in examples.

  I'm currently also working on making it easier to
plug-in widgets. For example, I have some experimental
code that lets you plug-in applets without any Java
code so you can use them like built-in XUL tags.
Example:

<applet code="demo.hello.HelloApplet.class"
width="300" height="100" >
  <param name="greeting" value="Salve Roma" >
</applet>

becomes

<hello greeting="Salve Roma" style="width: 300;
height: 100" />	 

And here's the config entry:

<appletdef name="hello" class="demo.hello.HelloApplet"
/>

I hope to get out the new package soon.

  - Gerald


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