Re: Re: NB Windows/Panel system

Thanks Tim,

I wasn't aware you could use the netbeans as a platform.. I knew this
was a big bonus of eclipse for some time.

Might a similar widget make it's way into Mustang as a swing component?

Gerry

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:15:13 -0800, Tim Boudreau <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gerry Steele wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've recently adopted Netbeans as my Java IDE of choice of all the
> > various reasons. One of them is the very attractive and highly
> > intuitive UI design style used.
> >
> > I've tried looking through a lot of the current netbeans docs I can't
> > seem to find anything about using this same windowing system in other
> > applications... or indeed if it can be used. In fact I can't seem to
> > find very much on the implementation details at all.
> >
> > I am aware I could used the source but I would't have a clue were to start.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction??
> 
> You probably want to ask this question on [email protected], which
> covers developing applications on NetBeans.
> 
> The tab control which does the basics is buildable as a standalone
> library, but that doesn't get you persistence, drag and drop, etc (these
> are implemented through listeners on the controls).
> 
> Underlying that is the NetBeans windowing system.  That's what
> implements the rest of the plumbing.  The API for it can be found in the
> package org.openide.windows;  the actual implementation is in the
> core/windows module - if you have a checkout of NetBeans sources, have a
> look in core/windows.
> 
> But the easiest way to reuse all of this (and more) is to build your
> application on NetBeans (in other words, your app is NetBeans minus the
> IDE-specific modules, plus your modules which implement what you want).
>   This gets you menu/action and setting management and lots of other
> stuff that can save years of development time in terms of getting a
> large application up and running quickly.  Additionally there may be
> NetBeans modules you can reuse for your own purposes.
> 
> The platform by itself is quite small and starts quickly.  For a brief
> overview, see
> http://www.netbeans.org/products/platform/
> 
> -Tim
> 
>