steve

How about the the design window reflecting the currently chosen look and
feel? It seems to choose the platform look and feel regardless of what's
chosen in the code. This makes it hard to design to anything other than the
platform look and feel, since you have to keep jumping back and forth
between the designer and runtime. Thx.

-Steve

gillmer j. derge \(teamb\)

If you right click in the Designer, there is a menu that lets you change
the look and feel. This is explained in more detail in the help files.
Look in the index for "look and feel / design time."

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Gillmer J. Derge (TeamB)

steve

Well that's just too simple. ;-) Thanks.

BTW, I've read that the Borland L&F is not redistributable. Any idea what's
it's doing there? I mean what's the point of using the look and feel only in
the Designer? Thx.

-Steve

gillmer j. derge \(teamb\)

I'm sure it's just a side-effect of the way the menu is created. They
probably display any look and feel that's known to the UIManager. In
order to exclude it from that menu, they'd need to hardcode a special
rule for the Borland look and feel. Might not be a bad idea though.

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Gillmer J. Derge (TeamB)

jennifer ashley kuiper

I mean what's the point of using the look and feel only in


Well, it looks neat, dunnit? They have used the same L&F in both C++BuilderX
and JBuilder X. Look at it this way, you can't use the L&F of M$ Outlook in
your own apps either, now can you? (Hmmm... bad example)
Besides, you can hack it:
import com.borland.primetime.*;
import com.borland.plaf.borland.*;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public static void main(String[] args)

{

try

{

BorlandLookAndFeel borland = new BorlandLookAndFeel();

borland.setCurrentTheme(new BorlandTheme());


UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.borland.plaf.borland .BorlandLookAndFeel");

}

catch(Exception e)

{

e.printStackTrace();

}

lori m olson (teamb)

Of course you can hack it. There have been numerous postings on how to
do so. But the license agreement prohibits you from re-distributing the
jar file containing the Borland Look and Feel with your application, so
there's not much point is there?

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Regards,

Lori Olson (TeamB)

jennifer ashley kuiper

Sure, and of course I will never violate any such agreement. I just always
want to know how to get things done.

Regards,
Jenny

robert klinkenberg

Depends. In many countries Shrink Wrap and Click wrap licenses are legally
questionable or simply illegal. In those countries people can (more or less)
legally break the license agreements as long as they don't break the law. As
the jar file is probably copyrighted,you still can't distribute it but in
other cases there is a distinct difference between what you are legally
allowed to do and what the license agreement states. So, the license
agreement isn't really worth the paper it's written on and you shouldn't
base your decision on what that license agreement says but on the law of the
country or countries you are working in and sell your software. A bit more
work but it can be rewarding. It can also get you into a courtroom as
companies tend to defend their license agreements. However, in most cases
they will probably ignore you or try to settle with you as they definately
can not afford to lose a case about their license agreement.

Robert