I am developing my new application in Swing and I want to reuse JChempaint in this application. I have the jar file of JChempaint applet (which is developed in Swing using JApplet).
Basically, I want to add jar file to JPanel in my new application. In anyway, is this possible? JChempaint being open source, I also have the source code.
How can I add the JChempaint applet to a panel?
Following are the details after trying to implement the suggestions------ I started with my project and tried to develop a skeleton to embed the JChemPaint window in it. Following is the code of my layout:
package LearnSwingPkg;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
class SplitPane extends JFrame {
private JPanel panel1;
private JPanel panel2;
private JScrollPane panel3;
private JScrollPane panel4;
protected JSplitPane split;
public SplitPane(){
super("Learn Swing");
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
setSize(900, 700);
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLocation(0,0);
setTitle( "Split Pane Application" );
JPanel topPanel = new JPanel();
topPanel.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
getContentPane().add( topPanel );
// Create the panels
createPanel1();
createPanel2();
createPanel3();
createPanel4();
JSplitPane spLeft = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, true,panel1, panel3);
JSplitPane spRight = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT,true, panel2, panel4);
split = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT, true,spLeft, spRight);
split.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
getContentPane().add(split, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
//top left
public void createPanel1(){
panel1 = new JPanel();
panel1.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
panel1.add((new TextArea("Panel1")));
panel1.setPreferredSize( new Dimension( 450, 400 ) );
panel1.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(450, 400));
}
//top right
public void createPanel2(){
panel2 = new JPanel();
panel2.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
panel2.add((new TextArea("Panel2")));
panel2.setPreferredSize( new Dimension( 450, 400 ) );
panel2.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(450, 400));
}
//bottom left
public void createPanel3(){
Label label_prop = new Label("Properties:", Label.LEFT);
String[] columnNames = {"Properties",
"",
};
Object[][] data = {
{"", "",}, {"", ""}, {"", ""},{"", ""},
{"", "",}, {"", ""}, {"", ""},{"", ""},
{"", "",}, {"", ""}, {"", ""},{"", ""}
};
JTable table = new JTable(data, columnNames);
table.setBackground(getBackground());
table.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
table.setRowHeight(20);
table.setBorder(BasicBorders.getMenuBarBorder());
panel3 = new JScrollPane(table, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZO
panel3.add(label_prop);
panel3.setPreferredSize( new Dimension( 20, 20 ) );
panel3.setMinimumSize( new Dimension( 20, 20 ) );
}
//bottom right
public void createPanel4(){
panel4 = new JScrollPane();
//panel4.setLayout( new FlowLayout() );
String[] columnNames = {"Activities",
"",
};
Object[][] data = {
{"", "",}, {"", ""}, {"", ""},{"", ""},
{"", "",}, {"", ""}, {"", ""},{"", ""},
{"", "",}, {"", ""}, {"", ""},{"", ""}
};
JTable table = new JTable(data, columnNames);
table.setBackground(getBackground());
table.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
table.setRowHeight(20);
table.setBorder(BasicBorders.getMenuBarBorder());
panel4 = new JScrollPane(table, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
panel4.setPreferredSize( new Dimension( 20, 20 ) );
panel4.setMinimumSize( new Dimension( 20, 20 ) );
}
public static void main( String args[] ){
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception evt) {}
// Create an instance of the test application
SplitPane mainFrame = new SplitPane();
mainFrame.setVisible( true );
mainFrame.setBackground(Color.blue);
}
}
For time being, I have tried to insert an empty table,in the above code. Later, it will be populated with relevant data.
This gives me a Frame having four blocks, the upper left will have JCHemPaint window, Lower two blocks will have a table.
Now, in order to add JChemPaint in Panel 1 I edited the code in this file.I changed the method createPanel1 :
//top left
public void createPanel1(){
panel1 = new JPanel();
panel1.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
JChemPaint.showInstance(filename, null, null, debug);
panel1.setPreferredSize( new Dimension( 450, 400 ) );
panel1.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(450, 400));
}
This outputs me the JChemPaint window only.
I am unable to place it in to the panel 1 if my framework. How can I do this? Thank you!
