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Thread: 'Run' isn't 'Running'

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    Hello.
    This is my first time dealing with GUI in Java.
    I'm using Eclipse (Galileo) with the Visual Editor.
    I tried Running my application (not really an application, just a Frame with a Button) both with and without the mains class (as Java Application and java Beans, respectively), but I can preview my frame and button. The application does run, because if I put some simple commands on mains it does run in the console, but the GUI doesn't 'load'.
    Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong? I'm sure its a simple configuration mistake.

    Thanks!


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    Default Re: 'Run' isn't 'Running'

    Please post your code and we can help you find where the problem is.

    Likely this is what I think the problem could be: You forgot to set the JFrame to be visible.

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    I did set the frame as visible.
    Now that I see I think I'm doing something wrong with the layout. I set the layout as null for the frame and ContentPane, but when I try to add a component (the Button) it is awkward and I cannot simply drag and drop. When I click on a component to add it and then click on the Pane the component gets added just besides the pane and I cant drag-and-drop to the pane.

    When I run as Bean (after removing mains) I get the following in the console.
    "IWAV0048I Java Bean VisualTest started with null constructor"


    Here is the code (all generated by the VE):
    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
    import java.awt.BorderLayout;
    import java.awt.Dimension;
    import javax.swing.JButton;
    import javax.swing.JLabel;
    public class VisualTest {
     
    	private JFrame jFrame = null;  //  @jve:decl-index=0:visual-constraint="125,54"
    	private JPanel jContentPane = null;
    	private JButton jButton = null;  //  @jve:decl-index=0:visual-constraint="424,159"
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes jFrame	
    	 * 	
    	 * @return javax.swing.JFrame	
    	 */
    	private JFrame getJFrame() {
    		if (jFrame == null) {
    			jFrame = new JFrame();
    			jFrame.setSize(new Dimension(298, 187));
    			jFrame.setVisible(true);
    			jFrame.setContentPane(getJContentPane());
    		}
    		return jFrame;
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes jContentPane	
    	 * 	
    	 * @return javax.swing.JPanel	
    	 */
    	private JPanel getJContentPane() {
    		if (jContentPane == null) {
    			jContentPane = new JPanel();
    			jContentPane.setLayout(null);
    		}
    		return jContentPane;
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes jButton	
    	 * 	
    	 * @return javax.swing.JButton	
    	 */
    	private JButton getJButton() {
    		if (jButton == null) {
    			jButton = new JButton();
    		}
    		return jButton;
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * @param args
    	 */
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
     
    	}
     
    }

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    Default Re: 'Run' isn't 'Running'

    In Java, the program entry point is always the main method (well, applets are a special case. You don't write the main method yourself.).

    A second comment is that you should really create a constructor instead of having 3 methods which create components of the GUI.

    import java.awt.Dimension;
     
    import javax.swing.JButton;
    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
     
    public class VisualTest
    {
     
    	private JFrame	jFrame;
    	private JPanel	jContentPane;
    	private JButton	jButton;
     
    	public VisualTest()
    	{
    		jFrame = new JFrame();
    		jContentPane = new JPanel();
    		jButton = new JButton("button");
    		jContentPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(298, 187));
    		jContentPane.add(jButton);
    		jFrame.setContentPane(jContentPane);
    		jFrame.pack();
    		jFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes jFrame
    	 * 
    	 * @return javax.swing.JFrame
    	 */
    	public JFrame getJFrame()
    	{
     
    		return jFrame;
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes jContentPane
    	 * 
    	 * @return javax.swing.JPanel
    	 */
    	private JPanel getJContentPane()
    	{
    		return jContentPane;
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes jButton
    	 * 
    	 * @return javax.swing.JButton
    	 */
    	private JButton getJButton()
    	{
    		return jButton;
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * @param args
    	 */
    	public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
    		// calls the VisualTest constructor
    		VisualTest v = new VisualTest();
    		v.getJFrame().setVisible(true);
    	}
     
    }

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    Default Re: 'Run' isn't 'Running'

    Thanks. I thought Java Beans worked without calling the GUI from main.

    A second comment is that you should really create a constructor instead of having 3 methods which create components of the GUI.
    May I ask why? It seems easier to work with the way the editor parses the code, without the constructor.

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    Ah, I didn't see the part about where you're using a tool to generate the code. I usually write my GUI's by hand, and the above code is what I would do by hand.

    I guess it's ok with this code if it's generated, but I think it's a rather dumb way to generate the objects by calling the getter methods. I gave that tool a test, and it did generate the constructor for VisualTest. It also created VisualTest as a subclass of JFrame (I like this method because you have direct access to all the JFrame members).

    Using that tool I generated this code (note that I still had to write the main method):

    import java.awt.BorderLayout;
     
    import javax.swing.JButton;
    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
     
    public class VisualTest extends JFrame
    {
     
    	private static final long	serialVersionUID	= 1L;
    	private JPanel				jContentPane		= null;
    	private JButton				jButton				= null;
     
    	/**
    	 * This is the default constructor
    	 */
    	public VisualTest()
    	{
    		super();
    		initialize();
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes this
    	 * 
    	 * @return void
    	 */
    	private void initialize()
    	{
    		this.setSize(300, 200);
    		setContentPane(getJContentPane());
    		setTitle("JFrame");
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes jContentPane
    	 * 
    	 * @return javax.swing.JPanel
    	 */
    	private JPanel getJContentPane()
    	{
    		if (jContentPane == null)
    		{
    			jContentPane = new JPanel();
    			jContentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    			jContentPane.add(getJButton(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
    		}
    		return jContentPane;
    	}
     
    	/**
    	 * This method initializes jButton
    	 * 
    	 * @return javax.swing.JButton
    	 */
    	private JButton getJButton()
    	{
    		if (jButton == null)
    		{
    			jButton = new JButton();
    		}
    		return jButton;
    	}
     
    	public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
    		VisualTest v = new VisualTest();
    		v.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		v.setVisible(true);
    	}
    }

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