Beginner question about Applescript

Hello,
I'de like to know two things :
- can I use Applescript on an application which does not have any dictionary ?
- do you think it would be possible to make a script which would detect the opening of a window on this application, and automatically display this new window on the front screen ?

Improved:
set theApp to "yourapp"
set windowcount to (count of windows of application theApp)
repeat
if ((count of windows of application theApp) > windowcount) then
exit repeat
else if ((count of windows of application theApp) < windowcount) then
set windowcount to (count of windows of application theApp)
end if
end repeat
--actions
display dialog "Hey! A window was opened!"

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mdewaddict11 wrote:
I am new to java, which is why I am posting on this forum. Let me try to be the first to welcome you to our little corner of the Java world.
I have been messing around with the NetBeans IDE and have made a couple GUI's now. First question is how do I have the window change. For example, if the application opened up and it showed a menu with a couple different buttons you could click to do different things, how would I make it so when you clicked a button the window changed into what was supposed to be on the screen next. Say one of the options was "Calculator", how would I make the window become a calculator after it was clicked? Do I make a new JFrame with the all the calculator stuff? If so, how do I "connect" the two of them? I want it to appear in the same window, not open a new one. My second question was how do I make it so my applications can be run from the desktop without having to build from within NetBeans?I have a feeling that you are searching for a way to change your GUI "view" on some action, and if so, there are many solutions to do this. Probably one of the more common ways is to use a CardLayout to swap JPanels, but other options including popping up a JDialog, using JTabbedPanes, hiding a JFrame and showing another, ... exist.
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Now I need to get on my soap box and discuss another issue that you've not asked about. First off, Java is not like Visual Basic, C#, or other .NET languages (assuming you may be familiar with the MS Visual Studio) in that our programs are not first and foremost GUI's with code tacked on. There's a lot to learn when starting to code in Java, enough that adding Java GUI coding may be a bit overwhelming at the start. I'm going to recommend that you put the GUI stuff to the side for a bit, study the basics of Java, and then later when you're comfortable with the rudiments of Java, start learning Swing coding but without NetBeans code generation. If you learn it through the Sun tutorials, Swing will make a whole lot more sense and even using NetBeans to generate some Swing code will be easier for you. Regardless what you do, best of luck!
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ThomYork wrote:
...So my problem is: even if I choose option 2 or 3 from mList, only the first option is selected. In other words, only formPerfil is being called.
My second question is that I have some command listeners on the other panels but mList. Is this correct to add in the same method CommandAction? For example, I added "cSave" and "cExpense". Is there any problem with it?I can't point exactly but the way how you "mix" select command with cFirst, cSec and cThird just doesn't feel right.
To handle selection in implicit list, neither of added commands is necessary. It is sufficient to just detect select command in the list and then use [getSelectedIndex() method|http://java.sun.com/javame/reference/apis/jsr118/javax/microedition/lcdui/List.html#getSelectedIndex()|javadoc] to figure which item was selected.
Another thing that looks suspicious is that commandAction does not check the displayable parameter ('s'). Say, without checking this paramenter, one will never know if SELECT_COMMAND comes from mList or mListSec.
Regarding your questions on handling "cSave" and "cExpense" commands in mList's comandAction, the way you do it is legal.
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