Box layout error

Question

getting error
cannot resovle symbol createRigidArea location class Box
same thing is there in java tutorials pls help me.
pAnswer.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0,5)));

Answer 1

Here is the code which is working Fine i am working on it It's Tested Ok Injoy dear
& after Compiling this code u can able to get correct layout Then u have to chack your
PATH variable ehere u set your java PATH OK Dear Bye
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class bookdata
     JFrame frame;
     JPanel panel , panel2 , panel3;
     JButton but1,but2,but3,but4,but5,but6;
     Color cc;
     BoxLayout bak;
     ImageIcon icon;
     FlowLayout flo;
     public bookdata()
          icon = new ImageIcon("book/book.jpg");
          frame = new JFrame("Book Database");
          frame.setResizable(false);
          frame.setIconImage(new ImageIcon("book/logo.gif").getImage());
          Dimension d = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
          int x = (d.width - 550)/2;
          int y = (d.height - 500)/2;
          frame.setBounds(x,y,400,300);
     public void main1()
          JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
          flo = new FlowLayout();
          panel3 = new JPanel();
          but1 = new JButton("NEW BOOK");
          but2 = new JButton("EDIT");
          but3 = new JButton("DELET");
          but4 = new JButton("SHOW");
          but5 = new JButton("LONE");
          but6 = new JButton();
          panel = new JPanel();
          bak = new BoxLayout(panel,BoxLayout.Y_AXIS); // BOX Layout
          panel.setLayout(bak);
          // 1st 220 is for R
          // 2nd 177 is for G
          // 3rd 162 is for B
          // 4th 255 is for Alpha
          cc = new Color(51,51,255);
          panel2 = new JPanel();
          panel2.setLayout(flo);
          panel2.setBackground(cc);
          panel2.add(label);
          JSeparator hh = new JSeparator(SwingConstants.VERTICAL);
          SpringLayout layout = new SpringLayout();
          panel3.setLayout(layout);
          panel3.add(but1);          // pp1
          panel3.add(but2);          // pp2
          panel3.add(but3);          // pp3
          panel3.add(but4);          // pp4
          panel3.add(but5);          // pp5
          panel3.add(hh);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, but1, 15,SpringLayout.WEST, panel3);          // pp1
     layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, but1, 25,SpringLayout.NORTH, panel3);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, but2, 15,SpringLayout.WEST, panel3);          // pp2
     layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, but2, 55,SpringLayout.NORTH, panel3);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, but3, 15,SpringLayout.WEST, panel3);          // pp3
     layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, but3, 85,SpringLayout.NORTH, panel3);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, but4, 15,SpringLayout.WEST, panel3);          // pp4
     layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, but4, 115,SpringLayout.NORTH, panel3);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, but5, 15,SpringLayout.WEST, panel3);          // pp5
     layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, but5, 145,SpringLayout.NORTH, panel3);
          layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, hh, 100,SpringLayout.WEST, panel3);
     layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, hh, 500,SpringLayout.NORTH, panel3);
          frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
          panel.add(panel2);
          panel.add(panel3);
          frame.setSize(600,500);
          frame.setVisible(true);
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}