Drawing a Line between 2 Buttons. Help needed

Folks,
I have created a Layout which has a lot of buttons attached.
What I need is to create a line which seperates the button as
they are quite close to each other?
How do i create a line that will be shown between 2 horizontal buttons.
Button 1
--------------- [ Line]
Button 2
Can any one please answer.

a JSeparator() is something like a "line". but in your example it looks like a horizontal line, not like a vertical line.

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Use a multicolumn listbox or a table for your grid. Hide the scrollbars and headers.
You can use the ActiveCell property with -2,-2 to select all cells. You can then use the cell size property to set the exact size of the cell.
Next, you put a picture control on top of the table and color its background transparent so that the table shows through. You use property node to make sure the two are aligned to exactly the same spot and size.
You use the mouse events on the picture control to detect the clicks and moves.
You use the table's Point to Row Column method to translate the event's position data to a cell.
You use the picture control VIs to draw the line on the picture based on that data.
You can even color the selected cells in the table using the table properties.
If you want to simplify things somewhat, you can also use the timeout event instead of the Mouse Move event to draw the line, but then you'll need to keep the timeout value in a shift register and reset it to -1 (no timeout) when the Mouse Up event happens.
I would also suggest processing Mouse Enter and Leave events to change the cursor and cancel if the user leaves in the middle of dragging.
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I am trying to do the following:
Class Polygon, which takes as parameter a set of Point objects (passed to it by means of an ArrayList of Point objects), and has a method for displaying the polygon on a canvas (the polygon need not be closed, i.e. its first and last points need not have the same coordinates; the canvas may be passed to the class or to the method).
I have the following code:
Point.java:
* Point.java
* Defines the base class for the drawing exercises
package csc812;
import drawing.*;
class Point
private int m_iXValue;
private int m_iYValue;
// Default constructor
public Point()
this.m_iXValue = 0;
this.m_iYValue = 0;
// values constructor
public Point(int x,int y)
this.m_iXValue = x;
this.m_iYValue = y;
// Copy constructor
public Point(Point P)
this.m_iXValue = P.m_iXValue;
this.m_iYValue = P.m_iYValue;
// Calculates the distance between this and a given point
public double distance(Point p)
return Math.sqrt((m_iXValue-p.m_iXValue)*(m_iXValue-p.m_iXValue) +
(m_iYValue-p.m_iYValue)*(m_iYValue-p.m_iYValue));
// Draws a line between this and the given point
public void DrawLine(Point p,Canvas c)
c.drawLine(m_iXValue,m_iYValue,p.m_iXValue,p.m_iYValue);
// Outputs the coordinates - primarily for debugging
public void dump()
System.out.println("(" + m_iXValue + "," + m_iYValue + ")");
Polygon.java:
* Polygon.java
* This class uses the Point class to draw a polygon based on the
given points
* One critical assumption we make is that element 0 of the array list
is the
* starting point of the drawing
package csc812;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.Color;
import drawing.*;
import csc812.Point;
class Polygon extends Point
// Declare an ArrayList, since we cannot predetermine how many
elements we will have
private ArrayList m_List;
// foreground colour is part of the polygon
private Color m_ForeColour;
// Default constructor
public Polygon()
m_List = new ArrayList();
m_ForeColour = Color.BLACK;
// Constructor
public Polygon(ArrayList List,Color cl)
if (List.contains(Point))
m_List = new ArrayList();
m_List = List;
else
System.out.println("Polygon constructor error");
System.out.println("The ArrayList passed is not of type Point, so
cannot construct object");
m_ForeColour = cl;
// Copy constructor
public Polygon(Polygon p)
m_List = new ArrayList();
m_List = p.m_List;
m_ForeColour = p.m_ForeColour;
// Draws the polygon
public void Display(Canvas c)
// Declare array for use
Point [] pArray = new Point[m_List.size()];
pArray = m_List.toArray();
c.setForegroundColor(m_ForeColour);
for (int i = 0;i < pArray.length;i++)
try
Point p1 = new Point(pArray);
Point p2 = new Point(pArray[i+1]);
p1.DrawLine(p2,g);
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
break;
// Sets foreground colour
public void SetColour(Color f)
m_ForeColour = f;
// Output for debugging
public void Dump()
// Declare array for use
Point [] pArray = new Point[m_List.size()];
pArray = m_List.toArray();
for (int i = 0;i < pArray.length;i++)
Point p = new Point(pArray[i]);
p.Dump();
I can't seem to get this to work, I think I'm close to being correct but can anyone help me get it right?
Thanks,
Andy

In general, you should not name an object the same name as a class. List is an interface in package java.util. So, you should name your ArrayList something like myList, or aList, or theStupidFarkingList. And when you call a method, you must match the type of object you are passing in (the argument) to the type declared in the method (the parameter).
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