[Eclipse Problem] Selection does not contain a main type?

Question

well i am using a GUI builder software which generates java code, i made a simple one to test and it will not compile.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class name  {
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     private void initComponents() {
          panel1 = new JPanel();
          label1 = new JLabel();
          textField1 = new JTextField();
          panel1.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
          label1.setText("Name:");
          label1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
          panel1.add(label1);
          textField1.setColumns(12);
          textField1.setText("hi");
          panel1.add(textField1);
     private JPanel panel1;
     private JLabel label1;
     private JTextField textField1;
}it should make a basic swing GUI but it just gives me the error "Selection does not contain a main type"
I did not select in eclipse "use public static void main" i know im not supposed to because this has no main method, but how am i to compile this? =X
Edited by: -Johnny- on May 14, 2008 6:44 PM
Edited by: -Johnny- on May 14, 2008 6:44 PM

Answer 1

-Johnny- wrote:
ya i used javac instead of eclipse then running it complains like you say
but is there any way to compile this code and it will work? I was hoping to use this GUI builder for business purposes but it seems like a waste of money so far if i can't make working java application with it =\The code is fine. You need to learn the basics. Start with the intro tutorials at the Sun type and start reading and coding.
Here is what the rest could look like:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class name
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private void initComponents()
        panel1 = new JPanel();
        label1 = new JLabel();
        textField1 = new JTextField();
        panel1.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        label1.setText("Name:");
        label1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
        panel1.add(label1);
        textField1.setColumns(12);
        textField1.setText("hi");
        panel1.add(textField1);
    private JPanel panel1;
    private JLabel label1;
    private JTextField textField1;
    public name()
        initComponents();
    public JPanel getPanel()
        return panel1;
    private static void createAndShowUI()
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("name");
        frame.getContentPane().add(new name().getPanel());
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args)
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
            public void run()
                createAndShowUI();
}Edited by: Encephalopathic on May 14, 2008 7:10 PM