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Question

Is there an easy way to customize the layout
using Jdeveloper.
I am using Business component wizard to generate the default panel .
When i want to rearrange the items in a customized way,
1.i had to set the layout properties of all the panels.
2.had to move all the labels and control textitems from their panel to a common panel,as i belive having those additional panels for each fields is additional burden.
3.i have close to 30 fields to be displayed and i should be able to group them accroding to their functionality i.e like all address info,basic info etc.
4.Also when i take the above approach ,it takes a while for me to move the fields
I am using 256MB RAM,1GB Virtual Memory and my Harddisk is 6 GB with Pentium II processor
Jdevloper version : 3.1(build 681)
OS : Windows 2000 Professional
Please suggest
Jagan
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Answer 1

The code generated from the wizard is actually quite correct and logical given our goals - to make the label and field stay together.
However, this is not quite sympathetic to your goal of re-arranging the fields, and getting rid of the "extra" panel.
If you want a better suggestion,
the answer is the obvious.
Switch to the Source editor.
Do several rounds of Search's and
Search & Replaces and then you will
have the form of your making.
Although, you can do this in the designer, I think you can do it much faster using Source code view.
If this transformation is something you want to do repeatedly, maybe you can write a custom wizard / addin / utility / script?
I hope this helps,
John - JDeveloper Team