Help with building a form

Hello, I'm pretty new to LifeCycle and don't even know if this is the right program I should be using to do this but I thought I'd give it a shot.
The branch I work for in my company has been doing media planning up in Saskatchewan for about a year now. We build and distribute ads through small towns across Saskatchewan for all types of people. We have been building up a list of newspapers that we can use including the contact information and prices of various sized ads.
We don't have a way to reference all the newspapers quickly. We have to go back through prior folders and find each newspaper and their contact information before we can plan for the next ad run. What I would like to do is build a form that would be easy to just click on a drop down menu, find the newspaper that you want, and then all the information will pop up in a contact box below the drop down menu.
I've already build a mini drop down menu with about 10 newspapers to see if this will work but I don't know how to link the drop down menu item with another box that will open up all the contact and pricing info.
Can someone please help?
Thanks!

Hi,
you can do what you want with LiveCycle, and it might help you to look at this reference as it shows how to work with data ( it does depend how your data is stored)
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/index.htm?content=000006.htmlhttp://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/index.htm?content=000006.html
If you data does not change very often then I would recommend just using an XML file to store the data and then use thebinding ability with possible some JavaScript to create the solution you would like.
Hope this helps
Malcolm

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              <td style="font-family:Verdana, Arial; font-size:11px; color:#333333;">'.$address2.'</td>
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$url = stripslashes($_POST["url"]);
if (!empty($url)) {
header( 'Location: http://www.go-away-spam-robots.com' );
exit();
if (!isset($warning)) {
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
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?>
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The web designer can use what you provided, which does what you describe the client wanting. But the web designer may need to integrate what Encore provided onto a web page, and the client may not have made the expectations clear and may not know what is needed. As I said, the Encore to flash player gives almost no options for the player controls and colors etc may be problems.
<Encore did encode the f4v file. When I exported from PremPro what preset should I hve chosen -- mpeg2 DVD, flv/f4v. So the only file he needs in addition to what I gave him is the original f4v file?
I don't know whether the f4v you exported from Premiere was progressive. The f4v from Encore might be fine, or you might need to export from Premiere again.
The other issue is that some "player" with controls needs to be provided by you or the web designer (who may have an issue with the client not getting the designer to lay all this out to begin with). There are several threads about "flv players" you might check out. Does the client have video on his site already? If so, you can figure out what they are using, and it will help with your process.
should I have chosen "flash server" instead of "progressive". i must admit i never did this before. other clients just have me post it to youtube and provide them with embed code.
It depends on what they want.

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Help with building a JTree using tree node and node renderers

Hi,
I am having a few problems with JTree's. basically I want to build JTree from a web spider. The webspide searches a website checking links and stores the current url that is being processed as a string in the variable msg. I wan to use this variable to build a JTree in a new class and then add it to my GUI. I have created a tree node class and a renderer node class, these classes are built fine. can someone point me in the direction for actually using these to build my tree in a seperate class and then displaying it in a GUI class?
*nodeRenderer.java
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
public class nodeRenderer extends DefaultTreeCellRenderer
                                   implements TreeCellRenderer
public static Icon icon= null;
public nodeRenderer() {
icon = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("icon.gif"));
public Component getTreeCellRendererComponent(
JTree tree,
Object value,
boolean sel,
boolean expanded,
boolean leaf,
int row,
boolean hasFocus) {
super.getTreeCellRendererComponent(
tree, value, sel,
expanded, leaf, row,
hasFocus);
treeNode node = (treeNode)(((DefaultMutableTreeNode)value).getUserObject());
if(icon != null) // set a custom icon
setOpenIcon(icon);
setClosedIcon(icon);
setLeafIcon(icon);
     return this;
*treeNode.java
*this is the class to represent a node
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
* Class used to hold information about a web site that has
* been searched by the spider class
public class treeNode
*Url from the WebSpiderController Class
*that is currently being processed
public String msg;
treeNode(String urlText)
     msg = urlText;
String getUrlText()
     return msg;
//gui.java
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class gui extends JFrame implements Runnable
     *declare variable, boolean
     *thread, a object and a center
     *pane
     protected URL urlInput;
     protected Thread bgThread;
     protected boolean run = false;
     protected WebSpider webSpider;
     public gui()
          *create the gui here
          setTitle("Testing Tool");
     setSize(600,600);
     //add Buttons to the tool bar
     start.setText("Start");
     start.setActionCommand("Start");
     toolBar.add(start);
     ButtonListener startListener = new ButtonListener();
          start.addActionListener(startListener);
          cancel.setText("Cancel");
     cancel.setActionCommand("Cancel");
     toolBar.add(cancel);
     ButtonListener cancelListener = new ButtonListener();
          cancel.addActionListener(cancelListener);
          close.setText("Close");
     close.setActionCommand("Close");
     toolBar.add(close);
     ButtonListener closeListener = new ButtonListener();
          close.addActionListener(closeListener);
          //creat a simple form
          urlLabel.setText("Enter URL:");
          urlLabel.setBounds(100,36,288,24);
          formTab.add(urlLabel);
          url.setBounds(170,36,288,24);
          formTab.add(url);
          current.setText("Currently Processing: ");
          current.setBounds(100,80,288,24);
          formTab.add(current);
     //add scroll bars to the error messages screen and website structure
     errorPane.setAutoscrolls(true);
     errorPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.
     ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     errorPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.
     ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     errorPane.setOpaque(true);
     errorTab.add(errorPane);
     errorPane.setBounds(0,0,580,490);
     errorText.setEditable(false);
     errorPane.getViewport().add(errorText);
     errorText.setBounds(0,0,600,550);
     treePane.setAutoscrolls(true);
     treePane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.
     ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     treePane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.
     ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     treePane.setOpaque(true);
     treeTab.add(treePane);
     treePane.setBounds(0,0,580,490);
     treeText.setEditable(false);
     treePane.getViewport().add(treeText);
     treeText.setBounds(0,0,600,550);
     //create the tabbed window
centerPane.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder());
formTab.setLayout(null);
errorTab.setLayout(null);
treeTab.setLayout(null);
centerPane.addTab("Search Parameters", formTab);
centerPane.addTab("Error Messages", errorTab);
centerPane.addTab("Website Structure", treeTab);
          //add the tool bar and tabbed pane
          getContentPane().add(toolBar, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
getContentPane().add(centerPane, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
          *create the tool bar pane, a center pane, add the buttons,
          *labels, tabs, a text field for user input here
          javax.swing.JPanel toolBar = new javax.swing.JPanel();
          javax.swing.JButton start = new javax.swing.JButton();
          javax.swing.JButton cancel = new javax.swing.JButton();
          javax.swing.JButton close = new javax.swing.JButton();
          javax.swing.JTabbedPane centerPane = new javax.swing.JTabbedPane();
          javax.swing.JPanel formTab = new javax.swing.JPanel();
          javax.swing.JLabel urlLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
          javax.swing.JLabel current = new javax.swing.JLabel();
          javax.swing.JTextField url = new javax.swing.JTextField();
          javax.swing.JPanel errorTab = new javax.swing.JPanel();
          javax.swing.JTextArea errorText = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
          javax.swing.JScrollPane errorPane = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
          javax.swing.JPanel treeTab = new javax.swing.JPanel();
          javax.swing.JTextArea treeText = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
          javax.swing.JScrollPane treePane = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
          javax.swing.JTree searchTree = new javax.swing.JTree();
          *show the gui
          public static void main(String args[])
          (new gui()).setVisible(true);
     *listen for the button presses and set the
     *boolean flag depending on which button is pressed
     class ButtonListener implements ActionListener
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
               Object object = event.getSource();
               if (object == start)
                    run = true;
                    startActionPerformed(event);
               if (object == cancel)
                    run = false;
                    startActionPerformed(event);
               if (object == close)
                    System.exit(0);
     *this method is called when the start or
     *cancel button is pressed.
     void startActionPerformed (ActionEvent event)
          if (run == true && bgThread == null)
               bgThread = new Thread(this);
               bgThread.start();
          if (run == false && bgThread != null)
               webSpider.cancel();
     *this mehtod will start the background thred.
     *the background thread is required so that the
     *GUI is still displayed
     public void run()
          try
               webSpider = new WebSpider(this);
               webSpider.clear();
               urlInput = new URL(url.getText());
               webSpider.addURL(urlInput);
               webSpider.run();
               bgThread=null;
          catch (MalformedURLException e)
               addressError addErr = new addressError();
               addErr.addMsg = "URL ERROR - PLEASE CHECK";
               SwingUtilities.invokeLater(addErr);
          *this method is called by the web spider
          *once a url is found. Validation of navigation
          *happens here.
          public boolean urlFound(URL urlInput,URL url)
               CurrentlyProcessing pro = new CurrentlyProcessing();
          pro.msg = url.toString();
          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(pro);
          if (!testLink(url))
                    navigationError navErr = new navigationError();
                    navErr.navMsg = "Broken Link "+url+" caused on "+urlInput+"\n";
                    return false;
          if (!url.getHost().equalsIgnoreCase(urlInput.getHost()))
               return false;
          else
               return true;
          *this method is called internally to check
     *that a link works
          protected boolean testLink(URL url)
          try
               URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
               connection.connect();
               return true;
          catch (IOException e)
               return false;
     *this method is called when an error is
     *found.
          public void URLError(URL url)
          *this method is called when an email
          *address is found
          public void emailFound(String email)
          /*this method will update any errors found inc
          *address errors and broken links
          class addressError implements Runnable
               public String addMsg;
               public void run()
                    errorText.append(addMsg);
                    current.setText("Currently Processing: "+ addMsg);
          class navigationError implements Runnable
               public String navMsg;
               public void run()
                    errorText.append(navMsg);
          *this method will update the currently
          *processing field on the GUI
          class CurrentlyProcessing implements Runnable
          public String msg;
          public void run()
               current.setText("Currently Processing: " + msg );
//webspider.java
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import javax.swing.text.html.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
import javax.swing.*;
*this class implements the spider.
public class WebSpider extends HTMLEditorKit
     *make a collection of the URL's
     protected Collection urlErrors = new ArrayList(3);
     protected Collection urlsWaiting = new ArrayList(3);
     protected Collection urlsProcessed = new ArrayList(3);
     //report URL's to this class
     protected gui report;
     *this flag will indicate whether the process
     *is to be cancelled
     protected boolean cancel = false;
     *The constructor
     *report the urls to the wui class
     public WebSpider(gui report)
     this.report = report;
     *get the urls from the above declared
     *collections
     public Collection getUrlErrors()
     return urlErrors;
     public Collection getUrlsWaiting()
     return urlsWaiting;
     public Collection getUrlsProcessed()
     return urlsProcessed;
     * Clear all of the collections.
     public void clear()
     getUrlErrors().clear();
     getUrlsWaiting().clear();
     getUrlsProcessed().clear();
     *Set a flag that will cause the begin
     *method to return before it is done.
     public void cancel()
     cancel = true;
     *add the entered url for porcessing
     public void addURL(URL url)
     if (getUrlsWaiting().contains(url))
          return;
     if (getUrlErrors().contains(url))
          return;
     if (getUrlsProcessed().contains(url))
          return;
     /*WRITE TO LOG FILE*/
     log("Adding to workload: " + url );
     getUrlsWaiting().add(url);
     *process a url
     public void processURL(URL url)
     try
          /*WRITE TO LOGFILE*/
          log("Processing: " + url );
          // get the URL's contents
          URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
          if ((connection.getContentType()!=null) &&
     !connection.getContentType().toLowerCase().startsWith("text/"))
          getUrlsWaiting().remove(url);
          getUrlsProcessed().add(url);
          log("Not processing because content type is: " +
     connection.getContentType() );
               return;
     // read the URL
     InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
     Reader r = new InputStreamReader(is);
     // parse the URL
     HTMLEditorKit.Parser parse = new HTMLParse().getParser();
     parse.parse(r,new Parser(url),true);
catch (IOException e)
     getUrlsWaiting().remove(url);
     getUrlErrors().add(url);
     log("Error: " + url );
     report.URLError(url);
     return;
// mark URL as complete
getUrlsWaiting().remove(url);
getUrlsProcessed().add(url);
log("Complete: " + url );
*start the spider
public void run()
cancel = false;
while (!getUrlsWaiting().isEmpty() && !cancel)
     Object list[] = getUrlsWaiting().toArray();
     for (int i=0;(i<list.length)&&!cancel;i++)
     processURL((URL)list);
* A HTML parser callback used by this class to detect links
protected class Parser extends HTMLEditorKit.ParserCallback
protected URL urlInput;
public Parser(URL urlInput)
this.urlInput = urlInput;
public void handleSimpleTag(HTML.Tag t,MutableAttributeSet a,int pos)
String href = (String)a.getAttribute(HTML.Attribute.HREF);
if((href==null) && (t==HTML.Tag.FRAME))
href = (String)a.getAttribute(HTML.Attribute.SRC);
if (href==null)
return;
int i = href.indexOf('#');
if (i!=-1)
href = href.substring(0,i);
if (href.toLowerCase().startsWith("mailto:"))
report.emailFound(href);
return;
handleLink(urlInput,href);
public void handleStartTag(HTML.Tag t,MutableAttributeSet a,int pos)
handleSimpleTag(t,a,pos); // handle the same way
protected void handleLink(URL urlInput,String str)
try
     URL url = new URL(urlInput,str);
if (report.urlFound(urlInput,url))
addURL(url);
catch (MalformedURLException e)
log("Found malformed URL: " + str);
*log the information of the spider
public void log(String entry)
System.out.println( (new Date()) + ":" + entry );
I have a seperate class for parseing the HTML. Any help would be greatly appreciated
mrv

Hi Sorry to be a pain again,
I have re worked the gui class so it looks like this now:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class gui extends JFrame implements Runnable
     *declare variable, boolean
     *thread, a object and a center
     *pane
     protected URL urlInput;
     protected Thread bgThread;
     protected boolean run = false;
     protected WebSpider webSpider;
     public String msgInfo;
     public String brokenUrl;
     public String goodUrl;
     public String deadUrl;
     protected DefaultMutableTreeNode rootNode;
protected DefaultTreeModel treeModel;
     public gui()
          *create the gui here
          setTitle("Testing Tool");
     setSize(600,600);
     //add Buttons to the tool bar
     start.setText("Start");
     start.setActionCommand("Start");
     toolBar.add(start);
     ButtonListener startListener = new ButtonListener();
          start.addActionListener(startListener);
          cancel.setText("Cancel");
     cancel.setActionCommand("Cancel");
     toolBar.add(cancel);
     ButtonListener cancelListener = new ButtonListener();
          cancel.addActionListener(cancelListener);
          close.setText("Close");
     close.setActionCommand("Close");
     toolBar.add(close);
     ButtonListener closeListener = new ButtonListener();
          close.addActionListener(closeListener);
          //creat a simple form
          urlLabel.setText("Enter URL:");
          urlLabel.setBounds(100,36,288,24);
          formTab.add(urlLabel);
          url.setBounds(170,36,288,24);
          formTab.add(url);
          current.setText("Currently Processing: ");
          current.setBounds(100,80,288,24);
          formTab.add(current);
     //add scroll bars to the error messages screen and website structure
     errorPane.setAutoscrolls(true);
     errorPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.
     ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     errorPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.
     ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     errorPane.setOpaque(true);
     errorTab.add(errorPane);
     errorPane.setBounds(0,0,580,490);
     errorText.setEditable(false);
     errorPane.getViewport().add(errorText);
     errorText.setBounds(0,0,600,550);
     treePane.setAutoscrolls(true);
     treePane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.
     ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     treePane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.
     ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     treePane.setOpaque(true);
     treeTab.add(treePane);
     treePane.setBounds(0,0,580,490);
     treeText.setEditable(false);
     treePane.getViewport().add(treeText);
     treeText.setBounds(0,0,600,550);
     //JTree
     // NEW CODE
     rootNode = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Root Node");
     treeModel = new DefaultTreeModel(rootNode);
     treeModel.addTreeModelListener(new MyTreeModelListener());
     tree = new JTree(treeModel);
     tree.setEditable(true);
     tree.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(TreeSelectionModel.SINGLE_TREE_SELECTION);
tree.setShowsRootHandles(true);
     treeText.add(tree);
     //create the tabbed window
centerPane.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder());
formTab.setLayout(null);
errorTab.setLayout(null);
treeTab.setLayout(null);
centerPane.addTab("Search Parameters", formTab);
centerPane.addTab("Error Messages", errorTab);
centerPane.addTab("Website Structure", treeTab);
          //add the tool bar and tabbed pane
          getContentPane().add(toolBar, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
getContentPane().add(centerPane, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
          *create the tool bar pane, a center pane, add the buttons,
          *labels, tabs, a text field for user input here
          javax.swing.JPanel toolBar = new javax.swing.JPanel();
          javax.swing.JButton start = new javax.swing.JButton();
          javax.swing.JButton cancel = new javax.swing.JButton();
          javax.swing.JButton close = new javax.swing.JButton();
          javax.swing.JTabbedPane centerPane = new javax.swing.JTabbedPane();
          javax.swing.JPanel formTab = new javax.swing.JPanel();
          javax.swing.JLabel urlLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
          javax.swing.JLabel current = new javax.swing.JLabel();
          javax.swing.JTextField url = new javax.swing.JTextField();
          javax.swing.JPanel errorTab = new javax.swing.JPanel();
          javax.swing.JTextArea errorText = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
          javax.swing.JScrollPane errorPane = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
          javax.swing.JPanel treeTab = new javax.swing.JPanel();
          javax.swing.JTextArea treeText = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
          javax.swing.JScrollPane treePane = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
          javax.swing.JTree tree = new javax.swing.JTree();
          *show the gui
          public static void main(String args[])
          (new gui()).setVisible(true);
     *listen for the button presses and set the
     *boolean flag depending on which button is pressed
     class ButtonListener implements ActionListener
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
               Object object = event.getSource();
               if (object == start)
                    run = true;
                    startActionPerformed(event);
               if (object == cancel)
                    run = false;
                    startActionPerformed(event);
               if (object == close)
                    System.exit(0);
     *this method is called when the start or
     *cancel button is pressed.
     void startActionPerformed (ActionEvent event)
          if (run == true && bgThread == null)
               bgThread = new Thread(this);
               bgThread.start();
               //new line of code
               treeText.addObject(msgInfo);
          if (run == false && bgThread != null)
               webSpider.cancel();
     *this mehtod will start the background thred.
     *the background thread is required so that the
     *GUI is still displayed
     public void run()
          try
               webSpider = new WebSpider(this);
               webSpider.clear();
               urlInput = new URL(url.getText());
               webSpider.addURL(urlInput);
               webSpider.run();
               bgThread = null;
          catch (MalformedURLException e)
               addressError addErr = new addressError();
               addErr.addMsg = "URL ERROR - PLEASE CHECK";
               SwingUtilities.invokeLater(addErr);
          *this method is called by the web spider
          *once a url is found. Validation of navigation
          *happens here.
          public boolean urlFound(URL urlInput,URL url)
               CurrentlyProcessing pro = new CurrentlyProcessing();
          pro.msg = url.toString();
          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(pro);
          if (!testLink(url))
                    navigationError navErr = new navigationError();
                    navErr.navMsg = "Broken Link "+url+" caused on "+urlInput+"\n";
                    brokenUrl = url.toString();
                    return false;
          if (!url.getHost().equalsIgnoreCase(urlInput.getHost()))
               return false;
          else
               return true;
          *this method is returned if there is no link
          *on a web page, e.g. there us a dead end
          public void urlNotFound(URL urlInput)
                    deadEnd dEnd = new deadEnd();
                    dEnd.dEMsg = "No links on "+urlInput+"\n";
                    deadUrl = urlInput.toString();
          *this method is called internally to check
     *that a link works
          protected boolean testLink(URL url)
          try
               URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
               connection.connect();
               goodUrl = url.toString();
               return true;
          catch (IOException e)
               return false;
     *this method is called when an error is
     *found.
          public void urlError(URL url)
          *this method is called when an email
          *address is found
          public void emailFound(String email)
          /*this method will update any errors found inc
          *address errors and broken links
          class addressError implements Runnable
               public String addMsg;
               public void run()
                    current.setText("Currently Processing: "+ addMsg);
                    errorText.append(addMsg);
          class navigationError implements Runnable
               public String navMsg;
               public void run()
                    errorText.append(navMsg);
          class deadEnd implements Runnable
               public String dEMsg;
               public void run()
                    errorText.append(dEMsg);
          *this method will update the currently
          *processing field on the GUI
          public class CurrentlyProcessing implements Runnable
               public String msg;
          //new line
          public String msgInfo = msg;
          public void run()
               current.setText("Currently Processing: " + msg );
     * NEW CODE
     * NEED THIS CODE SOMEWHERE
     * treeText.addObject(msgInfo);
     public DefaultMutableTreeNode addObject(Object child)
     DefaultMutableTreeNode parentNode = null;
     TreePath parentPath = tree.getSelectionPath();
     if (parentPath == null)
     parentNode = rootNode;
     else
     parentNode = (DefaultMutableTreeNode)
(parentPath.getLastPathComponent());
     return addObject(parentNode, child, true);
     public DefaultMutableTreeNode addObject(DefaultMutableTreeNode parent,
Object child)
     return addObject(parent, child, false);
     public DefaultMutableTreeNode addObject(DefaultMutableTreeNode parent,
     Object child,boolean shouldBeVisible)
     DefaultMutableTreeNode childNode = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(child);
     if (parent == null)
     parent = rootNode;
     treeModel.insertNodeInto(childNode, parent, parent.getChildCount());
     if (shouldBeVisible)
     tree.scrollPathToVisible(new TreePath(childNode.getPath()));
          return childNode;
     public class MyTreeModelListener implements TreeModelListener
          public void treeNodesChanged (TreeModelEvent e)
               DefaultMutableTreeNode node;
               node = (DefaultMutableTreeNode)
               (e.getTreePath().getLastPathComponent());
               try
                    int index = e.getChildIndices()[0];
                    node = (DefaultMutableTreeNode)
                    (node.getChildAt(index));
               catch (NullPointerException exc)
          public void treeNodesInserted(TreeModelEvent e)
          public void treeStructureChanged(TreeModelEvent e)
          public void treeNodesRemoved(TreeModelEvent e)
I beleive that this line of code is required:
treeText.addObject(msgInfo);
I have placed it where the action events start the spider, but i keep getting this error:
cannot resolve symbol
symbol : method addObject (java.lang.String)
location: class javax.swing.JTextArea
treeText.addObject(msgInfo);
Also the jtree is not showing the window that I want it to and I am not too sure why. could you have a look to see why? i think it needs a fresh pair of eyes.
Many thanks
MrV

Help with building dynamic website using tutorial (was: I know this is a repost but I'm still stuck!)

Perhaps this was missed by the group but here goes:
I am slogging thru a dynamic PHP tutorial but I cant continue without losing some understanding of the process due to ?
I am trying to complete the following:
Building your first dynamic website – Part 2: Developing the back end
However,
my Insert record form dialog (below) looks like this, and I need to change both 'title' and 'blog_entry' values (as shown above), but I cannot make that choice in my form.
I am using DW CC with the Deprecated Server Behavior from DMX zone.
I have made sure my results match the tutorial, but I cant get past the above inconsistency in functionality.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I'm able to display the report from within my database portlet by calling the report's .show procedure.
But, my problem is this: The reference_path is generated for my database portlet, for example 131_DYNAMIC_RPT_123123, so when I click the NEXT button on the report, the page is refreshed but the report is still on page 1.
I think the problem is that my portlet needs to internally determine what the reference_path SHOULD BE for the report I'm trying to display, and use it in the associated provider API's.
If I could call the API which is generating the reference_path I could then pass an appropriate reference_path. I would need to be able to dynamically regenerate the reference_path when ever the session variable changes. Is this possible ?
Also, when I'm building the p_arg_names, and p_arg_values whould I ONLY extract the argument(parms) which are associated with the p_reference_path of the portlet report currenttly being displayed ?
Also is there a session storage variable which contains the current PAGE ID and TAB ID. I'm extracting it form the PAGE_URL but it's very messy code.
Thanks in advance for your help !!

Hi,
you can do what you want with LiveCycle, and it might help you to look at this reference as it shows how to work with data ( it does depend how your data is stored)
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/index.htm?content=000006.htmlhttp://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/index.htm?content=000006.html
If you data does not change very often then I would recommend just using an XML file to store the data and then use thebinding ability with possible some JavaScript to create the solution you would like.
Hope this helps
Malcolm

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