How to implement a toolbar to many forms.

Question

I am developing a an application and made a toolbar, I want that every form I make use this toolbar, How?
Actually the tool bar is called from a form, how I do to call it from another form to ge only the toolbar, not the form where it is.
thanks an advance.

Answer 1

er maybe, heve each form maintain whether it is the "active" form or not.
Have all Your "WIndows" er forms implement ActionListener Interface
Make your ToolBar in its own class,
public class MultiToolbar extends JToolbar
}Have Method in the MultiToolBar class
something like this:
where MyForm is the className of your 'Forms'
public void  setListener( MyForm inForm )
  // loop over all the buttons on the toolBar
   Button1.addActionListener( inForm );
   Button2.addActionListener( inForm );
  // or however you decide to implement it
}in your MYForm class:
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
    if( ! TestIfIAmTheCurrentForm() )
      return;
   // Handle the action sent by the Toolbar
}So When User clicks say "Paste From ClipBoard" from the Toolbar
all the forms get sent an ActionEvent - related to "Paste From Clipboard" however you decide to implement it.
If the Form is active, perhaps try using something like hasFocus(),
Then Only That Form acts and does the "Paste" Action
OR:-
YOu could make your JFrame or whatever the Toolbar is on,
decide which form to despatch some message to or something like that.
If you Mean:
I have 50 Forms, I want them all to use the same looking Toolbar - but 50 of them.
make a Toolbar with a constructor that takes an ActionListener:
public MultiToolBar extends JToolBar
public MultiToolBar( ActionListener listener )
    //blah
   Button1.addActionListener( listener );
   // and so on.
}Then each Form that implements ActionListener goes:
   MultiToolBar Fred = new MultiToolBar( this );
   // Set Fred as the Toolbar for this windowI used that approach when I made something that when you click on its toolbar you get a little window with a "thumbnail" Image
and a Toolbar with 4 Zoom buttons on it.
I only wanted to write that toolbar once.........