JTable column selection

Hi,
I need to select a particular column in a jtable by right clicking the mouse.Any help ?

play with these methods
Table.setColumnSelectionAllowed(true);
Table.setRowSelectionAllowed(true);

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for example in JTextFiled you have method on getSelectedText(), is there any method for tracking the selected text.
Thanks in advance
Minal

Here's an example of the model I used in my JTable. Not the "getValueAt" method & "getRecordAt" method. You will have to have a Record object - but it only contains the attributes of an inserted record (with appropriate getters & setters). Hope this helps.
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protected int nextEmptyRow = 0;
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case 2:
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catch (Exception e)
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they have lots of dependencies and it is not always easy to strip out an SSCCE without a considerable effort.Exactly. And is the cause of the problem the dependencies or something else. The only way to know for sure is to strip out the code and simplify the problem, that way you truly understand what the problem is.
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someone having a third look at it may actually find the enhancement required with ease.Exactly, but we need to see the big picture.
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import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
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if (o1 == null && o2 == null)
return 0;
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How to create a dynamic RTF report which creates dynamic columns based on dynamic column selection from a table?

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Phone
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<element name="Age" value="Age" />
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<element name="Salary" value="Salary" />
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Name     Age     Phone     Address     Salary
Swapnill     23     12345         Madrid     100000
Now, I dont know below things.
Make the XML dynamic as in on Day 1 there must be 3 columns in the SELECT statement and on Day 2, 5 columns. I want to create one dynamic XML which should not be required to be changed if new columns are added in my_table. I dont know how to create this query and also create their corresponding elements below.
Make the RTF template dyanamic as in Day1 there must 3 columns in EXCEL output and on Day 2, 5 columns. I want to create a Dynamic RTF template which would show all the columns selected in Dynamic XML.I dont know how the RTF will create new XML tags and how it will know where to place it in the report. Means, I can create RTF template on Day 1, by loading XML data for 3 columns and placing 3 XML tags in template. But how will it create and place tags for new columns on Day 2?
Hope, you got my requirement, its a challenging one. Please let me know how I can implement the required solution using RTF dynamically without any manual intervention.
Regards,
Swapnil K.
Message was edited by: SwapnilK

Hi All,
I am able to fulfil above requirement. Now I am stuck at below point. Need your help!
Is there any way to UPDATE the XML file attached to a Data Definition (XML Publisher > Data Definition) using a standard package or procedure call or may be an API from backend? I am creating an XML dynamically and I want to attach it to its Data Definition programmatically using SQL.
Please let me know if there is any oracle functionality to do this.
If not, please let me know the standard directories on application/database server where the XML files attached to Data Definitions are stored.
For eg, /$APPL_TOP/ar/1.0/sql or something.
Regards,
Swapnil K.

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Thanks
lol
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
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        JPanel pane2 = new JPanel();
        JPanel pane3 = new JPanel();
        JPanel pane4 = new JPanel();
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If I am doing something wrong please accept my apology, and address me in the right direction.
Thanks
Lol
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import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
public class si1 extends javax.swing.JFrame implements ActionListener {
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    JTextField name1 = new JTextField(15);
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        super("DataBase Loader");
        setSize(1025,740);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JPanel pane = new JPanel();
        JPanel pane1 = new JPanel();
        JPanel pane2 = new JPanel();
        JPanel pane3 = new JPanel();
        JPanel pane4 = new JPanel();
        pane.setLayout(new GridLayout(20,1));
        pane1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
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        String[][] data = new String[j][2];
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        pane1.add(new JPanel().add(btn), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
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        pane1.add(pane4, BorderLayout.CENTER);
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        String[] lastnames = new String[count];
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Edited by: Srinivas Manchi on Apr 22, 2010 1:06 PM

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