Multiple internal frame remains highlighted

Hi All,
I am developing a graphics editor where I am loading few internal frames with the load of application itself. Many a time it happens that more then one internal frame remains highligted and I am not able to select that internal frame or perform any operation on that.
Please suggest.

Read the JInternalFrame API and follow the link to the Swing tutorial on "How to Use Internal Frames" for working examples.
If you need further help then you need to create a "Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable, Example Program (SSCCE)", that demonstrates the incorrect behaviour.
http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html
Don't forget to use the "Code Formatting Tags", so the posted code retains its original formatting.
http://forum.java.sun.com/help.jspa?sec=formatting

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Internal Frames problem

Hi,
I am writing a piece of code where I want to able to choose from a menu a screen that displays multiple graphs (using Internal frames.) I am using cardlayout to bring up the various options I choose from the menu. I have simplified my program as much as possible but I still seem to be getting the same error
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: adding a window to a container .......
I know I shouldn't be adding a window to a container but I can't see how I can change my code so it has the functionality I desire.
Here is the code I am using
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Test extends JFrame
 public Test()
 JPanel card1 = new JPanel();
 card1.add(new InternalFrameDemo());
 getContentPane().add(card1);
 public static void main(String[] args)
 Test frame = new Test();
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
 frame.setSize(200, 200);
 frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
 frame.setVisible(true);
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class InternalFrameDemo extends JFrame
 JDesktopPane desktop;
 static final int xOffset = 30, yOffset = 30;
 private JLabel graph1;
 private String Graph1;
 public InternalFrameDemo() {
 super("InternalFrameDemo");
 //Make the big window be indented 50 pixels from each edge
 //of the screen.
 int inset = 50;
 Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
 setBounds(inset, inset,
 screenSize.width - inset*2,
 screenSize.height - inset*2);
 //Set up the GUI.
 desktop = new JDesktopPane(); //a specialized layered pane
 createFrame(); //create first "window"
 setContentPane(desktop);
 //Make dragging a little faster but perhaps uglier.
 desktop.setDragMode(JDesktopPane.OUTLINE_DRAG_MODE);
 //Create a new internal frame.
 protected void createFrame() {
 MyInternalFrame frame = new MyInternalFrame();
 frame.setVisible(true);
 desktop.add(frame);
 try {
 frame.setSelected(true);
 } catch (java.beans.PropertyVetoException e) {}
 //Quit the application.
 protected void quit() {
 System.exit(0);
 public void MyInternalFrame() {
 System.out.println("graph1");
 graph1 = new JLabel("",
 new ImageIcon("../images/Graph1.jpg"),
 JLabel.CENTER);
 getContentPane().add(graph1);
 //...Then set the window size or call pack...
 setSize(500,550);
}If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be great. Thanks in advance!

But I actually do not understand what that card layout thing is all about. If you want to hide/show internal frames you can simply use setVisible() and setSelected() like examplified below (I did put all code in the same file for my convenince). I have put a text in the label so that you can see that it is replaced. Using aJLabel to show an image is however a little bit weird.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
class MyInternalFrame extends JInternalFrame
private JLabel graph1;
public MyInternalFrame(String text)
 graph1 = new JLabel(text,
 new ImageIcon("../images/Graph1.jpg"),
 JLabel.CENTER);
 getContentPane().add(graph1);
 setSize(500,550);
public class InternalFrameDemo extends JFrame
private JDesktopPane desktop;
private final MyInternalFrame[] frames;
public InternalFrameDemo()
 super("InternalFrameDemo");
 frames = new MyInternalFrame[3];
 //Make the big window be indented 50 pixels from each edge of the screen.
 int inset = 50;
 Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
 setBounds(inset, inset,
 screenSize.width - inset*2,
 screenSize.height - inset*2);
 //Set up the GUI.
 desktop = new JDesktopPane(); //a specialized layered pane
 setContentPane(desktop);
 frames[0] = createFrame("Hello world!");
 frames[1] = createFrame("Hello again, world!");
 frames[2] = createFrame("Goodbye cruel world!");
 desktop.setDragMode(JDesktopPane.OUTLINE_DRAG_MODE);
 setSize(500, 500);
 Thread animThread = new Thread()
 public void run()
 for (int i = 0; i < frames.length; ++i)
 final int frameId = i;
 SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
 public void run()
 // Hide frame that is showing.
 if (frameId != 0)
 frames[frameId - 1].setVisible(false);
 System.out.println("Replacing image: " + frameId);
 frames[frameId].setVisible(true);
 try
 frames[frameId].setSelected(true);
 catch (java.beans.PropertyVetoException exc)
 exc.printStackTrace();
 try
 Thread.sleep(3000);
 catch (InterruptedException exc)
 exc.printStackTrace();
 animThread.start();
//Create a new internal frame.
protected MyInternalFrame createFrame(String text)
 MyInternalFrame frame = new MyInternalFrame(text);
 desktop.add(frame);
 return frame;
public static void main(String[] args)
 JFrame frame = new InternalFrameDemo();
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setVisible(true);
}Using lazy initialization where you postpone the creation of an internal frame until it is actually shown would be an improvement.
The setVisible/Selected() call can of course be triggered by something else in your application.
Note that changes of swing components shall be made in the EDT.

How to turn off frame edge highlighting in CS5?

Has anyone discovered how to turn off the frame edge highlighting on rollovers. I find this feature visually distracting and quite annoying as I'm moving around a page. Send advice, please. Thx.

Chief:
Sorry we got off track and didn't post the main workaround for Frame Edge Highlighting: Keep your hand on the spacebar.
This comes from Mike Rankin in the InDesign Magazine Tip of the Week in January:
TIP: Spring-Loaded Tools to the Rescue
InDesign tries very hard to help you align objects when you drag by snapping them Do you dislike the Frame Edge Highlighting that appears when you mouse over frames in CS5? Spring-loaded tools can help. Frame edge highlighting only appears when you use one of the selection tools. With spring-loaded tools, you can press and hold single keys to temporarily switch to any other tool. As long as you hold the key for more than a second, you'll switch back to your previous tool when you release the key. You have plenty of choices (t, \, p, f, m, n, c, e, g, z, etc).
Holding the spacebar also prevents the highlighting from appearing, and it's a nice big place for your fingers to rest. Heck, you don't even have to pay much attention to where you press--just rest your hand in the middle of the keyboard and lift it up when you want to select something. But don't hold v or a, which are the shortcuts for the selection tools.
- Mike Rankin
(Mike had suggests this several times in the past year, though not with the spacebar. E.g. he recommended 'H' back in June over on
InDesignSecrets. "H" for Hate).
There have been several threads on this, including the locked 201-post monster, Frame edge highlighting, and the feature request Allow Frame Edge Highlighting to be turned off, and frame edge highlights on hover.
Basically the takeaway is that it only happens with the selection (V) and direct selection (A) tools, and that multiple people have asked Adobe for a control to turn it off, and they've finally added one, but only in CS5.5, not in a CS5 maintenance release.

Plz help me with the internal frames

hi,.
i have design mainframe of my application contain some jinternalframes
.but these internal frames are not properly working since my mainframe contain borderlayout , mainframe also contain some menubar ,toolbar,jtable .so whenever i call my internalframes these frames just get behind my jtable . whenever i shift the border layout to
east or west or north the internalframes just get shift inthe given space .actually by default i have border layout as center.when shift my layout to flow layout menubar,toolbar, every thing get shifted , so another problems occur. if iam using flow layout the size of the internalframes remain the same as setted in the code. else in the borderlayout it acqurie the whole of the desktopPane.and no resize code works on it. setsize,setbound,sestpreffredsize,dimension non of these method work.
thanx for now hope u will slove my problems .

Read the Swing tutorial on [url http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/internalframe.html]How to Use Internal Frames. You add a JDesktopPane to the contentPane and then add the JInternalFrames to the desktop pane.
If you want to add other components to the GUI then you add them to some other part of the content pane. You don't mix other Swing components and internal frame on the desktop pane.

"Exit" button used in multiple sequence frames

I am hoping there is a more elegant way to do this...
See the attached VI for a vastly-simplified program that typifies what I am trying to accomplish. Basically, I've got one button that I want available in multiple sequence frames. In this case, I have used an "Exit" button. When pressed, the program passes through any remaining sequence frames until it ends. The final frame "unclicks" the "Exit" button. This final frame is necessary because I had to set the mechanical action of the Exit button to "Switch When Released" because I used local variables in all sequence frames after the first one.
Is there a way I can accomplish the same functionalities of this program without using local variables and/or while setting the mechanical action of the "Exit" switch to "Latch When Released?" I am specifically looking for solutions which will work in multiple frames of a stacked sequence structure (I realized there are ways to turn the three lights on without using a stacked sequence structure, but I am not interested in doing so).
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Solved!
Go to Solution.
Attachments:
Stop Button Demo.vi ‏14 KB

hi dia,
So many discussion was finished regarding this multiple Event structure. In your code totally 3 event structures you are using. But in a program only one Event structure is enough to operate properly. Because in LabVIEW only one event queue is there in built. So if you use more than one event structure LabVIEW will got confused and it will get queued up, even though there is no state and it will be masked some time. That's why your code taking so much of time to exit. Some times it seems like hang...
Try this VI...
<<Kudos are welcome>>
ELECTRO SAM
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:16
Attachments:
Event Handle.vi ‏11 KB

Frame edge highlighting

A new feature in InDesign CS5 is Frame edge highlighting. I find it quite annoying and can't find a way to disable it... anyone know how?

I've figured out that there is a specific function you can no longer perform due to this new "feature."
If you are trying to build a series of effects on an object, and creating the effect you're looking for requires multiple copies of the object stacked exactly on top of each other, in CS4 and earlier, you could build your "layers" of identical objects up and apply your styles as necessary, then select each object by clicking down under the top object and then shift clicking the top object and grouping them together as a single object.
An example of when you'd do this: you need a red box on top of an image, and you want it to be set to "multiply", but you also want it to be opaque, solid red at the top, and then fade down to the multiplied red with a gradient screen applied. As long as you limit your needs to two layers, and there is nothing else in the way, it will work. Add a third, (the yellow in my example) and you in CS4, this wasn't a problem. Just cmd-click down to the bottom layer, then group it to the middle one. Then group that group to the top object, ungroup them all twice, and then group one last time, and you have a single group of 3 objects. yes, that's a lot of "group" and "ungroup" but it's just basically 2 seconds of toggling back and forth with the keyboard shortcuts when you're used to doing it all the time. Thanks to the frame edge highlighting in CS5, this is no longer the possible..
In CS5, when you tunnel down through the stack, because the edges of the boxes you're working on in this situation are exactly overlaid with no hanging bits (such as circles), there is nothing for the frame edge highlighting to "see" of the top object, and so it won't select the top object in the stack when you shift-click on the stack.
see the attached screenshot.
There is no way to select the three circle layers and put them together as a group without laboriously selecting EVERYTHING and then unselecting things. If you cmd-click down to the bottom circle, and then attempt to shift-click the top layer, it will just deselect the entire stack. This is BROKEN, and in no way productive.
obviously in this example, the fastest thing to do would be select everything, and then deselect the background and the computer image. But in a complex layout, that wouldn't be practical or possible. I've had to start building my objects on the pasteboard, which can be pretty frustrating when you're dealing with something more complex than an empty circle.
Message was edited by: Ben Frey (for clarity)

Internal frame dragging perfermance problem in JDK1.4.1

Hi there,
When using internal frame with outline(not faster or LIVE_DRAG_MODE) property with JDK 1.4.1_01 (windows), the speed of internal frame dragging is terrible(very very slow).
The same code runs fine with JDK1.3.X, and it's performance(dragging speed) is acceptable(not very good, so so) when using JDK 1.4.0_X.
I've tried both motheds to set the property as follow, and got the same result:
desktop.setDragMode(JDesktopPane.OUTLINE_DRAG_MODE);
desktop.putClientProperty("JDesktopPane.dragMode", "outline");
But, after I commented the line: g.setXORMode(Color.white); //line Num: 279
in the class javax.swing.DefaultDesktopManager.java, the speed of dragging is very well(as same as when running with JDK1.3.X).
My qestions are:
- How can I improve the internal frame dragging performance in JDK 1.4.1_01(windows)?
- Does my testing mean to a bug in the implementation of the abstract method Graphics.setXORMode() in the JDK 1.4.1_01 windows version ?
TIA
In terms of the test case, we may just use the follows:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/example-swing/InternalFrameDemo.java
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/example-swing/MyInternalFrame.java

Anyone know if this is registered as a bug? I couldn't find it.

Openinig internal frames by clicking menuitems

Hi,
I have been trying to open internal frames by clicking menu items but
have not been able to do so because menuitems support only action listeners and not all mouse event listeners.
Actually I wanted the event to return the frame n which the event has occured
e.g., event,getframe(), so that I could create an internal frame in the same frame.
But such kind of function is unavailable.
Kindly suggest something...the code is given below (it works perfectly)..it need a text file from which the menuitems are read. This is also given below:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.metal.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.undo.*;
class Action extends JFrame
 ActionListener FListener = new ActionListener()
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
 {System.out.println("Menu item " + event.getActionCommand( ) +" of File Menu was pressed.");}
 ActionListener EListener = new ActionListener()
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
 {System.out.println("Menu item " + event.getActionCommand( ) +" of Edit Menu was pressed.");}
 ActionListener VListener = new ActionListener()
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
 {System.out.println("Menu item " + event.getActionCommand( ) +" of View Menu was pressed.");}
 ActionListener TListener = new ActionListener()
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
 {System.out.println("Menu item " + event.getActionCommand( ) +" of Tools Menu was pressed.");}
 ActionListener HListener = new ActionListener()
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
 {System.out.println("Menu item " + event.getActionCommand( ) +" of Help Menu was pressed.");}
 /* protected class MyUndoableEditListener implements UndoableEditListener
 protected UndoManager undo = new UndoManager();
 public void undoableEditHappened(UndoableEditEvent e)
 //Remember the edit and update the menus
 undo.addEdit(e.getEdit());
 undoAction.updateUndoState();
 redoAction.updateRedoState();
 class framecreator extends JFrame
 public JFrame CreateFrame(JMenuBar m)
 JDesktopPane jdp= new JDesktopPane();
 JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
 JFrame frame = new JFrame("PEA");
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setContentPane(jdp);
 jdp.setDragMode(JDesktopPane.OUTLINE_DRAG_MODE);
 frame.setJMenuBar(m);
 frame.pack();
 frame.setVisible(true);
 frame.setSize(600,600);
 frame.setLocation(100,100);
 return frame;
 class internalframecreator extends JFrame
 public JInternalFrame CreateInternalFrame(JFrame f)
 Container cp= f.getContentPane();
 JInternalFrame jif = new JInternalFrame("internal frame",true,true,true,true);
 cp.add(jif);
 jif.pack();
 jif.setVisible(true);
 jif.setSize(300,300);
 jif.setLocation(80,80);
 return jif;
class menucreator
 public String[] filereader()
 String[] menuitems=new String[21];
 int i=0,j=0;
 String record = null;
 for(int h=0;h<21;h++){ menuitems[h]=null;}
 try {
 FileReader fr = new FileReader("projectconfig2.txt");
 BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
 while ( (record=br.readLine()) != null )
 StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(record,"\n");
 while (st.hasMoreTokens())
 menuitems= st.nextToken();
 System.out.println(menuitems[i]);
i++;
 /* StringTokenizer st1 = new StringTokenizer(record,"\n");
 while (st1.hasMoreTokens())
 while ( (record=br.readLine()) != null )
 StringTokenizer st2 = new StringTokenizer(record,":");
 while (st2.hasMoreTokens())
 menuitems[i][j]= st2.nextToken();
 System.out.println(menuitems[i][j]);
 j++;
 i++;
 } catch(IOException e)
 System.out.println("Error reading file");
 return (menuitems);
 public JMenuBar CreateMenu(Action a, String menuitems[])
JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
JMenu fileB = new JMenu(menuitems[0]);
JMenu editB = new JMenu(menuitems[8]);
JMenu viewB = new JMenu(menuitems[11]);
JMenu toolsB = new JMenu(menuitems[14]);
JMenu helpB = new JMenu(menuitems[18]);
mb.add(fileB);
mb.add(editB);
mb.add(viewB);
mb.add(toolsB);
mb.add(helpB);
JMenuItem newpolicyB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[1]);
newpolicyB.addActionListener(a.FListener);
//newpolicyB.addUndoableEditListener(new MyUndoableEditListener());
JMenuItem openB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[2]);
openB.addActionListener(a.FListener);
JMenuItem saveB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[3]);
saveB.addActionListener(a.FListener);
JMenuItem saveasB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[4]);
saveasB.addActionListener(a.FListener);
JMenuItem printxmlB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[5]);
printxmlB.addActionListener(a.FListener);
JMenuItem printreadablepolicyB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[6]);
printreadablepolicyB.addActionListener(a.FListener);
JMenuItem exitB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[7]);
exitB.addActionListener(a.FListener);
JMenuItem undoB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[9]);
undoB.addActionListener(a.EListener);
JMenuItem redoB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[10]);
redoB.addActionListener(a.EListener);
JMenuItem xmlB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[12]);
xmlB.addActionListener(a.VListener);
JMenuItem readablepolicyB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[13]);
readablepolicyB.addActionListener(a.VListener);
JMenuItem validateB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[15]);
validateB.addActionListener(a.TListener);
JMenuItem signandpublishB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[16]);
signandpublishB.addActionListener(a.TListener);
JMenuItem optionsB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[17]);
optionsB.addActionListener(a.TListener);
JMenuItem pemanualB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[19]);
pemanualB.addActionListener(a.HListener);
JMenuItem aboutB = new JMenuItem(menuitems[20]);
aboutB.addActionListener(a.HListener);
fileB.add(newpolicyB);
fileB.add(openB);
fileB.add(saveB);
fileB.add(saveasB);
fileB.add(printxmlB);
fileB.add(printreadablepolicyB);
fileB.add(exitB);
editB.add(undoB);
editB.add(redoB);
viewB.add(xmlB);
viewB.add(readablepolicyB);
toolsB.add(validateB);
toolsB.add(signandpublishB);
toolsB.add(optionsB);
helpB.add(pemanualB);
helpB.add(aboutB);
mb.setSize(300,200);
mb.setVisible(true);
return mb;
public class project
public static void main(String args[])
 Action a =new Action();
 framecreator fc=new framecreator();
 menucreator mc=new menucreator();
 internalframecreator ifc= new internalframecreator();
 ifc.CreateInternalFrame(fc.CreateFrame(mc.CreateMenu(a,mc.filereader())));
The text file called projectconfig2.txt
File
New Policy
Open...
Save
Save As...
Print XML
Print Readable Policy
Exit
Edit
Undo
Redo
View
XML
Readable Policy
Tools
Validate
Sign & Publish
Options
Help
PE Manual
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The problem is that you are adding the JInternalFrame to the JFrame's contentPane when it should be added to the JDesktopPane. See your code ...
public JInternalFrame CreateInternalFrame( JFrame f )
 Container cp = f.getContentPane();
 JInternalFrame jif = new JInternalFrame("internal frame",true,true,true,true);
 cp.add( jif );

Custom internal frames

Hello,
I have written some custom internal frames, along with their UI's, title panes, and desktop icons. Everything seems to work fine when I'm in JBuilder and I use the "run" command, but when I compile the program and run it as a batch file, my internal frames appear as gray boxes that can't be moved or resized.
package KComponent;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import Theme.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class KInternalFrame extends JInternalFrame {
private JLabel titleLabel;
private String title;
public static Color titleColor = Color.white;
public static Color titleBarColor = Theme.DARK;
private KButton maximize, minimize, normalize;
private static final String PATH = "pics" + File.separator;
public KInternalFrame(String title) {
 super(title, true, false, true, true);
 this.title = title;
 this.titleColor = titleColor;
 this.titleBarColor = titleBarColor;
 //getContentPane().add(content, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 //setContentPane(content);
 //LineBorder line = new LineBorder(titleBarColor, 2);
 //setBorder(line);
 setBorder(BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder());
 this.getDesktopIcon().setUI(new KDesktopIconUI(title, titleBarColor, titleColor));
 setUI(new KInternalFrameUI(this));
package KComponent;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import Theme.*;
public class KInternalFrameUI extends BasicInternalFrameUI {
public KInternalFrameUI(JInternalFrame frame) {
 super(frame);
protected void installDefaults(){
 Icon frameIcon = frame.getFrameIcon();
 frame.setFrameIcon(null);
 /* enable the content pane to inherit background color from its
 parent by setting its background color to null. Fixes bug#
 4268949. */
 JComponent contentPane = (JComponent) frame.getContentPane();
 if (contentPane != null) {
 Color bg = contentPane.getBackground();
 else {
 Color bg = null;
 //LookAndFeel.installBorder(frame, "InternalFrame.border");
protected JComponent createNorthPane(JInternalFrame w) {
 titlePane = new KInternalFrameTitlePane(w, w.getTitle(), Theme.DARK, Color.white);
 return titlePane;
package KComponent;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.File;
import Theme.*;
public class KInternalFrameTitlePane extends BasicInternalFrameTitlePane implements ActionListener {
private JInternalFrame frame;
private final String PATH = "pics" + File.separator;
private KButton maxButton;
private KButton minButton;
private KButton normButton;
private JLabel titleLabel;
private File maxIcon = new File(PATH, "maximize.gif");
private File maxOver = new File(PATH, "maximize_rollover.gif");
private File minIcon = new File(PATH, "minimize.gif");
private File minOver = new File(PATH, "minimize_rollover.gif");
private File norIcon = new File(PATH, "normal.gif");
private File norOver = new File(PATH, "normal_rollover.gif");
String title;
Color activeTitle;
Color activeTitleText;
Color inactiveTitle;
Color inactiveTitleText;
public KInternalFrameTitlePane(JInternalFrame frame, String title, Color activeTitle, Color activeTitleText) {
 super(frame);
 this.frame = frame;
 this.title = title;
 this.activeTitle = activeTitle;
 this.activeTitleText = activeTitleText;
 //this.inactiveTitle = inactiveTitle;
 //this.inactiveTitleText = inactiveTitleText;
 installTitlePane();
public void installTitlePane() {
 titleLabel = new JLabel(" " + title + " ");
 titleLabel.setFont(new Font("verdana", Font.PLAIN, 11));
 titleLabel.setForeground(activeTitleText);
 titleLabel.setBorder(null);
 titleLabel.setOpaque(false);
 File icon = new File(PATH, "maximize.gif");
 File rollover = new File(PATH, "maximize_rollover.gif");
 maxButton = new KButton(icon, rollover, rollover, false);
 maxButton.setOpaque(false);
 maxButton.setToolTipText("Maximize window");
 maxButton.setActionCommand("maximize");
 //maxButton.addActionListener(this);
 icon = new File(PATH, "minimize.gif");
 rollover = new File(PATH, "minimize_rollover.gif");
 minButton = new KButton(icon, rollover, rollover, false);
 minButton.setOpaque(false);
 minButton.setToolTipText("Minimize window");
 minButton.setActionCommand("minimize");
 //minButton.addActionListener(this);
 icon = new File(PATH, "normal.gif");
 rollover = new File(PATH, "normal_rollover.gif");
 normButton = new KButton(icon, rollover, rollover, false);
 normButton.setOpaque(false);
 normButton.setToolTipText("Normalize window");
 normButton.setActionCommand("normal");
 //normButton.addActionListener(this);
 JPanel buttonHeader = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 3, 0, 0));
 buttonHeader.setOpaque(false);
 buttonHeader.add(minButton);
 buttonHeader.add(normButton);
 buttonHeader.add(maxButton);
 JPanel titlePane = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
 titlePane.setBackground(activeTitle);
 titlePane.add(titleLabel, BorderLayout.WEST);
 titlePane.add(buttonHeader, BorderLayout.EAST);
 setBackground(activeTitle);
 setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 //add(titleLabel, BorderLayout.WEST);
 //add(buttonHeader, BorderLayout.EAST);
 add(titlePane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 //installDefaults();
 createActions();
 enableActions();
 //createActionMap();
 assembleSystemMenu();
 createButtons();
protected void createButtons() {
 minButton.addActionListener(iconifyAction);
 minButton.setActionCommand("minimize");
 minButton.addActionListener(this);
 maxButton.addActionListener(maximizeAction);
 maxButton.setActionCommand("maximize");
 maxButton.addActionListener(this);
 normButton.addActionListener(restoreAction);
 normButton.setActionCommand("normal");
 normButton.addActionListener(this);
 //setButtonIcons();
public void setButtonIcons() {}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 String command = e.getActionCommand();
 if (command.equals("maximize")) {
 maxButton.setEnabled(false);
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import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicDesktopIconUI;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.File;
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KButton norButton;
MouseInputListener mouseInputListener;
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 iconPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder());
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 mouseInputListener = createMouseInputListener();
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import java.awt.*;
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And this is how I call up the UI from my main function:
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Thanks for your reply.
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Could you pls show me how can I do this, I need some code to learn how this code work.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
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//     private JLabel label2;
     private JLabel label3;
     private JLabel label4;
     private JLabel label5;
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=============================================
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========================================
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You where given an answer in your original posting:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5146301

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My XML file is of the following type.It is very complex and the dynamice.
The following tags occur more than once in the XML file. The "I" and "L" tags and its child tags can occur ones or more than once for each XML file and it is not constant. i.e in one file they can occur 1 time and in another they can occur 100 times.
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 <J>10</J>
 <K>EN</K>

<L>
 <J>20</J>
 <N>BB</N>
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Tags <C> and <F> occur only ones for each XML file. <C> is the child tag of "A" and "F" is the child tag of <C>.
I need to collect <D>, <E> in one internal table ITAB.
I need to collect <G>, <H> in one internal table JTAB.
I need to collect <J>, <K> in one internal table KTAB.
I need to collect <J>, <N> in one internal table PTAB.
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?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<A>
 
 <C>
 <D>RED</D>
 <E>999</E>
 <F>
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 <H>PACK</H>
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 <J>10</J>
 <K>EN</K>
 
 
 <J>20</J>
 <K>TN</K>
 
 
 <J>30</J>
 <K>KN</K>
 
 <L>
 <J>10</J>
 <N>AA</N>
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 <L>
 <J>20</J>
 <N>BB</N>
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 <L>
 <J>30</J>
 <N>CC</N>
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Now if I need to gather
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<J>, <K> in one internal table KTAB.
<J>, <N> in one internal table PTAB.
I am unable to do. I am following XSLT transformation method. If some one has some suggestions. Please help.
Here is my ABAP program
TYPE-POOLS abap.
CONSTANTS gs_file TYPE string VALUE 'C:\TEMP\ABCD.xml'.
* This is the structure for the data from the XML file
TYPES: BEGIN OF ITAB,
 D(10) TYPE C,
 E(10) TYPE C,
 END OF ITAB.
* Table for the XML content
DATA: gt_itab TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF char2048.
* Table and work ares for the data from the XML file
DATA: gt_ITAB TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ts_ITAB,
 gs_ITAB TYPE ts_ITAB.
* Result table that contains references
* of the internal tables to be filled
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* Get the XML file from your client
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_upload
EXPORTING
 filename = gs_file
CHANGING
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EXCEPTIONS
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 file_read_error = 2
 no_batch = 3
 gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4
 invalid_type = 5
 no_authority = 6
 unknown_error = 7
 bad_data_format = 8
 header_not_allowed = 9
 separator_not_allowed = 10
 header_too_long = 11
 unknown_dp_error = 12
 access_denied = 13
 dp_out_of_memory = 14
 disk_full = 15
 dp_timeout = 16
 not_supported_by_gui = 17
 error_no_gui = 18
 OTHERS = 19.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
 WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
* Fill the result table with a reference to the data table.
* Within the XSLT stylesheet, the data table can be accessed with
* "IITAB".
GET REFERENCE OF gt_shipment INTO gs_result_xml-value.
gs_result_xml-name = 'IITAB'.
APPEND gs_result_xml TO gt_result_xml.
* Perform the XSLT stylesheet
TRY.
 CALL TRANSFORMATION zxslt
 SOURCE XML gt_itab1
 RESULT (gt_result_xml).
CATCH cx_root INTO gs_rif_ex.
 gs_var_text = gs_rif_ex->get_text( ).
 MESSAGE gs_var_text TYPE 'E'.
ENDTRY.
* Now let's see what we got from the file
LOOP AT gt_ITAB INTO gs_ITAB.
WRITE: / 'D:', gs_ITAB-D.
WRITE: / 'E :', gs_ITAB-E.
ENDLOOP.
Transformation
<xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes" method="xml" version="1.0"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
 <asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0">
 <asx:values>
 <IITAB>
 <xsl:apply-templates select="//C"/>
 </IITAB>
 </asx:values>
 </asx:abap>
</xsl:template>
<item>
 <D>
 <xsl:value-of select="D"/>
 </D>
 <E>
 <xsl:value-of select="E"/>
 </E>
 </item>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>
Now the above pgm and transformation work well and I am able to extract data into the ITAB. Now what changes should I make in transformation and in pgm to collect
<G>, <H> in one internal table JTAB.
<J>, <K> in one internal table KTAB.
<J>, <N> in one internal table PTAB.
Please help..i am really tring hard to figure this out. I am found lot of threads addressing this issue but not my problem.
Kindly help.
Regards,
VS

Hi Rammohan,
Thanks for the effort!
But I don't need to use GUI upload because my functionality does not require to fetch data from presentation server.
Moreover, the split command advised by you contains separate fields...f1, f2, f3... and I cannot use it because I have 164 fields. I will have to split into 164 fields and assign the values back to 164 fields in the work area/header line.
Moreover I have about 10 such work areas. so the effort would be ten times the above effort! I want to avoid this! Please help!
I would be very grateful if you could provide an alternative solution.
Thanks once again,
Best Regards,
Vinod.V

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