NetBeans: Dinamically changing Look and Feel Problem

Hi there, Java lovers.
I need some help here!
I love java, and I used to program my graphical user interfaces by hand. In my applications, there is a dropdown for the user to chose the desired look and feel. Then I save the selected option to a file and on the startup I do something like this:
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(savedUserSelectedLookAndFeel);That always worked really fine. The look and feel would change and everything worked really well.
However, programing GUI by hand is really a PITA. So I was seduced by Netbeans. I am using Netbeans 6.0 on Windows XP, and I designed the GUIs really fast now.
The problem is, the system look and feel works really well, but when I change the look and feel of my application to a different one (Java/Motif/etc..) the look and feel changes but the components positions and sizes becomes all messed up. It really becomes impossible to work with a different look and feel because some components are outside of frames.
I believe the cause of this is because Netbeans generates the code automatically using Grids and stuff like that, and by doing so, the change of the look and feel becomes messed up. This is a thing that would not happen with my manually created code.
This is really troubling me. Does someone has the same problem. Is there something I can do? Or do I need to create my GUIs by hand like before?

Oyashiro-sama (少し日本語を知っているし、そんな「様」っていう使い方はちょっと変そうですね　(^_-) 「冗談」っていう顔文字です。）
Sorry for the delay in reply, but one problem for you is that this is not a NetBeans users forum, thus you will not necessarily receive speedy replies here to your NetBeans questions. The best place to send NetBeans questions is:
[email protected]
[email protected] (for NetBeans API issues)
As for your question, you seem to already know quite a bit about NetBeans UI Look and Feel programming, but have you seen these:
WORKING WITH SWING LOOK AND FEEL:
http://java.sun.com/developer/JDCTechTips/2004/tt0309.html#1
Java GUI Swing Programming Using NetBeans 5 (should apply to NetBeans 6):
http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaGUISwingProgrammingUsingNetBeans5
Regards,
-Brad Mayer

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