Programmatically enable/disable application scrollbars

Hi,
At present I need to modify some of our custom tools in LabVIEW 2010 to work on lower resolution screens. The automatic rescaling functionality is not really an option as it distorts most UI features. I have looked at adding a vertical/horizontal scrollbar to the application and this appears to do what I need reasonably well. Unfortunately for those who do have the high resolution screens, I don't really wish for the scrollbars to be enabled. Is there a way of programatically enabling/disabling the vertical or horizontal scrollbar of an application? I can see this being possible on the controls, but haven't found the option for the actual application.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Regards,
Shane
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Hi!
I'm glad you sorted it out
Regards,
Even
Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer
Automated Test Developer
Topro AS
Norway

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            if (listeners==Listener.class)
((Listener)listeners[i+1]).docOpened(evt);
protected void fireDocClosed() {
Object[] listeners = listenerList.getListenerList();
Event evt = new Event(this, Event.Type.DOC_CLOSED);
for (int i = listeners.length-2; i>=0; i-=2) {
if (listeners[i]==Listener.class)
((Listener)listeners[i+1]).docClosed(evt);
public void addDocListener(Listener l) {
listenerList.add(Listener.class, l);
public void removeDocListener(Listener l) {
listenerList.remove(Listener.class, l);
public void open(File file) throws IOException {
fireDocOpened();
public void close() {
fireDocClosed();
Here is a simple implementation with Actions. I didn't have to make the actions DocListeners as well --
that's overkill, I could have adjusted their enabled state in open/play/close, but I wanted to demonstrate
letting listeners keep themselves in synch.
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
public class SimpleDocModel extends AbstractDocModel {
    private Document document = new PlainDocument();
    private class OpenAction extends AbstractAction implements DocModel.Listener {
        public OpenAction() {
            super("open");
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
            try {//find file
                File file = new File("bogus");
                open(file);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                //report it...
        public void docOpened(Event event) {
            setEnabled(false);
        public void docClosed(Event event) {
            setEnabled(true);
    private OpenAction openAction = new OpenAction();
    private class PlayAction extends AbstractAction implements DocModel.Listener {
        public PlayAction()
        {   super("play");
            setEnabled(false);
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
            play();
        public void docOpened(Event event) {
            setEnabled(true);
        public void docClosed(Event event) {
            setEnabled(false);
    private PlayAction playAction = new PlayAction();
    private class CloseAction extends AbstractAction implements DocModel.Listener {
        public CloseAction()
        {   super("close");
            setEnabled(false);
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
            close();
        public void docOpened(Event event) {
            setEnabled(true);
        public void docClosed(Event event) {
            setEnabled(false);
    private CloseAction closeAction = new CloseAction();
    public SimpleDocModel() {
        setMessage("empty doc");
        addDocListener(openAction);
        addDocListener(playAction);
        addDocListener(closeAction);
    public void addToToolBar(JToolBar tb) {
        tb.add(openAction);
        tb.add(closeAction);
        tb.add(playAction);
    public void open(File file) throws IOException {
        setMessage("file opened");
        super.open(file);
    public void close() {
        setMessage("closed");
        super.close();
    public void play() {
        setMessage("playing continuously");
    public JComponent createView() {
        JTextField view = new JTextField();
        view.setDocument(document);
        view.setEditable(false);
        return view;
    private void setMessage(String message) {
        try {
            document.remove(0, document.getLength());
            document.insertString(0, message, null);
        } catch (BadLocationException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
}Are you still with me? Run this code:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SampleApp {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Sample App");
    SimpleDocModel model = new SimpleDocModel();
    public SampleApp () {
        JToolBar tb = new JToolBar();
        model.addToToolBar(tb);
        Container cp = frame.getContentPane();
        cp.add(tb, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        cp.add(model.createView(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new SampleApp();

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