Text2gui Swing developer tool

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Hi all,
I'd like to announce my new product, text2gui, which makes Swing development much faster.
text2gui lets you specify a GUI hierarchy using a syntax that is much easier to write compared to Java. Here is an example of a GUI description:
contentPanel.layout=box axis=y
contentPanel.contents=[
{jscrollpane viewportView=%pictureLabel},
%controlPanel
pictureLabel.icon=$icon
pictureLabel.border=etched
pictureLabel.hAlign=center
controlPanel.layout=box axis=x
controlPanel.contents=[{glue},
%indexLabel, {strut}, %indexField, {strut length=20},
%backButton, %forwardButton, {strut length=20},
%randomCheckBox, {glue}
indexLabel.text=Picture Index
indexField.dispatchType=jformattedtextfield
indexField.value=$pictureIndex:ruw
indexField.prefSize={width=50, height=20}
backButton.icon.location=Back24.gif
backButton.pressed=$back:w
backButton.tooltip=Go to the previous picture
Because descriptions are parsed at runtime, you don't need to recompile any code
to change the GUI. Also, your application's GUI can be upgraded after deployment, even at runtime.
These descriptions are stored in resource bundles, so GUI's described by text2gui are very easy to internationalize. Unlike the i18n stuff supplied with the JDK, text2gui makes every property of a component
locale-dependent, not just strings.
GUI descriptions can reference two types of variables: the % prefix means to reference another resource
bundle key, and the $ prefix means to reference values in a map passed to the text2gui converter. This means that GUI's built with text2gui can have properties determined at runtime.
GUI descriptions can also contain BeanShell scripts, so descriptions are self-contained and usually don't need compiled Java code to manage them. But text2gui is extremely flexible; you can put your own components in a hierarchy, or pull out components from the hierarchy and manage them manually.
The Java code required to create a GUI hierarchy looks like this:
JPanel panel = (JPanel)
DispatchingComponentConverter.DEFAULT_INSTANCE.toComponent(
bundle, "contentPanel", argMap);
Once a component is created, its properties and the properties of its parent components can be updated and changes to the properties caused by user input can be watched, through a simple interface. Using this interface allows your application to be implemented using model/view/controller (MVC) architecture.
I believe that text2gui will dramatically reduce your Swing development time and will improve the maintainability of your code, and allow you to deploy your application in multiple languages easily. So, please check out the site:
http://www.tacosoftware.com/products/text2gui/
text2gui is normally licensed for commercial use -- once you purchase a license, you can redistribute the library without paying royalty fees. Freeware developers can get and re-distribute the library by paying a nominal fee.
Please try my product today -- you can download an evaluation version for free!

Answer 1

gk,
Go to Shared Components > Definition > Status. Change to "Available".
Regards,
Dan
http://danielmcghan.us
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tapigen