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On Tue, 30 May 2000 16:52:30 +0200, Ren� Thomsen wrote:

> this is done with  "panelname.getcomponent(int)"  this also
> works fine except the string returned from this function
> dosent return all properties, only some.

The string that you get is the result of the toString() method, which 
returns a string intended primarily for debugging.  All of the public 
properties of components are available using the component's "getter" 
methods.  For example, to get the background color for the component, you 
can use the getBackground() method.

> how do i get the components name? its not in the property
> string.

What do you mean by the Component's "name".  Are you referring to the 
name of the variable that the container class uses to reference the 
component, such as "jTextField1"?  If this is what you mean, that 
variable name is not a property of the component, but of the container 
that holds it.  There is no way to retrieve this from the component.  In 
fact, it does not even have to exist.

All components do have a property called "name", and you can get this 
using the getName() method and you can set it using setName().  But this 
is not the same as the variable name.

If you mean the name of the components class (such as "JTextField"), you 
can get it using getClass().getName().

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John P. McGrath
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