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Rob wrote:
> [...]
> This is not a multi-post as you can see from my header.  I have 
> rephrased my question in the hope that I might get an answer that I can 
> understand.
> 
> Since my local Borders book shop does not hold a single book on Jbuilder 
>    (Plenty on the Microsoft equivalent) and since my question was on 
> topic I thought I might get some help -  Alas it was not to be.
> 
> I did work out the answer (no thanks to you)  you add the JPanel to your 
> form you select the layout property and select the XY Layout manager.
> then you can put your controls where you like.
> 
> How difficult was that ?

It would be nice if you dialed down the tone a bit.
It doesn't befit a neophyte who is asking for help.

Although you think you have solved the problem, you have
actually compounded it.

You should have already read that you should only use the
XYLayout for initial design.  As Lori and Paul pointed out in the
equivalent of your original post here, you need to learn
about Swing's layout managers.

As for books on JBuilder, yes, there is a dearth of them.
However, the built-in help in JBuilder is sufficient for
using the IDE itself.  Additional info for using the IDE
is available by asking questions in these newsgroups.

In general, books about IDEs don't cover Swing, or
even Java language issues, all that well.  For something like
Swing, you need to either follow Lori's advice
(http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/
and the other link), or browse your Borders store for books
on Swing.


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