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Re: swing components and Look & Feel

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From: Matt Krevs
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:00
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FieldControl does not support the Metal L&F. I posted a message on the forum
some time back and I think that Richard Wilkman confirmed that some jbcl
controls have problems with some L&Fs. Apparently these problems will be
rectified in the next release of JBCL.

Chow Kwan Yu wrote in message <369E3588.4FBD@intellect.com.hk>...
>hi,
>I've created a frame inherit from Jframe and added components of those
>types:
>
>JLabel
>JdbNavToolBar
>JdbTextField
>FieldControl (jbcl)
>1 FieldControl not connecting to any dataset.
>JdbTable
>
>I use Swing 1.0.3 now.
>
>Descriptions of my run-time problem with different L&Fs:
>
>a) My program runs and looks well when I use Windows L&F.
>
>b) When I use Motif L&F, those
>- JdbNavToolBar components appear well.
>- both JdbTextField and FieldControl components only show the letters in
>them, but the white rectangular backgrounds of the corresponding
>components become transparent  And their border disappear.  They look
>like labels now.
>- JdbTable component appears well.
>
>c) When I use Metal L&F, those
>- I only see the frame, in addition to that FieldControl not connecting
>to any dataset.  All the rest components including JLabel disappear.
>
>Are these the problem of L&F classes coding?  Or am I missing some
>points to use swing components appropriately?
>
>Thank you.
>
>KY Chow
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From: "Matt Krevs" <mattkrevs@flex.com.au>
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Date: 1999/01/14
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