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Ok, I've got to find out how to disable this *live view* thing in Designer!

I've now run into another instance where it trashes my layout (resets 
everything on form to a size of 1,1 and places it in upper left corner). 
The cause this time was me creating a CellRenderer for a JList I am using in 
one of the JPanels.  The ANIsUsingGroupListRenderer extends an abstract 
class which has been used on another JList on the form for a week with no 
issues.  I'd like to find out how to turn off this *live preview* in 
designer so I'm not wasting my time any longer fixing it's hiccups.

Anyone have any ideas?  I don't really want to move back to JBuilderX as 
2005 has been good to me except for this issue, but I will if I have to do 
so to get rid of this live preview BS.

Thanks in advance.

Todd

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lstANIsUsingAcctGroup.setCellRenderer(new ANIsUsingGroupListRenderer());

ANIsUsingGroupListRenderer aug = (ANIsUsingGroupListRenderer) 
lstANIsUsingAcctGroup.getCellRenderer();

aug.setUseAlternatingColors(true);
aug.setFirstAlternateActiveBackground(new Color(180,194,225));
aug.setFirstAlternateActiveForeground(Color.black);
aug.setSecondAlternateActiveBackground(new Color(240,248,255));
aug.setSecondAlternateActiveForeground(Color.black);
aug.setSelectedActiveItemBackground(Color.blue);
aug.setSelectedActiveItemForeground(Color.white);
---------------- end code snippet ----------------------------------------


"test" <test@webmail.winona.edu> wrote in message 
news:41b0a4d1$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> First, I'm rather new to Java - just started developing in it about 3 
> months ago.  So, needless to say, I'm not 100% sure it isn't my *own* 
> fault.  But, I've spent the better part of 7 hours *playing* and trying to 
> understand what is going on and haven't been able to yet.  So I've decided 
> to seek advice.
>
> Configuration:
> Using JBuilder2005 on Windows XP (all newest Service Packs) and JDK 1.4. 
> I have recently upgraded from JBuilder X because 2005 seemed to resolve 
> some of my outstanding issues with that environment.
>
> Issue:
> Adding objects to the JPanel.  I am evaluating a third party Grid 
> component (JBGridX if anyone is familar with it).  I've run into some 
> issues while using it in the Designer view.  This grid has many different 
> ways to load it with data - fine.  I used the 'simplest' (a dataModel) to 
> begin with. Things worked perfectly and I was able to design the rest of 
> the JPanel with that grid placed in it's approprate sub-JPanel.  I then 
> removed all the records from the table that is used to populate that grid. 
> The JBGrid did NOT appreciate that.  It ended up giving me an error 
> something like:  Failed to create live visual subcomponent...  It then hit 
> me that I had actually seen *live* data in the JBGrid while in the 
> Designer view - I don't recall that every happening in JBuilder X. (is 
> that something new in JBuilder 2005?).  Well, I know it's the grid's 
> problem.  But what I didn't appreciate is that when I got that error, the 
> JPanel in Designer view went "Blank".  I looked at the structure and 
> everything was still *there* - whew.  I went into the Source view and the 
> code looked okay.  Everything had bounds, was added to the main JPanel 
> etc.  I tried to switch back and forth between Design and Source view 
> hoping the code gods would fix things.  They didn't. Now, my first 
> reaction was to dump the grid as a possibility.  But I'm not sure I'm 
> ready to do that yet.  So, I started off from scratch again.  New Class 
> (extends JPanel), Add second JPanel to put grid into, add GridX to second 
> JPanel.  So far so good.  Make sure data is in table - done.  Add third 
> JPanel to put Jtextboxes and JLabels into (used to show detail of the item 
> selected in the grid).  Added Labels and TextBoxes with little incident. 
> Placed a JButton onto the first JPanel.  BOOM - everything gone again.  I 
> selected each object via the Structure menu and resized and dragged them 
> all back to where they belong.  Changed the name of the button I just put 
> on the form.  BOOM - everything gone again. Rinse/Repeat...Rinse/Repeat.. 
> on and on.  I tried to add other objects to the first JPanel as well and 
> every time it had to do something (maybe redraw the JPanel in the 
> Designer) it took everything but the Grid and the JPanel it was in away. 
> I ended up having three buttons on the JPanel at the end and each time I 
> modified a property of any of them, they all got reduced to a 1,1 in the 
> upper left corner of the JPanel.  When they (buttons, textboxes, lables) 
> were reduced the buttons lost their assigned text and font properties. 
> They did keep their names, but lost everything else.  The labels were okay 
> when resized and dragged.
>
> So, I'm *guessing* that the "live visual subcomponent" is doing something 
> that when it gets an error is putting the other objects at risk.  I'm 
> hoping there is a way to tell the Designer to not use the "live visual" 
> mode so it doesn't have to always try to update the information or get to 
> the state that I am currently in.  I have the guys working on the grid 
> crashing when no data in the supporting table.  But this issue occurs even 
> when there is data in the table, so I'm guessing it's more of an issue 
> with the JBuilder 2005 designer.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on what I can try next, or better yet a way to turn 
> off this 'live visual' mode (I don't remember ever seeing that in 
> JBuilderX so I think it's a new feature).  The other thing I've noticed is 
> that when things 'crash' (switching from Source to Designer view) I have a 
> small window open with the 'java icon' and nothing in the title bar. 
> Possibly the JRE?  Not really sure.  There have been times when I have 6 - 
> 10 of these pesky things loaded at once.  I end up closing them all 
> manually when there are too many open at once for my liking.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Todd
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