How do you REALLY set column widths in a table?

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From: Steve Swett
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:57

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The following code at the "How to Use Tables" section of the on-line Java
Tutorial doesn't work for me:

TableColumn column = null;
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    column = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(i);
    if (i == 2) {
        column.setPreferredWidth(100); //sport column is bigger
    } else {
        column.setPreferredWidth(50);
    }
}

It won't even compile because it complains about the
"column.setPreferredWidth(100)" statement as if it was a bad method.  If you
let Jbuilder prompt for you, after you key "column." it won't list the
setPreferredWidth method.

My table is a simple one and doesn't use a model.  Does it need to?

Can someone give me a simple example of setting column widths for a 2-column
table where the first column is twice the width of the second column?
Thanks.

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