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Niall,

Thanks.  This is very helpful.

James

"Niall Pemberton" <Niall.Pemberton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> James,
>
> As per Johns suggestion here are examples of model and renderer for you to
> use. There are 2/3 ,methods in the model in initialize the array - either
> work, perhaps John wil give an opinion of which is better.
>
> Also I tried the renderer with both a JLabel and JTextField - the
foreground
> color came out OK with both but the background color only worked with the
> JTextField - not sure why.
>
> Niall
>
>
> /*-------------------------------Creating the
> table---------------------------*/
>
>     // Create Table
>     model = new PcCellModel();
>     jTable1 = new JTable(model);
>     jTable1.setDefaultRenderer(Character.class, new PcCellRenderer());
>
>     // Load Values
>     model.setValueAt(new Character('a'), 0, 0);
>     //   ..... etc, etc
>
>     // Initialize
>     model.initialize1();
>     // or . . .
>     model.initialize1(55, 25);
>     // or . . .
>     model.initialize2();
>
>
>
> /*-------------------------------Model ---------------------------*/
>
> import java.util.*;
> import java.awt.*;
> import javax.swing.table.*;
>
> public class PcCellModel extends AbstractTableModel {
>
>   private Character[][] characterMatrix;
>
>   private static final int DEFAULTROW = 5;
>   private static final int DEFAULTCOL = 25;
>
>   protected int maxRow;
>   protected int maxCol;
>
>   public PcCellModel () {
>     this(DEFAULTROW, DEFAULTCOL);
>   }
>   public PcCellModel (int row, int col) {
>     maxRow = row;
>     maxCol = col;
>     characterMatrix = new Character[maxRow][maxCol];
>   }
>   public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
>     return characterMatrix[row][col];
>   }
>   public Class getColumnClass(int col) {
>     return Character.class;
>   }
>   public void setValueAt(Object obj, int row, int col) {
>
>     if (obj == null)
>       characterMatrix[row][col] = null;
>     else
>       characterMatrix[row][col] = (Character)obj;
>   }
>   public void initialize1(int row, int col) {
>     maxRow = row;
>     maxCol = col;
>     characterMatrix = new Character[maxRow][maxCol];
>     fireTableStructureChanged();
>   }
>   public void initialize1() {
>     characterMatrix = new Character[maxRow][maxCol];
>     fireTableDataChanged();
>   }
>   public void initialize2() {
>     for (int i=0;i < maxRow;i++) {
>       for (int j=0;j < maxCol;j++) {
>         characterMatrix[i][j] = null;
>       }
>     }
>     fireTableDataChanged();
>   }
>   public int getRowCount() {
>     return maxRow;
>   }
>   public int getColumnCount() {
>     return maxCol;
>   }
>
>   public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
>     return false;
>   }
> }
>
> /*-------------------------------Renderer---------------------------*/
>
> import java.awt.*;
> import javax.swing.*;
> import javax.swing.table.*;
> public class PcCellRenderer implements TableCellRenderer {
>
>  private static JLabel blankLabel = new JLabel();
>  private JLabel text = new JLabel();
> // private JTextField text = new JTextField();
>
>  public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object obj,
>     boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
>
>     if (obj == null)
>       return blankLabel;
>
>     text.setText(((Character)obj).toString());
>
>     if (row == 0 || row == 2 || row == 4) {
>       text.setForeground(Color.red);
>       text.setBackground(Color.white);
>     } else {
>       text.setForeground(Color.blue);
>       text.setBackground(Color.yellow);
>     }
>     return text;
>  }
> }
>
>
>
>
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